Some in Santa Clara are saying that the attorneys representing the City in the now-appealed voting rights lawsuit overstepped their authority by filing an appeal a week before the City Council unanimously approved the action on Aug. 21. That’s not the case, said Santa Clara City Attorney Brian Doyle, because the Council had already indicated … Read more
Recently, the Santa Clara Weekly reported that the City of Santa Clara’s legal bills for the failed California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit fight are now reaching $5 million — $4.1 million of that is for the plaintiffs’ legal fees. That doesn’t include the upcoming appeal that the City has filed. Also, the $5 million … Read more
Today, the judge in Santa Clara’s California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit, Thomas Kuhnle, published an amendment to his July 23 order showing the sequence of elections for Santa Clara’s new by-district City Council. Districts 2 and 3 will elect their first district representatives in November, and the remaining four districts will elect their first … Read more