City Politics
City Politics
CVRA Appeal: Santa Clara’s Challenge to Voting Rights Law Loses, Court Upholds Established Precedent
December 30, 2020
The California Appeals Court has shot down the City of Santa Clara’s appeal of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA)...
City Politics
CVRA Appeal: Santa Clara Loses — Again
December 30, 2020
The California Appeals Court shot down the City of Santa Clara’s appeal of the 2018 California Voting Rights Act (CVRA)...
City Politics
Russ Melton Returns to Sunnyvale’s City Council
December 30, 2020
For the first time in Sunnyvale’s history, the city has elected Councilmembers to represent districts instead of the city at...
City Politics
Suds Jain: Walking the Environmental Walk
December 30, 2020
A leadership class by County Supervisor Joe Simitian opened Santa Clara Councilmember Suds Jain’s eyes to how much of the...
City Politics
Hopes For Courthouse Relocation Dwindle
December 18, 2020
Attempts to relocate the courthouse to make way to revitalize Santa Clara’s downtown have fallen flat. In a report during...
City Politics
CVRA Appeal Hearing: Santa Clara Puts Its Eggs in Basket Named “Usually”
December 17, 2020
In the City of Santa Clara’s appeal of the voting rights lawsuit it lost in 2018, the City can be...
City Politics
Kevin Park: If Something Needs Doing, Do It
December 17, 2020
Little did Kevin Park know that when he answered a neighbor’s request to help pass out flyers about a development...
City Politics
Alysa Cisneros Brings a New Voice to Sunnyvale’s City Council
December 17, 2020
During the November elections, the City of Sunnyvale elected district representatives for the first time in the city’s history. Among...
City Politics
Council’s Marathon Closed Session to Continue Wednesday
December 16, 2020
In a seven-hour virtual meeting that was fraught with technical problems — starting with the City website going down mid-afternoon...
City Politics
More Housing Being Planned for North Santa Clara’s Freedom Circle
December 14, 2020
On Dec. 9, Santa Clara Planning Commissioners heard a study session on the City’s emerging Freedom Circle Focus Area Plan....









