San Jose mayor unveils ‘scorecards’ to track city’s progress in ‘focused, bitesized’ data

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan unveiled the first iteration of city “scorecards” to track progress in key areas,  hoping this will serve as a model nationwide.

San Jose City Council on Tuesday got its first taste of Mahan’s scorecard system and its focus areas: community safety, reducing unsheltered homelessness, cleaning up neighborhoods and blight, attracting investment in jobs and housing. Mahan called the scorecards an MVP, or “minimum viable product” as its known in the tech world, with a plan to track other city programs in the future. This initiative will move the government closer to running much like a software company, Mahan said.