Jun 12, 2018
Today, the Santa Clara City Council will vote to make an appointment to the Council seat vacated by Dominic Caserta last month. To pass, the appointment must receive five of the remaining six Council members’ votes. The City Charter gives the Council two options in case of a Council seat vacancy: either appoint or hold a special election. If an…
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 30, 2018
The East and South Bay are thriving – attracting new residents while seeing our business community expand. The cities in our community are at the nexus of a major transportation hub for the region and West Coast. From highway systems to public transportation like AC Transit and BART to bicycle and pedestrian paths, we rely on infrastructure and transportation investment…
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 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
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…
May 10, 2018
On Tuesday, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to give developers a large financial benefit by effectively delaying the implementation of the city’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (IHO). Years ago, San Jose passed an Inclusionary Housing law to require market-rate housing developers to build a portion of their projects to be affordable to low-to-moderate income families. However, that ordinance was…
May 7, 2018
On Friday, The Left Hook published a story on the actions taken by the Santa Clara County Democratic Party to condemn Supervisor Candidate Pierluigi Oliverio for verbal and sexual harassment allegations. Click here to see NBC’s coverage of the story. Tweet