Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Santa Clara Had Expert Voting Rights Litigator On Contract But Trusted $600,000 Defense To Attorney With Limited CVRA Experience — And A Lucrative Municipal Law Practice
September 14, 2018
Santa Clara paid $579,978.19 to the law firm Churchwell White between September 2017 and July 2018 — an average of...
City Politics
Unraveling Santa Clara City Hall’s “Clarifications” About Candidate Forums
September 7, 2018
When Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) member Suds Jain emailed City Manager Deanna Santana and Acting City Clerk Jennifer Yamaguma asking...
City Politics
Santa Clara Citizens Advisory Committee: A 6-Decade City Institution
September 6, 2018
Last week the Santa Clara Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) roared into the headlines by precipitating a hubbub at City Hall...
City Politics
Related Lobbyist Jude Barry Pulls the Media Strings
August 30, 2018
As a lobbyist for Related Companies’ City Place Santa Clara project, political consultant Jude Barry appears to be more active...
City Politics
Arbitrator’s Stadium Facility Rent Decision Includes Agreement and Disagreement With Both Parties
August 22, 2018
The arbitration decision ending the nearly three-years long Levi’s Stadium facility rent dispute took a middle road, giving neither the Santa...
City Politics
City Appeals Voting Rights Lawsuit Decision — Keeping Legal Meters Ticking Upward
August 16, 2018
On Wednesday, the City of Santa Clara filed an appeal of Judge Thomas Kuhnle’s ruling that Santa Clara’s at-large by-seat...
City Politics
District Attorney Closes Caserta Investigation
August 16, 2018
Former Santa Clara City Council Member and front-runner for Ken Yeager’s County Supervisor seat Dominic Caserta will not face criminal...
City Politics
Stadium Authority Rent Win: $10 Million Over 40 Years
August 15, 2018
After two years of closed-door hearings and discussion, a private arbitrator awarded the Santa Clara Stadium Authority a 1.07 percent...
City Politics
Measure A Campaign Spending Totals $131,000 — 86% By Yes on A
August 9, 2018
A total of $131,000 was spent on June’s Measure A campaign — $105,000 of it by the Yes on A...
Op-Ed
Santa Clara’s Not-So-Hidden Anti-Asian Prejudice
August 9, 2018
Walt Kelly’s cartoon character Pogo famously said, “We have met the enemy and it is us.” Racism is like that,...









