City Politics
City Politics
Fire, Ready, Aim: Council Launches New Ballot Measures, Considers End Runs Against Court Orders
July 18, 2018
At a special Monday night meeting — within days of a judge’s remedy order for Santa Clara’s voting rights violation...
City Politics
Council Set to Admonish, Possibly Censure, Two Of Its Own
July 18, 2018
Two Santa Clara City Council Members came under heavy fire for failing to appoint someone to the Council’s vacant seat....
City Politics
Sources Say: FairVote Attorney Represented Santa Clara Soccer League in Suit Against the City
July 18, 2018
Santa Clara’s California Voting Rights Act lawsuit now has provided employment for yet another lawyer. FairVote — the Maryland-based ranked...
City Politics
Commissioners Debate City’s Parking Challenges
July 13, 2018
During a Planning Commission meeting on June 13, intense discussion regarding the City’s inadequate parking supply was sparked by deliberations...
City Politics
Townhome Project Gets Go-Ahead, Planning Commissioner Resigns
July 13, 2018
A 12-unit townhome development will go ahead despite its neighbors critical mass of complaints that the parking is inadequate. The...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Council’s History of Appointments
July 13, 2018
Much has been said about Santa Clara Council Members Patricia Mahan and Pat Kolstad not voting for any of the...
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
Council Member Pat Kolstad Receives American Public Power Association’s Public Official Award
July 4, 2018
Council Member Pat Kolstad received the Spence Vanderlinden Public Official Award at the American Public Power Association’s national conference in...







