Carolyn Schuk

Electric Rate Increase Approved, City Finances Improving

Tuesday's Santa Clara City Council meeting brought welcome relief from the fractious and quarrelsome meetings that characterized the last two…

December 9, 2022

Bethlehem On Benton Street Returns After Three Year Absence

My first introduction to Santa Clara First Baptist Church’s “Bethlehem” was the remarkable sight of a camel grazing on Benton…

December 6, 2022
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Related Santa Clara a Public Subsidy, Must Pay Prevailing Wage

The Related Santa Clara development is subject to public works prevailing wage laws, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)…

November 30, 2022

Paraeducators File Safety Complaint Over Hazardous Working Conditions

Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) paraeducators, the people who work with the county’s most physically and developmentally disabled…

November 29, 2022

Your Vote is Just Fine According to ROV

Earlier this month there was a flurry of consternation when a council member’s ballot was rejected because of a signature…

November 25, 2022

Levi’s Stadium Has Made $659M, Boosted City’s Bottom Line $21M

Since opening in 2014, Levi’s Stadium has brought in $659 million for Santa Clara’s Stadium Authority and added $21 million…

November 4, 2022

Police Union Campaigns While Negotiating Contract

The Santa Clara Police Officers Association and its associated PAC are using the controversial grand jury report Unsportsmanlike Conduct on…

November 1, 2022

Tom Shanks: From Ethics Referee to Political Player

Some say that one-time Santa Clara ethics consultant Tom Shanks has given ethics a back seat to politics: First in…

November 1, 2022

Becker Gets BCTC Labor Endorsement, Gillmor “Has Let Us Down”

One of the largest regional trade union consortiums, the Santa Clara & San Benito Counties Building & Construction Trades Council…

October 31, 2022
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Police Union Possibly Skirting Campaign Laws

The Santa Clara Police Officers Association (POA) and its PAC appear to be violating — or at the very least…

October 26, 2022