Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Judge in Voting Rights Lawsuit Orders Six Districts for Santa Clara, But Election Sequencing Not Decided
July 23, 2018
Santa Clara will have six election districts and will use the City’s Draft Plan 3, dawn by the City’s demographer...
City Politics
Day Two of the California Voting Rights Lawsuit Remedy Hearing
July 20, 2018
Yesterday’s hearing in Santa Clara’s voting rights lawsuit began where it left off on Wednesday: with demographer David Ely testifying....
City Politics
Judge in Voting Rights Case Considers Proposed Order for 7 Districts
July 19, 2018
On Wednesday Santa Clara’s voting rights lawsuit entered its second phase: determining the remedy for the City’s voting rights violation....
City Politics
Fire, Ready, Aim: Council Launches New Ballot Measures, Considers End Runs Against Court Orders
July 18, 2018
At a special Monday night meeting — within days of a judge’s remedy order for Santa Clara’s voting rights violation...
City Politics
City’s Lawyer in Voting Rights Lawsuit Has Business and Political Ties to Controversial Lobbyist
July 13, 2018
It’s an old cliché that it isn’t what you know but who you know, that counts. Churchwell White LLP, the...
City Politics
Census Data Shows Santa Clara’s Ethnic Geography — It’s Not Homogenous
July 4, 2018
Examination of the Santa Clara’s 2010 census tract data shows that the City has clearly identifiable minority majority or near-majority...
City Politics
City’s Convention Center Advisor is Disgraced Former San José Convention Center Manager
July 4, 2018
Last year the City of Santa Clara signed a $179,000 contract with Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. “for Engagement of...
City Politics
Judge in Voting Rights Lawsuit Tells City: Comply or Else
June 27, 2018
On Monday, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle issued an order about the remedy phase of the voting...
City Politics
Lack of Parking Lot Porta-Potties and Traffic Top Resident Gripes About Levi’s Stadium
June 27, 2018
At last Thursday’s special Santa Clara Stadium Authority meeting Santa Clara residents learned that one of the most pressing civic...
Community
Achronix: Not Be A Household Name, But Technology We Depend on Thousands of Times a Day
June 20, 2018
Have you made a call on your mobile phone or used the internet today? If the answer is yes, you’ve...