Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Gillmor Subsidiary Earned $780,000 During Years Mayor Didn’t Report Business Ownership
February 6, 2019
From 2011 through 2016 the Gillmor & Associates subsidiary Public Property Advisors’ (PPA) income was at least $780,000. Mayor Lisa...
City Politics
“Thus, We Conclude That The Assessor’s 100% Allocation To Stadco Is Incorrect”
February 4, 2019
It looks like 2010’s Yes on J boosters succeeded beyond their dreams in selling the value of having Levi’s Stadium...
City Politics
County Assessment Appeals Board Cuts 49ers Property Taxes By Half, SCUSD Takes Biggest Hit
January 30, 2019
The County Assessment Appeals Board (AAB) has reduced the San Francisco 49ers’ Stadium Company’s (Stadco) property taxes on the NFL...
City PoliticsSchools
County Assessment Appeals Board Cuts 49ers Property Taxes By Half
January 24, 2019
The County Assessment Appeals Board (AAB) has reduced the San Francisco 49ers’ Stadium Company’s (Stadco) property taxes on the NFL...
City Politics
Santa Clara Must Pay $3.16 Million in Legal Fees to Plaintiffs in Voting Rights Lawsuit
January 23, 2019
The final verdict is in. Santa Clara will have to write checks for $3.16 million — $3,164,955.61, to be exact —...
City Politics
Final Verdict: Santa Clara Must Pay $3.16 Million
January 22, 2019
Santa Clara will have to write a check for $3.16 million in attorneys’ fees in the 2018 California Voting Rights...
City Politics
Santa Clara Must Pay $3.3 Million in Legal Fees to Plaintiffs in Voting Rights Lawsuit
January 21, 2019
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle has tentatively awarded $3.3 million in legal fees and $174,000 in costs...
City Politics
Curtains for Santa Clara Showtime? New City Facilities Use Policy Threatens Support for Senior Services
January 15, 2019
Tonight’s City Council meeting will decide if imperiled virtue will win out in 2019 over Doomstown’s dastardly villains in Santa...
City Politics
Voting Rights Lawsuit Legal Fees: City Potentially on the Hook for $4 Million
January 9, 2019
Last Friday after a brief hearing, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle announced he will publish a tentative...
Business
Santa Clara Attorney Suspended by State Bar for Improperly Charging Clients
January 9, 2019
The California State Bar suspended Santa Clara attorney John Mlnarik for at least a year, with three years of probation,...