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Apr 10, 2018

Alum Rock School District Hires Lawyer Tied to Their Alleged Financial Misconduct

After years of poor leadership and fiscal misconduct, the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District (District), received a notice of stay and rescind from Santa Clara County Office of Education Superintendent Mary Ann Dewan. The notice comes after the board majority consistently voted to undermine the financial stability of the District. The notice is the result of allegations that surfaced…

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Apr 9, 2018

State Audit Reveals Alarming Practices by Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County (4Cs)

California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle released a report late last week detailing questionable and unfair practices by the Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County (4Cs). 4Cs is the largest non-profit agency that serves as a link between families and child care providers in the County of Santa Clara. The results of the audit reinforce what 4Cs employees, Child Care…

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Apr 9, 2018

Policy Watch: Week of 4/9

City of San Jose Diridon Station Area Advisory Group to hear Google’s draft design principle & create “Solution Groups” The SAAG will discuss items including the following: Google’s Design Principles and Inspiration: Presentation will share Google’s draft ‘principles of place,’ values to help guide proposed development efforts in San Jose and beyond. The presentation will also highlight examples from around…

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Apr 5, 2018

An Open Letter to Someone Thinking about Taking Action

Perhaps you marched (or wanted to), donated to a candidate (or meant to), signed a petition (or almost did), or attended a community meeting (or you are looking for one). I am writing this letter to you. I was you, and I want to share my story about how I took action so that you can too. Many people associate…

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Apr 4, 2018

San Jose City Council to Require Developers to Pay Prevailing Wage and Hire Local Workers

Yesterday, the City of San Jose passed a groundbreaking set of policies to increase wages and workplace protections for construction workers and to promote local hiring and construction career opportunities. The policy passed 8-3 with Councilmembers Johnny Khamis, Dev Davis and Lan Diep voting no and the SVO (formerly the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce) aligning with the…

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Apr 2, 2018

Policy Watch: Week of 4/2

County of Santa Clara Update & approving poll for a potential sales tax extension & increase on Nov. 2018 ballot The Board will receive a report relating to possible extension and increase of the retail transactions (sales) and use tax for Santa Clara County. The Board will approve the Second Amendment to Agreement with EMC Research, Inc., relating to public…

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Mar 30, 2018

Santa Clara Voters Likely to Recall Judge Aaron Persky, But Unsure Who Should Replace Him

A new poll released earlier this week shows that the majority of likely Santa Clara County voters are poised to recall Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky in the June 5th election.  According to the poll, conducted by SurveyUSA exclusively for KPIX-TV News, 56% of voters would vote to recall Persky if the election were today. 29% would vote against recalling…

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Mar 26, 2018

Policy Watch: Week of 3/26

City of San Jose Approve Mayor Liccardo recommendations for Private Development Workforce Standards and Community Workforce Agreements Council will consider approving Mayor Liccardo’s recommendations on Private Development Workforce Standards, Capitol Bond Measure, Best Value Contracting, and Community Workforce Agreements. The recommendations would direct the City Attorney and the City Manager to take the following actions: Private Development Workforce Standards: Direct…

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Mar 8, 2018

Report Release: Silicon Valley construction boom leading local workers into poverty

A report released today by Working Partnerships USA finds that Silicon Valley is suffering from a lack of middle-income, family-supporting jobs for blue-collar construction workers. In Santa Clara County, the majority of job openings over the next 10 years are projected to pay either less than $40,000 per year, or more than $100,000 – with less than one-third being middle-wage,…

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Mar 7, 2018

Policy Watch: Week of 3/5

County of Santa Clara Adopting a strategy and approving funding to ensure complete count in 2020 Census The proposal is for an aggressive strategy and a commensurate budget appropriation to enable the County to identify every possible household for census response, deeply and broadly engage the community, implement a smart communications strategy, take leadership with key partners, and launch its…

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