Jun 6, 2018
Yesterday’s election left some local races clearly decided and others much too close to call. As most folks expected, Mayor Sam Liccardo won his second term, with Steve Brown, the second place candidate falling far behind. In the San Jose City Council races, District 3 Council Member Raul Peralez, who ran unopposed, was officially re-elected last night. Vice Mayor Magdalena…
Jun 3, 2018
Voters in the County Board of Supervisors (BOS) District 4 race just received nearly identical mailers for Susan Ellenberg and Pierluigi Oliverio. Both candidates are vying for the seat, which is now occupied by Ken Yeager. It seems that the mailers targeted voters by gender, with women getting the Ellenberg piece and men getting the Oliverio version of the mailer. Who…
May 28, 2018
City of San Jose Ending negotiations with current residential waste haulers for new contracts (CWA, Garden City, Green Team and GreenWaste) The City provides residential recycling and garbage services through four contracted service providers: California Waste Solutions (CWS), Garden City Sanitation Inc. (GCS), Green Team of San Jose, and GreenWaste Recovery. Combined, this system is one of the largest privatized…
May 25, 2018
The deceptive campaigning for Pierluigi Oliverio just keeps on going. Voters in Santa Clara County Supervisorial District 4 received a second misleading mailer, this time implying that former San Jose Mayor Susan Hammer supports Oliverio. She does not. The latest mailer sent by the Silicon Valley Organization (SVO), also known as the Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, prominently displays a…
May 24, 2018
Fundraising numbers are slowly rolling in for the final reporting period before the June primary election. While forms aren’t due until 11:59 pm tonight, Kalen Gallagher, a candidate for San Jose City Council District 9, has already filed. He raised $420 this period, bringing his grand total since January 1, 2018 to a little more than $3,000. There also seems…
May 24, 2018
Voters in Santa Clara County Supervisorial District 4 recently received a mailer from candidate Pierluigi Oliverio that misleadingly asserts in large print “Democrats Support Pierluigi Oliverio for Supervisor.” No Democrats are named in the piece as supporting Oliverio’s candidacy, and contrary to the implication of the piece’s title, the Santa Clara County Democratic Party does not support Oliverio in the…
May 22, 2018
City of Sunnyvale Selecting a preferred option for the Housing Study in the Lawrence Station Area Plan; continued to June 26 Staff are requesting a continuance to June 26, 2018 for the public hearing of the amendment of the Lawrence Station Area Plan, which includes 319 acres adjacent to the Station. This is to allow additional time to complete the…
May 15, 2018
Sally Lieber, a former California State Assembly Member and Mountain View City Council Member, has filed a Notice of Intent to run for Senator Jerry Hill’s seat. Hill, who represents the 13th Senate District, encompassing cities from Sunnyvale and Mountain View to South San Francisco, is termed out of office. Tweet
May 15, 2018
After growing calls to resign from office and drop out of the Santa Clara County Supervisor’s race, Dominic Caserta has suspended his campaign and resigned from his position as a city councilman for the City off Santa Clara. Calls for his resignation grew louder over the week as more former students came forward with sexual harassment allegations. His campaign’s full statement…
May 14, 2018
Sometimes it is hard to understand why businesses join the Silicon Valley Organization (SVO), otherwise known as the Chamber of Commerce. The SVO’s record in political campaigns certainly does not stand its members in good stead. It has opposed, abandoned or offended a majority of the San Jose City Council and the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. The SVO’s…