I attended a council meeting on 1/10/17. I believed the Sobrato Homeless housing project was going to be discussed. There were some questions and the board stated there was to be a meeting on 2/2/17 to discuss this. However, a few people brought up the Sobrato project, and the Mayor said several times, “this is not a done deal, it will be discussed in the future”. In the notes of 2/2/17, it reads “In the fall, the Council approved exclusive negotiating rights with Sobrato.” To me this means it’s a done deal. Or does it? With the Community Outcry on the Sobrato project, why wouldn’t the Mayor and other board members be present at this meeting? At least a month prior, the Mayor and board members knew this meeting was going to happen, yet they Chose not to attend. They knew there was going to be strong opposition on the Sobrato project and chose to stay out of it.
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The developer, Lamb Partners (Randy Lamb – Atherton Planning Commissioner) started to purchase the two single family homes along Monroe, 906 Monroe St. and 930 Monroe St. in Feb 2019 and Sep 2019 respectively. This was just after the Santa Clara Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF) was formed by the City Council in December 2018. Lamb Partners
Santa Clara is the ONLY city in the entire State of California to have an elected Chief of Police. I contend that Santa Clarans don’t actually have a choice in selecting their Chief of Police. The current Chief of Police, Pat Nikolai, ran unopposed in his last two elections March 2020 and November 2020. Mike
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) states that racial discrimination in employment is illegal, as provided for under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law forbids employers from discriminating against employees or applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The provision also prohibits employers from creating or
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Dear Governance and Ethics Commission members Jain, Chahal and Park. Do not support implementing an ethics commission. This is yet once again a ploy by Mayor Gillmor to use against all of you or others in the future. This committee will be stacked with Gillmor loyalists. If you support such a committee you are setting ... Read more
Roger Kint“It happened this week years ago — but Eric is still Santa Clara’s long lost, forgotten son.” Twenty one years ago this week, my nephew Eric A. Kleemeyer was killed in Santa Clara. He was twenty two years old. He was a son, a brother, a nephew, and a young man whose life ended violently ... Read more
John Watkins