City Politics
Santa Clara Seats New Elected Officials
December 18, 2024
The Santa Clara City Council swore in the winners of the November election. At its meeting on Dec. 17, Council...
City Politics
City Punts Dark Money Enforcement to FPPC
December 12, 2023
Santa Clara City Hall appears to be delegating enforcement of campaign reporting laws — and even its own Dark Money ordinance...
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Stand Up for Santa Clara Claims it Did Nothing Wrong
November 21, 2023
Stand Up for Santa Clara has answered the City’s request to explain its failure to report political spending. Stand Up...
City Politics
City Demands Stand Up for Santa Clara Explain Failure to Report Political Spending
November 6, 2023
Santa Clara City Hall has acted on a complaint that charged Stand Up for Santa Clara with violating the City’s...
City Politics
City Clerk Answers Questions With Attacks on The Weekly
October 25, 2023
Santa Clara City Clerk Hosam Haggag has responded to a request for comment from The Weekly about the City’s handling...
City Politics
Dark Money in Santa Clara Politics? Depends on Who’s Asking
October 18, 2023
Update: Since posting this article on our website, Santa Clara City Clerk Hosam Haggag has responded via a series of...
City Politics
Charter Review Committee Meeting: Appointed City Clerk and Police Chief Don’t Feel Intimidated
September 21, 2023
At its third meeting on Sept. 14, the 2023 Santa Clara Charter Review Committee heard from Los Gatos appointed City...
Milestones
Milestones – Change is Inevitable – Opinion
June 22, 2023
What does City Clerk Hosam Haggag do? While the City’s website has a list of activities assigned to the Clerk’s...
City Politics
FPPC Complaints are Complaints, Not Investigations
October 11, 2022
Editor’s Note: In this article, we mistakenly labeled City Clerk Hosam Haggag as a Gillmor ally. Mr. Haggag correctly pointed...
City Politics
Santa Clara Election 2018 Follow the Money Update: PACs and Related Execs Jump In
November 1, 2018
Campaign donations have accelerated since the September campaign finance reports, with plenty of treats from real estate and union interests...