For six years the Council failed to act despite warning signs that the City’s at-large, by-seat election system was on course for a costly California Voting Rights Act (CVRA)...
Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Levi’s Stadium Financials: Revenue Higher, Debt Lower and General Fund Benefits $3 Million
Levi’s Stadium outperformed its budget in the fiscal year ending March 30, according to the Santa Clara Stadium Authority’s (SCSA) preliminary 2016-2017...
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Public Safety
Naked Man Identified in SJ Police Chase and Officer-Involved Shooting on Stevens Creek
Traffic was still backed up into Friday evening on Stevens Creek Blvd. following an early-afternoon police chase that ended with an office-involved...
Public Safety
Call That Ended With Officer-Involved Shooting Wasn’t the First About Troubled 24-Year-Old
When Santa Clara police responded to a 9-1-1 call on the 2200 block of Deborah Dr. shortly after 5 p.m. last Thursday,...
The Santa Clara District Attorney has dismissed complaints against Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor that allege Brown Act and conflict of interest...
Environmental Day Saturday, March 4th 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Recycle e-waste, u-waste, clothing, plastic structures, toys and confidential documents at Recology’s Environmental Day....
City Politics
City Manager Rajeev Batra Announces Retirement, Leaves Important South Bay Public Works Legacy
As a civil engineer for four decades, Santa Clara’s Interim City Manager Rajeev Batra is literally a road-builder. And as the first...
City Politics
Ethics Committee Reconvenes, Plans New Charter Review and Pans 2016 Santa Clara Democracy Forums
On Monday night the Santa Clara City Council’s Ethics Committee resumed business after a nine-month hiatus. On the agenda was convening a...
What’s now being called Dark Money is a type of independent expenditure. Independent Expenditure Committees (IECs) are protected by the First Amendment,...
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It’s that time again. The time when the villains of Doomstown start concocting their diabolical schemes, Sheriff Sam polishes up his badge,...