Tuesday’s City Council meeting’s agenda was largely appointments to the Planning and Senior Commissions, the Library Board of Trustees and the City Clerk post that became vacant when Acting...
Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Some South Bay Public Safety PACs Operating as “Gray” Political Money Conduits (Updated)
At least two South Bay public safety PACs have operated as “gray money” PACs in recent elections: Santa Clara Police Officers Association...
Last week the plaintiffs in the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit are asking for $4.1 million in legal fees as well as...
“We filed what we were told to file by the City Clerk,” said Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce PAC treasurer...
With the first campaign financial reports in, Mayor candidate Lisa Gillmor leads with a campaign treasury of $16,955. Second is City Council...
The California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) is investigating an ethics complaint against the City of Santa Clara about the 8.5-week employment...
In 2005, a CNN article called Related lobbyist Jude Barry one of five political consultants to watch and likened him to Karl...
City Politics
Correcting City’s Hall’s Math: Major Stadium Events Bring Average $400,000 to Bottom Line But High School and College Games Lose Big
Ever hear the story about the statistician who drowned when he tried to wade across a river that was an average of...
Set in the Triton Museum of Art’s light and airy main gallery, Sunday’s Cal Arte concert made for a particular synergy with...
City Politics
From Ballot Measures to Budgets, Santa Clara’s $200K Spin Meister Directs City Communications
Last winter Santa Clara hired crisis PR virtuoso Sam Singer to provide “professional public affairs/media relations services” that amounted to running the...