San Jose mayor wants unauthorized Black Lives Matter mural to stay

A BLACK LIVES Matter mural spanning three blocks of San Jose sidewalk is still standing despite being painted illegally — and the city’s mayor wants to keep it.

“I’d be happy to leave the mural right where it is actually, in my neighborhood,” Mayor Sam Liccardo told San José Spotlight. “I’ve got a Black Lives Matter sign in front of my home and so do several other neighbors of mine. There’s nobody complaining about it in the neighborhood.”