Apr 15, 2019
County of Santa Clara Update on Stanford Univ. General Use Permit application negotiations At the October 16, 2018 (Item No. 9) Board meeting, the Board of Supervisors considered proceeding with a process to negotiate a possible development agreement with Stanford University relative to its General Use Permit (GUP) application. At the same October 16, 2018 (Item No. 9) Board meeting,…
Apr 10, 2019
The Mayor and a majority of the San Jose City Council appointed former colleague Pierluigi Oliverio to the city’s Planning Commission. Despite the fact that Oliverio was accused of sexually harassing and verbally abusing his female Chief of Staff while he was serving on City Council, Mayor Sam Liccardo, Vice Mayor Chappie Jones and Councilmembers Dev Davis, Johnny Khamis, Lan…
Apr 9, 2019
The Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (SVCN) has announced its new CEO, Kyra Kazantzis. Kazantzis, who previously served on the SVCN Board of Directors for five years, is currently a Senior Policy Advisor to Mayor Sam Liccardo, tackling San Jose’s the housing and homeless crisis. Prior to joining the city, she served as a directing attorney at the Law Foundation…
Apr 8, 2019
The release of recent poll findings that people would rather tax themselves than have wealthy corporations pay raised eyebrows all over the South Bay. TLH consulted several pollsters who all expressed doubt about this finding. The poll was commissioned by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) and the Bay Area News Group and conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz &…
Apr 8, 2019
Santa Clara County Wasserman referral to update policy allowing notification to ICE for serious or violent felonies Sup. Wasserman recommends approval of a board referral to update the County’s current policy to reflect the current law on detainer requests, to reaffirm that the County has and will honor all judicial warrants, and to allow notification to ICE of those individuals…
Apr 4, 2019
San Jose Spotlight reported that Mayor Sam Liccardo will not support a measure to increase voter participation in mayoral elections by moving those elections to presidential election years. The Mayor claims he opposes the shift because having to make decisions on both local and national issues would confuse voters. He states, “…it’s critical that our mayor election focuses on San…
Apr 2, 2019
Former commissioner Norm Kline has withdrawn his application for the San Jose Planning Commission. Via email, Kline stated that he had initially applied for the Commission because there were not enough qualified applicants. He also noted that he did not request any “special treatment”, referencing the unusual circumstances under which he was granted a last minute interview. Last month, after…
Apr 1, 2019
City of San Jose Approving shift of mayoral elections from gubernatorial to presidential election cycle DEFERRED TO 4/16/2019 PER ADMINISTRATION Staff and the Board of Fair Campaign and Political Practices recommend that council approve shifting the City’s mayoral election from the gubernatorial cycle to the presidential cycle. The Board’s recommendation to shift to the presidential cycle is based on the…
Apr 1, 2019
Mayor Sam Liccardo attended and spoke at San Jose’s annual Cesar Chavez Breakfast despite having recently made statements perpetuating the racist stereotype that immigrants, particularly those of Latino descent, are dangerous criminals. In reference to Santa Clara County’s policy of requiring a lawful reason to jail people when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests a hold, the Mayor issued this…
Mar 28, 2019
Today, delegates of the California Democratic Party filed charges of alleged misconduct against Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party and candidate for Party Chair Daraka Larimore-Hall, for attempting to manipulate the sexual harassment lawsuit against disgraced past Chair Eric Bauman. The charges stems from an amended complaint filed last week accusing Larimore-Hall of harassing the victims who had filed a…