Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Local Developers Invest Big to Defeat Rent Control Restriction Repeal (Prop 10)
October 25, 2018
Developers and landlords across California are pouring money by the boatload into the Californians For Responsible Housing PAC’s campaign against...
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Santa Clara Campaign 2018 Money Update: AFL-CIO Invests $10K in Biagini Campaign, Gillmor Adds PAC Money to War Chest
October 24, 2018
The 2018 PAC spending race is off and running in Santa Clara, with the San José-based AFL-CIO Labor Council Committee...
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Commissioners Appointed and Complaints Dismissed
October 18, 2018
Tuesday’s City Council meeting’s agenda was largely appointments to the Planning and Senior Commissions, the Library Board of Trustees and...
City Politics
Some South Bay Public Safety PACs Operating as “Gray” Political Money Conduits (Updated)
October 18, 2018
At least two South Bay public safety PACs have operated as “gray money” PACs in recent elections: Santa Clara Police...
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Santa Clara On the Hook for $5 Million in Voting Rights Case City Lost
October 15, 2018
Last week the plaintiffs in the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit are asking for $4.1 million in legal fees as...
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Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce PAC Filed All Required Finance Reports
October 11, 2018
“We filed what we were told to file by the [Santa Clara] City Clerk,” said Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce...
City Politics
Following the Santa Clara 2018 Campaign Money
October 10, 2018
With the first campaign financial reports in, Mayor candidate Lisa Gillmor leads with a campaign treasury of $16,955. Second is...
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Santa Clara Subject of State Pension Investigation
October 9, 2018
The California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) is investigating an ethics complaint against the City of Santa Clara about the...
City Politics
The Full Picture of Santa Clara’s “8th Council Member”
October 4, 2018
In 2005, a CNN article called Related lobbyist Jude Barry one of five political consultants to watch and likened him...
City Politics
Correcting City’s Hall’s Math: Major Stadium Events Bring Average $400,000 to Bottom Line But High School and College Games Lose Big
October 1, 2018
Ever hear the story about the statistician who drowned when he tried to wade across a river that was an...