I appreciate your detailed coverage of local politics, and take your articles into account when I’m forming my opinions on local races. It was especially interesting to read your article about who’s behind the various PAC contributions to this year’s race. While it’s clear that one side has a huge advantage and that this is appropriate to question, I noticed that the Santa Clara Weekly is a contributor to the PAC whose candidates your articles tend to favor. It would raise eyebrows for an individual in a newspaper to contribute to a PAC, and becomes a serious ethical question if they actually report on that election. But for a newspaper that actively covers a local election to be contributing to a PAC with a stake in that election almost certainly crosses the line.
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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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I am a 35‑year‑old graduate student, returning mid‑career to pursue a second master’s degree, and I am deeply concerned about the impact artificial intelligence is having on learning. I began my program at San Francisco State University in the fall of 2023, just as ChatGPT 3.5 was exploding into mainstream use. Like many students, I ... Read more
Bryant BaoThe City of Santa Clara this week, starting March 17th is putting on Fix A Leak week which focuses on all the potential ways to seek out water leaks in your home. However, for the City of Santa Clara leaking pipes of water is not their only concern with “leaks”. The consistent leaky pipes of ... Read more
Roger KintThe County and the City of Santa Clara have their share of elected and appointed officials who have pushed the boundaries of how much voters and residents can tolerate. Most will miss the fine details of their behavior, their actions, their ethics and transparency. Recently, workers at the Santa Clara Valley Water District demanded the ... Read more
Roger Kint