Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
City’s Lawyer in Voting Rights Lawsuit Has Business and Political Ties to Controversial Lobbyist
July 13, 2018
It’s an old cliché that it isn’t what you know but who you know, that counts. Churchwell White LLP, the...
City Politics
Census Data Shows Santa Clara’s Ethnic Geography — It’s Not Homogenous
July 4, 2018
Examination of the Santa Clara’s 2010 census tract data shows that the City has clearly identifiable minority majority or near-majority...
City Politics
City’s Convention Center Advisor is Disgraced Former San José Convention Center Manager
July 4, 2018
Last year the City of Santa Clara signed a $179,000 contract with Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. “for Engagement of...
City Politics
Judge in Voting Rights Lawsuit Tells City: Comply or Else
June 27, 2018
On Monday, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle issued an order about the remedy phase of the voting...
City Politics
Lack of Parking Lot Porta-Potties and Traffic Top Resident Gripes About Levi’s Stadium
June 27, 2018
At last Thursday’s special Santa Clara Stadium Authority meeting Santa Clara residents learned that one of the most pressing civic...
Community
Achronix: Not Be A Household Name, But Technology We Depend on Thousands of Times a Day
June 20, 2018
Have you made a call on your mobile phone or used the internet today? If the answer is yes, you’ve...
City Politics
Plaintiffs in Santa Clara CVRA Lawsuit Want 7-District Remedy, Say At-Large Mayor/Council Member Is Dodge To Preserve Old Guard Power
June 20, 2018
On Monday the plaintiffs in Santa Clara’s California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit filed a brief asking the judge to...
City Politics
Council Has Left Seats Vacant in Recent Past
June 13, 2018
The Santa Clara City Council doesn’t always fill vacancies in its ranks. It has operated with a six-member Council before,...
City Politics
Sparks Fly at Marathon Council Meeting With No Council Appointment
June 13, 2018
A deadlocked Santa Clara City Council vote last night ensured that the vacant Santa Clara City Council seat will remain...
City Politics
Santa Clara Had 7-Year Warning of Voting Rights Lawsuit That Will Cost City Millions
June 13, 2018
In the last eight years the Santa Clara City Council has willfully missed many opportunities to prevent the voting rights...









