PG&E executive helped run San Jose council candidate’s campaign

A top PG&E executive helped run San Jose City Council candidate Gabby Chavez-Lopez’s campaign for this year’s District 3 special election — while a special interest group funded by the controversial utility company spent independently to support her candidacy. Emails obtained by San José Spotlight show Teresa Alvarado, a regional vice president of the Bay Area’s $40 billion power utility, ran meetings three times a week with campaign volunteers to discuss fundraising, endorsements, mail and media strategy for Chavez-Lopez. In addition to fundraising and endorsements, Alvarado set an agenda for discussing phone banking, house parties, media opportunities and strategizing responses to issues…