San Jose councilmembers are calling for the resignation of Omar Torres almost a week after a police affidavit revealed he’s under investigation for alleged sex crimes involving minors. The announcement came Wednesday,

Mayor Matt Mahan and the 9 other Council members issued their call in a joint statement Wednesday, about a week after a police affidavit revealed that Torres was being investigated on suspicion of 'oral copulation of a minor' and 'having an abnormal interest in children.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has joined the resounding calls for Supervisor Omar Torres to resign amid an investigation into alleged child sex crimes.

With residents deeply concerned over Councilmember Omar Torres’s ability to adequately serve them, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has assured District 3 constituents that his office will help

Calls for embattled San Jose City Councilman Omar Torres to resign intensified on Wednesday with the city’s mayor and city council calling on him to step down. Torres is currently under investigation for oral copulation of a minor.

San Jose’s mayor and members of the City Council called for the resignation of a gay San Jose elected official who is under criminal investigation after he admitted in a text message to performing oral sex on a 17-year-old.

A San Jose elected official was warned that Councilmember Omar Torres was involved in child sexual misconduct – more than a year before Torres became the target of a police investigation that rocked Silicon Valley.