""It's a rare alignment of San Jose's political stars: Two influential organizations on opposite sides of San Jose's labor-business political divide have endorsed the same candidate in the District 7 City Council race. Incumbent Councilmember Bien Doan has won support from both the Silicon Valley Biz PAC and South Bay Labor Council. Doan - a longtime union member and former fire captain who has been a consistent vote for business friendly policies - is battling to hold onto his seat for a second term.""
""San Jose's business and labor coalitions - rough groupings of ideologically aligned candidates and organizations - have clashed in recent years over some of the city's most pressing policy decisions, including how to shelter homeless people, how to fund affordable housing and when to raise taxes. While candidates for city council occasionally enjoy some backing from both labor and business, an outright dual endorsement is exceedingly rare. \"If I had to throw a percentage out there, it would be maybe 1% of the time,\" Victor Gomez, who heads the Silicon Valley Biz PAC, told San José Spotlight.""
Bien Doan has won endorsements from both the Silicon Valley Biz PAC and the South Bay Labor Council, an uncommon alignment between business and labor groups. Doan is a longtime union member and former fire captain who has voted consistently for business-friendly policies and is seeking a second term. The labor council also backed two rivals, Hanh-Giao Nguyen and Rafael Garcia. Doan's campaign emphasizes his role as a consensus builder and cites the twin endorsements as proof of collaborative leadership. Local business and labor coalitions have frequently clashed over homelessness, affordable housing funding, and tax policy.
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