San Jose City council District 10 candidate Arjun Batra speaks during a meeting at San Jose City Hall in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Six candidates are vying for the seat that Mayor Matt Mahan previously held. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose’s city council is finally complete with the appointment of its latest member, ending weeks of intense angling between moderates and progressives for the balance of power at City Hall.
Retired Intel and IBM manager Arjun Batra will become District 10’s new councilmember starting Jan. 30, representing the city’s southwestern portion that borders Almaden Quicksilver County Park to the