City Politics

CVRA Appeal: Santa Clara’s Challenge to Voting Rights Law Loses, Court Upholds Established Precedent

The California Appeals Court has shot down the City of Santa Clara's appeal of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA)…

December 30, 2020

CVRA Appeal: Santa Clara Loses — Again

The California Appeals Court shot down the City of Santa Clara's appeal of the 2018 California Voting Rights Act (CVRA)…

December 30, 2020
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Russ Melton Returns to Sunnyvale’s City Council

For the first time in Sunnyvale’s history, the city has elected Councilmembers to represent districts instead of the city at…

December 30, 2020

Suds Jain: Walking the Environmental Walk

A leadership class by County Supervisor Joe Simitian opened Santa Clara Councilmember Suds Jain’s eyes to how much of the…

December 30, 2020

Hopes For Courthouse Relocation Dwindle

Attempts to relocate the courthouse to make way to revitalize Santa Clara’s downtown have fallen flat. In a report during…

December 18, 2020

CVRA Appeal Hearing: Santa Clara Puts Its Eggs in Basket Named “Usually”

In the City of Santa Clara’s appeal of the voting rights lawsuit it lost in 2018, the City can be…

December 17, 2020

Kevin Park: If Something Needs Doing, Do It

Little did Kevin Park know that when he answered a neighbor’s request to help pass out flyers about a development…

December 17, 2020

Alysa Cisneros Brings a New Voice to Sunnyvale’s City Council

During the November elections, the City of Sunnyvale elected district representatives for the first time in the city’s history. Among…

December 17, 2020

Council’s Marathon Closed Session to Continue Wednesday

In a seven-hour virtual meeting that was fraught with technical problems — starting with the City website going down mid-afternoon…

December 16, 2020
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More Housing Being Planned for North Santa Clara’s Freedom Circle

On Dec. 9, Santa Clara Planning Commissioners heard a study session on the City's emerging Freedom Circle Focus Area Plan.…

December 14, 2020