Aug 1, 2016
City of San Jose Approving Ad-Hoc Council Committee on Development Services to facilitate private sector development; Mayor Liccardo to chair As recommended by the Rules and Open Government Committee on July 27, 2016, approve the creation of an Ad-Hoc Committee on Development Services and setting the following dates for the meetings to be held in the City Manager’s Conference Room.…
Jul 29, 2016
Earlier this month Victor Gomez, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, sent out an email containing false information about the Opportunity to Work (OTW) initiative, which will be on the November ballot in San Jose. In fact, the Chamber deliberately mislead many of the email recipients who are not covered by…
Jul 26, 2016
As of 5 pm yesterday, all candidates who had filed to run for Santa Clara City Council had officially selected the specific seat for which they would be vying. Below is the breakdown of the current candidates and the Santa Clara City Council seats they are running for: Seat 3 *Debi Davis John McLemore Tweet
Jul 25, 2016
A new poll released earlier today shows that, among likely general election voters, Congressman Mike Honda holds a considerable lead against Ro Khanna in California’s 17th Congressional District race. The poll, conducted by Lake Research Partners, shows that Honda heads Khanna 41% to 35%, with 23% of voters undecided. Additionally, Honda leads Khanna in favorability and name recognition, with 52%…
Jul 19, 2016
Political insiders are rolling their eyes at the strange and costly turn of political events in Sunnyvale. Dave Whittum resigned from the City Council even though only a few months of his term remained. He would have been termed out at the end of this year. His resignation was early enough to force the City Council to call a special…
Jul 14, 2016
The official recount is over and Lan Diep has been named the winner of the San Jose City Council District 4 race, again. But the news of a confirmed defeat has not stopped Nguyen and a voter from requesting yet another recount, this one at their own expense. The recount will cost approximately $20,000 and take one month. The general…
Jul 11, 2016
City of Sunnyvale Placing Users Utility Tax measure on November 2016 ballot City Council sponsored a Study Issue to evaluate the potential of a Utility Users Tax (UUT) ballot measure for the November 2016 election. On December 1, 2015, a Council Study Session was held to discuss the City’s current UUT regulations and ways to prevent UUT revenues from declining due the…
Jul 6, 2016
One indicator of the political strength of an organization or individual is the success of the candidates they endorse, particularly in contested races for open seats. In the hotly contested race for the open seat in the 27th Assembly District, which pitted Ash Kalra, endorsed by Labor, against Madison Nguyen, endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce, Mayor and the…
Jul 5, 2016
City of Cupertino Placing initiative to approve Vallco Town Center Specific Plan on the November ballot Council will be receiving a report related to the proposed impacts of an initiative that would approve and adopt the Vallco Town Center Specific Plan as a mixed use development area – to include at least 389 residential units, as well as retail, office,…
Jun 20, 2016
County of Santa Clara Funding for the Housing Authority’s Potential Acquisition of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park County administration is recommending that the Board approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara and the City of Palo Alto relating to funding the Housing Authority’s potential acquisition of the Buena Vista Mobile…