Author: Carolyn Schuk
Public Safety
Santa Clara PD Gives Out Confidential Information About Police Calls — Twice — While Refusing Public Information Requests About Arrests
May 7, 2021
The City of Santa Clara is doing a complicated dance around police records, refusing information that the public has a...
City Politics
Another City Lawsuit — This One Over Already-Published Police Records
April 29, 2021
In September, Santa Clara was hit with a lawsuit over the City’s refusal to provide arrest information, even though the...
City Politics
Final Verdict: Twice-Lost Voting Rights Lawsuit Cost City Nearly $5.8 Million
April 21, 2021
Santa Clara will be paying out almost $5.8 million in awards, costs, interest and its own legal bills to settle...
City Politics
Diversity Task Force Plans Surveys and Listening Sessions, Adds Youth and Senior Advisory Board
April 20, 2021
The April 12 meeting of the Santa Clara’s Task Force on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was largely devoted to administrative...
City Politics
Watanabe’s Record Paints Different Picture Than Her Words
April 13, 2021
After telling Council Member Kevin Park “No you can’t [speak], this is my event,” at her #StopAsianHate rally March 31,...
City PoliticsCommunity
Korean American Council Member Not Allowed to Speak at Santa Clara #StopAsianHate Rally
April 1, 2021
A rally organized by Mayor Lisa Gillmor and Council Member Kathy Watanabe Wednesday afternoon that was supposed to demonstrate solidarity...
City Politics
Remote Sierra Land is Money Pit for City, But Mayor Leads Opposition to Selling
April 1, 2021
It shouldn’t take years to decide to get rid of a money-losing “asset” lacking any prospect of recovery or improvement....
City Politics
Police Union Files Labor Complaint, Claims City Interfered with Right to Unionize and Negotiate
March 31, 2021
About 12 hours after the Santa Clara City Council approved a 4 percent cut to the police department budget in...
Public Safety
Asian Pacific Police Officer Charges Santa Clara Police Department With Discrimination and Retaliation
March 24, 2021
On top of half a dozen lawsuits with the 49ers and a voting rights lawsuit that will cost Santa Clara...
Business
A Restaurant Receipt Shows Anti-Asian Racism is An Equal Opportunity Sin
March 22, 2021
No one is immune to racism, and the Bay Area’s multicultural population offers object lessons in multicultural racism, including anti-Asian...