Aug 15, 2018
The City of Milpitas is full of campaign drama this year. The first hot ticket item is the Mayor’s race. Heavy hitters are challenging outspoken Mayor Rich Tran, who was condemned by the City Council for unprofessional conduct as Mayor. The most formidable is one of those councilmembers, Bob Nuñez, who is also the outgoing Chair of the Santa Clara…
Aug 14, 2018
In December of 2017, Santa Clara County Board of Education Member Michael Chang stepped down from his post on the Board, paving the way for the appointment of Kathleen King to the Trustee Area 2 seat. King is up for reelection in November and will face challenger Barry Chang, a current Cupertino Councilmember. Chang, whose term ends this year, is known…
Aug 14, 2018
County of Santa Clara Proposed feasibility study to provide childcare services at major County campuses for County employees No summary or attachments provided online. Where: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors When: 8/14/2018, 9:30 AM, Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, County Government Center, 70 West Hedding Street, 1st floor, San Jose Link to item: No link for this item Link to…
Aug 10, 2018
In 2014, Palo Alto voters approved Measure D, which reduced the number of Council seats from nine to seven, and this November will be the first time residents elect candidates under the new system. The two seats being eliminated are currently held by Councilmembers Karen Holman and Gregory Scharff, both of whom are termed out of office at the end of the…
Aug 9, 2018
Gilroy City Council will have four seats up for reelection, and with no term limits in place, Mayor Pro Tempore Daniel Harney and Councilmembers Dion Bracco, Peter Leroe-Muñoz, and Marie Blankley – who was appointed to the position earlier this year – are all running to keep their seats. The only confirmed opponent is Tom Fischer, a well-known community leader and…
Aug 3, 2018
The San Jose Unified School Board is going to see changes come the November election. Having made it to the runoff for Santa Clara County Supervisor District 4, Board President Susan Ellenberg will not run for reelection to the School Board. This vacancy has led to a faceoff between Helen Chapman and Peter Allen for Trustee Area 2. Chapman is…
Aug 2, 2018
As the November election gets closer, candidates are jumping into Sunnyvale’s City Council race. Mayor Glenn Hendricks and Councilmember Gustav Larsson are up for reelection and both will have an opponent. Hendricks is being challenged by Josh Grossman, a neighborhood activist, former school board president, and chair of Sunnyvale’s Housing and Human Services Commission. Larson will face candidate Henry Alexander III, an opponent…
Aug 1, 2018
There are three seats up for election on Campbell’s City Council and folks are gearing up to fill the spots. Mayor Paul Resnikoff and Councilmember Liz Gibbons, who are up for reelection, are campaigning to keep their seats, while embattled conservative Jeffrey Cristina is termed out of office. At the moment, there are two known challengers joining the race: Michael…
Jul 30, 2018
City of San Jose Placing a $950M GO bond on Nov.6 ballot Council will review the results of a community survey and may place a general obligation bond measure on the Nov. 6 ballot that would levy16¢ per $1,000 of assessed value to raise $950M, averaging $51M annually. The revenue would be used to: Upgrade 911 communications/ police/ fire facilities…
Jul 26, 2018
Santa Clara’s newly imposed election map has created one predominately minority voter district, pitting candidates of color against one another in an effort to give them a better shot at a Council seat. The remaining five districts are majority white. Of the candidates who applied for an appointment to the Council seat recently vacated by Dominic Caserta, only two are…