Feb 12, 2018
City of San Jose Memos from Liccardo / Carrasco / Arenas / Jimenez / Peralez & Rules Committee recommend an opposing City-sponsored ballot measure to the Evergreen Senior Homes Initiative UPDATES: Liccardo, Carrasco, Arenas, Jimenez and Peralez recommend: Approve recommendation (a) and (c) as outlined in the staff report dated February 2, 2018 related to the petition initiative amending the…
Feb 9, 2018
Santa Clara County officials are alarmed. Trump Administration actions could cost the County $200-$400 million per year, decimating the County’s social safety net. Among the gravest threats are: Increased cost of healthcare to those no longer insured by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and once more uninsured. This alone would impact the County healthcare system by approximately $150 million per…
Feb 6, 2018
The December fundraising numbers for incumbent City Council members and their challengers demonstrate a range of enthusiasm levels for the filthy lucre from high to no. In Council District 1 Charles “Chappie” Jones raised $16,000 and loaned himself $10,000. District 3 incumbent Raul Peralez raised an impressive $52,000. District 5 Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco raised $42,000, but her challengers, Jennifer Imhoff-Dousharm…
Feb 1, 2018
Ouch. That’s the automatic reaction to this hard-hitting video about the sexual harassment case against Pierluigi Oliverio, who is now running for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors: Pierluigi has already raised the maximum amount of funds for his campaign, but one has to wonder whether some of his contributors will want their money back. Tweet
Jan 31, 2018
Fundraising reports for the month of December are due today for San Jose City Council candidates. Fundraising started in December so these are the first reports, and they give a read on who’s running strong and who isn’t. Kalen Gallagher leads the race with $45,000 raised, much of it from techies. He also loaned himself $12,000. Shay Franco-Clausen is next…
Jan 31, 2018
San Jose City Council candidates were allowed to start fundraising in December, and today they reported how much they raised in that month. Leading the way for all City Council candidates in San Jose is Tam Nguyen with $80,000 raised from contributions and another $5,000 he loaned to himself for a total of $85,000. Coming in second is Maya Esparza…
Jan 24, 2018
This morning, nearly a hundred San Jose residents demonstrated at Google’s Mountain View headquarters over the tech giant’s plans to build a new mega-campus in San Jose. Google is negotiating with San Jose City Council to buy valuable public land near Diridon Station for its proposed 6-8 million square foot campus that will be home to up to 20,000 Google…
Jan 23, 2018
Yesterday, Monterey County Supervisor and former State Assemblymember Luis Alejo announced, via social media, that he will not be running for the District 12 State Senate seat Anthony Cannella is vacating. Alejo cited his new duties as Chair of the Board of Supervisors as the reason for his decision. However, there is some speculation that it was difficult for him…
Jan 22, 2018
The signs at Saturday’s Women’s March in San Jose did not disappoint. They were witty, clever, poignant, and downright hilarious. Thank you to all who joined the march and brought us these, and many more, catchy and meaningful words of wisdom: 80% Pay = 100% Wrong No one says “grab em by the weenie” We are not ovary acting I…
Jan 22, 2018
County of Santa Clara Update & direction on Child Care Services, plus approving $50,000 increase for 4Cs The board is consider approving a funding increase for the Community Child Care Council and receive a report on the state and budget of the Child Care Services department. The recommended actions will have the following fiscal impact Recommended Action (a) The CalWORKs…