City Politics

Wieckowski Bill Reining in Homeowner Associations’ Abuses Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee

A bill to curb abuses in California’s more than 55,000 homeowner associations (HOA) by adding requirements that will lead to…

July 29, 2018

High Density Development Planned for Tasman East Area

At the start of 2017, the City of Santa Clara kicked off an analysis and outreach effort to develop a…

July 27, 2018
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New Members Appointed to Santa Clara Architectural Committee

At a Planning Commission meeting on June 26, two members of the Commission were appointed to the Architectural Committee. Commissioners…

July 26, 2018

Curious City Council and Staff Findings on June Calendars

June proved to be another productive month for Santa Clara Council and City staff, but curious findings on their calendars…

July 25, 2018

Six Districts, Two to Elect New Council Members in November

Yesterday an amended order was published in Santa Clara's California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit directing the sequencing of elections…

July 25, 2018

Santa Clara District Elections Sequencing for California Voting Rights Act Remedy: Districts 2 & 3 in 2018

Today, the judge in Santa Clara's California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit, Thomas Kuhnle, published an amendment to his July…

July 24, 2018

Judge in Voting Rights Lawsuit Orders Six Districts for Santa Clara, But Election Sequencing Not Decided

Santa Clara will have six election districts and will use the City's Draft Plan 3, dawn by the City's demographer…

July 23, 2018

Day Two of the California Voting Rights Lawsuit Remedy Hearing

Yesterday's hearing in Santa Clara's voting rights lawsuit began where it left off on Wednesday: with demographer David Ely testifying.…

July 20, 2018

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
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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