Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Newsom Vetoes Brown Act Changes, But Current Remote Meetings Requirements Remain in Place
October 19, 2021
We were incorrect in our Oct. 6 story, “New Law Means Remote Public Meetings Here To Stay.” Although AB 339...
Community
Don’t Let Up on Water Conservation
October 14, 2021
There’s two ways to cut your water use dramatically, the hard way and the easy way. The hard way is...
Arts & EntertainmentCommunity
Parade of Champions Returns, Better Than Ever
October 12, 2021
Fate was smiling on Santa Clara last Saturday when she delivered a cloudless, sunny autumn day for Santa Clara’s Parade...
City Politics
New Law Means Remote Public Meetings Here To Stay
October 6, 2021
Slowly but surely California’s open meetings laws are evolving into the 21st century. Last month a landmark bill authored by...
City Politics
The Look and Feel of a New Downtown
September 28, 2021
If you’ve been following the Reclaiming Downtown efforts in Santa Clara, you may have heard the phrase Form Based [zoning]...
Community
Santa Clara Harvests Much-Awaited Agrihood Groundbreaking
September 16, 2021
Wednesday Santa Clara celebrated a groundbreaking at 90 N. Winchester, former home of the University of California’s Bay Area Research...
City Politics
Black and White Evidence City Attorney — Maybe Others? — Hid Settlement Offer in CVRA Lawsuit
September 9, 2021
We knew that the plaintiffs in the 2018 California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit made Santa Clara a settlement offer...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Attorney Doyle Dismissed in 5-2 Vote
September 2, 2021
The Santa Clara City Council voted in a 5-2 vote to dismiss City Attorney Brian Doyle, at a special Council...
City Politics
By Any Measure, Santa Clara Leads in City Employee Compensation
September 1, 2021
Santa Clara City Manager Deanna Santana frequently claims that Santa Clara’s compensation isn’t competitive, making it hard for the City...
City Politics
Law Firm Has Potential Conflict of Interest in Doyle Investigation
August 31, 2021
If you described an investigation where the person works with the investigator and makes decisions about future engagements with the...









