City Politics

District 3 Forum: Hardy & Pellecchia Offer Different Visions of Santa Clara’s Future

Editor’s Note: This forum happened on Sept. 29, prior to the release of a Grand…

Police Union Possibly Skirting Campaign Laws

The Santa Clara Police Officers Association (POA) and its PAC appear to be violating —…

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Follow the Money 2022 Update: Donations Slow Down

Nov. 1 Update: Devcon, SCS Finance Police PAC Developers Devcon and SCS jumped into the…

Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit Against SCPD Chief Delayed at City’s Request

Santa Clara has asked a federal court to postpone a final settlement meeting in a…

Council Denies Independent Ethics Commission On Grand Jury Report

Mayor Lisa Gillmor got on her soapbox about ethics at the Council’s most recent meeting,…

“Unclear” Connections: Grand Jurors Under Fire for Potential Conflicts of Interest

Since the now infamous grand jury report, “Unsportsmanlike Conduct on the Santa Clara City Council,”…

FPPC Complaints are Complaints, Not Investigations

Editor’s Note: In this article, we mistakenly labeled City Clerk Hosam Haggag as a Gillmor…

Police Chief Nikolai Asks District Attorney to Investigate

Santa Clara Police Chief Pat Nikolai has asked the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office…

Impartiality of Grand Jury In Question

A grand jury report that included damning allegations of corruption about five members of the…

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2022 State of the City: Post-Pandemic Bright Spots But Red Ink as Far as the Eye Can See

Santa Clara is getting back to business after three years of weathering the COVID pandemic…