‘I’m bringing a CEO mindset’: Q&A with San Jose’s new mayor

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. A ruthless winter storm bore down on the Bay Area and Northern California on Wednesday, prompting emergency proclamations, school closures and multiple hazard warnings of potential flooding, debris flows and severe winds. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

America’s tenth-largest city has a new driver at the wheel — and he’s trying to avoid any distractions along the way.

Forty-year-old Matt Mahan became San Jose’s 66th mayor after his November defeat of Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez. A former schoolteacher and tech entrepreneur, Mahan says the

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