The Santa Clara Charter Review Committee won’t complete its recommendation about the city’s election system on Oct. 11, 2011 as initially planned. At its Sept. 22 meeting, the committee scheduled three additional two-hour meetings – Sept. 29, Oct. 13, and Oct. 27 – and hasn’t set a date for...
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In what alternative universe did the Santa Clara city government think an open lawsuit against a prospective City Attorney would not draw...
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Don’t say the 2002 California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) hasn’t had results. It’s just that results aren’t necessarily those civil rights activists...
Nearly ten years after the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) was passed into law, CVRA lawsuits and threats of lawsuits have cost...
In the August 31 piece, “Tale of Three City Budgets: Where the Income Comes From.” we incorrectly said that city of Sunnyvale...
When it comes to raising the money that supports public services, Santa Clara provides a contrasting picture to its neighbors to the...
In the face of a threatened California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit, Santa Clara has established a charter review committee to evaluate...
The city’s Charter Review committee will be evaluating several alternatives to Santa Clara’s current at-large method of electing its City Council, including...
To those who thought that “citizen commissioners” would draw fairer electoral districts than elected officials, the August 15 report from the California...
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We know how severe our operating budget problems have been in Santa Clara. But how are neighboring cities faring? Using Sunnyvale and...