Former San Jose City Councilman would provide a voice for fiscal sanity to the board.
It’s common to have a logjam of candidates in a Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors race when an incumbent is termed out — but it’s unusual to have five fundamentally qualified candidates. This is the challenge for South County and Evergreen voters in deciding who should replace Mike Wasserman in District 1.
Labor and civil rights groups last fall tried to ensure that would happen when they gerrymandered Khamis and another strong candidate, Los Gatos Town Council Vice Mayor Rob Rennie, out of District 1 when redrawing new county maps. We don’t always agree with him on issues, including his notion that a lack of affordable housing is not the main reason most people end up homeless in the county. But we wholeheartedly concur that more focus and coordination of mental health and drug and alcohol addiction programs is in order. Khamis’ passion for helping those with mental health is obvious. He has also successfully worked with non-profits, which is essential for the county.
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