On Wednesday Santa Clara’s voting rights lawsuit entered its second phase: determining the remedy for the City’s voting rights violation. County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle announced that this...
Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
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 — the...
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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 Sacramento lobbying...
Examination of the Santa Clara’s 2010 census tract data shows that the City has clearly identifiable minority majority or near-majority neighborhoods; contradicting...
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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 Stakeholders and...
On Monday, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle issued an order about the remedy phase of the voting rights violation...
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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 challenges posed...
Have you made a call on your mobile phone or used the internet today? If the answer is yes, you’ve relied on...
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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 order seven...
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The Santa Clara City Council doesn’t always fill vacancies in its ranks. It has operated with a six-member Council before, while waiting...