San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan announced Thursday that he is running for governor of California, jumping into an already crowded race less than six months before the June primary. “We’ve proven in San Jose that when we focus on the most important things and hold ourselves accountable for delivering results, we can really make progress for our residents. Over the past two months, Mahan has hosted six of the candidates in San Jose, taking them on tours of the city’s interim housing communities as he looked for a candidate willing to prioritize faster, more pragmatic responses to homelessness. As the only current mayor of a big city in the race, Mahan said he’s closer to the issues than most. He points to his “back to basics” agenda, which he credits in helping clear blight from the city, reducing unsheltered homelessness and making San Jose one of the safest big cities in the nation.