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The Professional Women's Hockey League announced that San Jose will host one of four new expansion teams at the SAP Center for the 2026–2027 season, marking a major sports milestone for the city.

While the city San Jose celebrates this expansion, the podcast discourse remains anchored in the city's ongoing housing struggles. On The Ezra Klein Show, host Ezra Klein highlighted the gap between policy and reality, noting: "San Jose has been able to approve over twenty thousand new homes for construction, most of which did not get built because the economics didn't work out."

Mayor Matt Mahan defended his administration’s approach to the crisis, emphasizing the political heat surrounding development. He told listeners, "We had a council member literally lose his seat not long ago in San Jose, and our last mayor lose his council majority over a fee reduction, because it was framed as a giveaway to developers."

Despite the political friction, Matt Mahan points to interim housing sites as a measurable success, claiming, "what has worked in San Jose, and I've stood in room after room, we have built twenty-three interim housing sites." As the city balances these intense municipal policy debates with its new professional sports identity, the coming months will test whether the infrastructure can keep pace with the headlines.

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The Ezra Klein Show

Matt Mahanneutralfrom “Housing Policy and Tax Reform in California”

The city where Matt Mahan is implementing housing fee reductions and facing political challenges.

“affordable housing advocates, by every other advocate you can imagine. We had a council member literally lose his seat not long ago in San Jose, and our last mayor lose his council majority over a fee reduction, because it was framed as a giveaway to developer…”

Matt Mahanpositivefrom “Housing Policy and Rent Control in California”

The city where Mahan has implemented interim housing sites and seen success in reducing service calls.

“but the truth is one solution is very slow and expensive and only so scalable, frankly, at least with that mechanism. And as the tent encampments persisted, I think we lost a lot of public support for the approach. And so w- what has worked in San Jose, and I'…”

Ezra Kleinpositivefrom “Housing Policy and Construction Costs in California”

The city where Matt Mahan serves as mayor and has implemented new housing approval processes.

“Thank you, Ms. Porter. Mayor Mehan, San Jose has been able to approve over twenty thousand new homes for construction, most of which did not get built because the economics didn't work out. What could Sacramento do to get those twenty thousand homes built?”