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A candidate forum at Santa Clara’s Portuguese Hall showcased local candidates, sussing out their positions on a variety of community issues. The S.E.S. Portuguese Hall, 1375 Lafayette St., hosted both police chief candidates, all the city council candidates and three of the four city clerk candidates Oct. 17. In addition to opening and closing statements, … Read more
On Sept. 9, The Weekly sent questions to candidates for public office in Sunnyvale. Candidates had until Sept. 24 to respond to the questionnaire. Below are the responses provided by unopposed District 4 candidate Charlsie Chang. Responses are presented verbatim. What are the most important concerns of the residents in your district? Chang: The top … Read more
On Sept. 9, The Weekly sent questions to candidates for public office in Sunnyvale. Candidates had until Sept. 24 to respond to the questionnaire. Below are the responses provided by District 6 candidates Eileen Le, Beverly Blau and Richard Lesher. Responses are presented verbatim. What are the most important concerns of the residents in your … Read more
On Aug. 30, The Weekly submitted the following questions to District 6 candidates — Anthony Becker, the incumbent, and challengers George Guerra and Kelly Cox. Candidates had until Sept. 13 to reply. Below are the answers The Weekly received from Becker. Cox and Guerra did not reply. Answers are presented verbatim. What are the biggest … Read more
Judge Javier Alcala made decisions on most of the remaining motions in the perjury trial of Council Member Anthony Becker on Oct. 23. Sitting on the bench at the South County Superior Courthouse in Morgan Hill, Judge Alcala ruled on what would be admissible from the interview Becker had with the District Attorney Office’s investigator, … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council approved two bike plans along major corridors in the city on Oct. 22. The first was a plan for a four-lane protected bike lane that eliminated parking on the street along Martin and Walsh Avenues. The second was a stretch along De La Cruz Boulevard. The first item detailed segments … Read more
On Sept. 9, The Weekly sent questions to candidates for public office in Sunnyvale. Candidates had until Sept. 24 to respond to the questionnaire. Below are the responses provided by Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein and his challenger, Council Member Russ Melton. Responses are presented verbatim. What are the most important concerns of the residents in … Read more
No one watching television in Santa Clara will be surprised to know that the four 49ers independent expenditure committees added $576,200 to their independent expenditure committee coffers, boosting their total donations to $2,150,000. The police union PAC received no additional donations to last week’s total of $137,800; nor did the Related independent expenditure committee, leaving … Read more
In yet another court hearing before the jury is invited in to sit for the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker, Judge Javier Alcala continued to go through motions. On Oct. 18 at the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill, Alcala went line by line through Becker’s testimony. The testimony was … Read more
A former Santa Clara City Council member has settled with the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), allowing him to pay substantially less in fines for using his campaign as a slush fund. Dominic Caserta sat on the council until his resignation in 2018. At the time, Caserta was running for a seat on the … Read more