Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Lawsuit Alleges Mayor Broke Public Disclosure Laws, Didn’t Report Income
October 26, 2018
On Wednesday Santa Clara Law University School student Brian Exline filed a lawsuit against Mayor Lisa Gillmor alleging that Gillmor...
Arts & Entertainment
SCU Pianist Hans Boepple: He Wants Every Note to Be “Perfect”
October 25, 2018
Pianist Hans Boepple isn’t the kind of person to make a spectacle of himself, even on stage. No one could...
City Politics
Sunnyvale 2018 Money Trail: $300,000 and Counting
October 25, 2018
The September Sunnyvale City Council campaign reports show almost $300,000 already poured into next month’s election when independent expenditure money...
City Politics
Voting Rights Lawsuit Appeal Filed Prior to Council Approval
October 25, 2018
Some in Santa Clara are saying that the attorneys representing the City in the now-appealed voting rights lawsuit overstepped their...
City Politics
Local Developers Invest Big to Defeat Rent Control Restriction Repeal (Prop 10)
October 25, 2018
Developers and landlords across California are pouring money by the boatload into the Californians For Responsible Housing PAC’s campaign against...
City Politics
Santa Clara Campaign 2018 Money Update: AFL-CIO Invests $10K in Biagini Campaign, Gillmor Adds PAC Money to War Chest
October 24, 2018
The 2018 PAC spending race is off and running in Santa Clara, with the San José-based AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee...
City Politics
Commissioners Appointed and Complaints Dismissed
October 18, 2018
Tuesday’s City Council meeting’s agenda was largely appointments to the Planning and Senior Commissions, the Library Board of Trustees and...
City Politics
Some South Bay Public Safety PACs Operating as “Gray” Political Money Conduits (Updated)
October 18, 2018
At least two South Bay public safety PACs have operated as “gray money” PACs in recent elections: Santa Clara Police...
City Politics
Santa Clara On the Hook for $5 Million in Voting Rights Case City Lost
October 15, 2018
Last week the plaintiffs in the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit are asking for $4.1 million in legal fees as...
City Politics
Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce PAC Filed All Required Finance Reports
October 11, 2018
“We filed what we were told to file by the [Santa Clara] City Clerk,” said Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce...







