San Jose City Council members are pushing back on Mayor Matt Mahan‘s proposal to hold elected officials accountable by tying a percentage of their pay to performance metrics.
If Mahan and the City Council members’ collective performance falls below 100% of the adopted targets for the city, 5% of their salaries will be proportionately reduced based on the actual achievement of the prioritized targets.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan sits at his desk in City Hall, May 5, 2025. (Barnini Chakraborty/Washington Examiner)
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This is not sitting well with at least five City Council members, who said the policy could lead some to focus more on the mayor’s popular priorities rather than addressing the lesser-known specific needs of their constituents.
“It’s straight out of the toolkit of authoritarian
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