The 49ers continue to spend big against Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor and her candidates in District 2 and District 3. In the last week, they put another $583,000 into their six independent expenditure committees supporting Anthony Becker for Mayor, and Karen Hardy and Raj Chahal for re-election to the City Council and opposing council … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council will discuss Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom where she asked for special dispensation for a real estate developer months before the company made a six-figure donation to her re-election campaign. Council Member Anthony Becker, Gillmor’s opponent in the upcoming mayoral race, requested the item be put on … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council had a relatively short agenda for its Sept. 13 meeting, but that didn’t translate to a short meeting. The Council spent several hours revisiting the four-plus-year-old El Camino Real Specific Plan, ultimately voting to spend another $250,000 on a revised plan. It also reconsidered an Aug. 30 decision about City … Read more
The recent heated exchange between members of the Santa Clara Council is a good barometer of this election. Mayor Lisa Gillmor relies on her last remaining supporter on Council, Kathy Watanabe, to run interference to promote her bias. Watanabe has a knack for being insolent with a sharp tooth in carrying the mayor’s backpack. When … Read more
Santa Clarans could decide whether to have their police chief and city clerk remain elected or turn over their appointment to the City Council. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Council opted to put an item on a future agenda to discuss a ballot measure that would eliminate the clerk and police chief as political … Read more
A new and unregistered political committee calling itself Save Our Santa Clara aims to recall three city council members elected in 2020: two Asian Americans and Santa Clara’s second openly gay council member. The purported recall effort comes after $6 million in a losing court battle and another half a million in ballot measures to … Read more
Allegations of chicanery regarding a planning commissioner’s residence caused the Council to ax him from that position. At its first meeting in a month, the Council removed Ron Patrick from the Planning Commission mere months after appointing him. Councilmember Anthony Becker previously raised the topic and spearheaded a campaign to discuss the issue at a … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council discussed two tax measures for the November ballot, agreed to fund an assessment of its Loyalton Ranch property and approved objective design standards for City developments at the July 5, 2022 meeting. “Fair share” was the phrase of the night at the Santa Clara City Council meeting when the Council … Read more
Former City Attorney Brian Doyle made another appearance before the City Council on June 21. The Santa Clara resident asked the Council to place an item on a future agenda to ask Council Members Karen Hardy and Raj Chahal for an explanation regarding questions of non-compliance with FPPC law and regulations, the City of Santa … Read more
Confetti blanketed the field at Levi’s Stadium, champagne corks popped and cheers went up as FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the Western U.S. cities to host 2026 World Cup events — the biggest sports event in the world, drawing international audiences that number in the billions. San … Read more