Carolyn Schuk

Judge in Voting Rights Case Considers Proposed Order for 7 Districts

On Wednesday Santa Clara’s voting rights lawsuit entered its second phase: determining the remedy for the City’s voting rights violation.…

July 19, 2018

Fire, Ready, Aim: Council Launches New Ballot Measures, Considers End Runs Against Court Orders

At a special Monday night meeting — within days of a judge’s remedy order for Santa Clara’s voting rights violation…

July 18, 2018
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City’s Lawyer in Voting Rights Lawsuit Has Business and Political Ties to Controversial Lobbyist

It's an old cliché that it isn't what you know but who you know, that counts. Churchwell White LLP, the…

July 13, 2018

Census Data Shows Santa Clara’s Ethnic Geography — It’s Not Homogenous

Examination of the Santa Clara's 2010 census tract data shows that the City has clearly identifiable minority majority or near-majority…

July 4, 2018

City’s Convention Center Advisor is Disgraced Former San José Convention Center Manager

Last year the City of Santa Clara signed a $179,000 contract with Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. "for Engagement of…

July 4, 2018

Judge in Voting Rights Lawsuit Tells City: Comply or Else

On Monday, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle issued an order about the remedy phase of the voting…

June 27, 2018

Lack of Parking Lot Porta-Potties and Traffic Top Resident Gripes About Levi’s Stadium

At last Thursday’s special Santa Clara Stadium Authority meeting Santa Clara residents learned that one of the most pressing civic…

June 27, 2018

Achronix: Not Be A Household Name, But Technology We Depend on Thousands of Times a Day

Have you made a call on your mobile phone or used the internet today? If the answer is yes, you’ve…

June 20, 2018

Plaintiffs in Santa Clara CVRA Lawsuit Want 7-District Remedy, Say At-Large Mayor/Council Member Is Dodge To Preserve Old Guard Power

On Monday the plaintiffs in Santa Clara’s California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit filed a brief asking the judge to…

June 20, 2018
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Council Has Left Seats Vacant in Recent Past

The Santa Clara City Council doesn’t always fill vacancies in its ranks. It has operated with a six-member Council before,…

June 13, 2018