Jan 22, 2018
The signs at Saturday’s Women’s March in San Jose did not disappoint. They were witty, clever, poignant, and downright hilarious. Thank you to all who joined the march and brought us these, and many more, catchy and meaningful words of wisdom: 80% Pay = 100% Wrong No one says “grab em by the weenie” We are not ovary acting I…
Jan 22, 2018
County of Santa Clara Update & direction on Child Care Services, plus approving $50,000 increase for 4Cs The board is consider approving a funding increase for the Community Child Care Council and receive a report on the state and budget of the Child Care Services department. The recommended actions will have the following fiscal impact Recommended Action (a) The CalWORKs…
Jan 18, 2018
Last week, labor organizations and local residents filed a lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court to prevent the City of San Jose from planning development of a site, contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals, without evaluating the public and worker health risks and safety and environmental impacts. The Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health found that the project site, located in downtown…
Jan 15, 2018
Santa Clara County Discussion on possible ballot measure to extend County’s 1/8-cent sales tax The current County 1/8 cent sales tax (2012 Measure A) is set to expire on March 31, 2023. The Board directed the Administration to provide information to the Board regarding the County’s one-eighth cent tax, including: Workplan or decision matrix for the Board to examine the…
Jan 12, 2018
In recent days there have been rumblings that former Congressman Mike Honda might consider running for San Jose Mayor. To date, Honda has only said that he is not ruling out the possibility. The City of San Jose has been plagued with a number of issues that have not been adequately addressed by the current Mayor – increase in crime…
Jan 12, 2018
San Jose Vice Mayor Magdalena Carrasco will face an opponent in her bid for re-election. Yesterday, Jennifer Imhoff, Secretary for the Santa Clara County Libertarian Party and Communications Director for the Libertarian Party of California, submitted her Candidate Intention Statement for District 5 to the San Jose City Clerk. Currently, there are 156 registered Libertarians out of 32,500 registered voters…
Jan 11, 2018
In our January 5th post, The Silicon Valley Organization and Its Employee Candidates, The Left Hook shared that the Silicon Valley Organization (SVO), formerly known as the Chamber of Commerce, had committed to staying out of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors race because it employs Susan Ellenberg, a candidate for the open Board seat. The SVO stated that…
Jan 10, 2018
Tomorrow morning, the Committee to Recall Judge Persky (Committee) will submit nearly 100,000 signatures to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, placing the recall of Judge Persky on the June 5, 2018 ballot. After four months, the Committee has completed its signature gathering efforts and with the number of signatures gathered, the recall appears to be one of the…
Jan 3, 2018
Timing is a beautiful thing. Here at The Left Hook, when we see things falls into place – particularly about the issues we feel will deeply affect the quality of life for residents in the Bay Area – we lay a quick garland at the altar of Providence, and then get to work. A recent Mercury News article talked about…
Jan 2, 2018
City of San Jose Direction on Worker’s Comp program; staff recommends continuing hybrid model until State audit is completed The City of San Jose is currently in a multi-year Pilot Program to evaluate service delivery models for providing workers’ compensation benefits to employees. Under the Pilot, workers’ compensation claims are split between an In-House City team and Intercare, a Third-Party…