Aug 17, 2018
Three of the five Eastside Union High School Board Trustees are up for reelection, and with no term limits in place, it is presumed that Board President J.Manuel Herrera, and Trustees Frank Biehl and Van Le will run to keep their seats. Most recently, Le ran and lost her bid for San Jose City Council District 7. The two early…
Feb 2, 2016
County of Santa Clara Reinstating Turner to complete Valley Medical Center retrofit; subsequent cost increase means add’l funding needed for other Measure A projects Measure A authorized the County to borrow $840 million to fund the earthquake retrofitting of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and other hospital maintenance and refurbishing projects knows as the Seismic Safety Program. The pinnacle project…
Dec 7, 2015
Santa Clara County Initial data on gender/race pay equity & direction on pay equity in County contracting policies Commission on the Status of Women’s (CSW) Pay Equity Study: In advance of the forthcoming pay equity study that will be undertaken by the Office of Women’s Policy and the Commission on the Status of Women, County Counsel and Administration have conducted…
Nov 16, 2015
Santa Clara County Proposed changes to County policy regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers / notification requests The board will consider adopting a Policy Resolution as proposed by Board President Cortese relating to civil immigration detainer and notification requests. It will also consider directing Administration to develop a Memorandum of Understanding with DHS & ICE contingent upon adoption…
Jan 12, 2015
San Jose City immigrant services plan Two separate requests for City staff to come up with a plan for making things easier for immigrants who qualify for relief from deportation under President Obama’s Executive Action – One relatively vague request by Mayor Liccardo, one more substantive from three freshman council members led by Ash Kalra Tweet
Oct 9, 2014
Anthony Phan could be the youngest candidate on the ballot this campaign season. (He’ll turn 21 after the election) And he’s using his youth to his advantage. Adopting a unique approach to his campaign, Phan is enlisting the help of high school students, some of whom aren’t even old enough yet to cast a ballot, to give voters their perspective…