SAN JOSE — Under a proposal by the mayor, the municipal government could seize ownership of the abandoned First Church of Christ, Scientist building, a historic downtown site that has become one ...

San Jose's mayor is proposing a legal battle to buy back a dilapidated, historical church left abandoned for years after a failed restoration plan. Matt Mahan asked the city attorney to pursue ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is trying something new to fight blight. He is floating a plan to seize ownership of an abandoned ...