Two candidates seeking to become Santa Clara County’s next Assessor emphasized their contrasting backgrounds and visions for modernizing the office during a Meet the Candidate forum Sept. 8 at the Morgan Hill Grange.
Yan Zhao, a Saratoga city council member and two-term mayor, and Neysa Fligor, Los Altos vice mayor and the county’s current Assistant Assessor, addressed local residents at the event hosted by the South County Silver Democratic Club.
The special election comes after the retirement in July of longtime former county Assessor Larry Stone, who had held the position since 1994…