Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone — who has presided over three decades of massive taxable property value increases as Silicon Valley’s industries boomed, busted and boomed again — is retiring.

Former Saratoga City Councilman Rishi Kumar is running as the outsider candidate in the race to replace longtime Santa Clara ...

As a fellow minority woman who has served in elected office for nearly a decade — including as mayor of a prominent city today— I found the recent portrayal of the assessor’s race as “a contest ...

Of the four candidates vying to replace Larry Stone, the Los Altos vice mayor and attorney is best qualified for the job.

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Kumar, who is running for Santa Clara County Assessor, claims the text “could not have originated from” the campaign.

Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone’s last day on the job is Sunday, and it’ll be interesting to see if that ends one of Silicon Valley’s favorite pastimes: booing him. Whether it’s at a Rotary ...

Larry Stone — Santa Clara County’s longest serving elected official — is stepping down as county assessor next month, capping off more than three decades in the role and 47 years overall as a public ...