City Politics
2024 Santa Clara Election Spending Topped $3M, But How Much Did it Matter?
February 25, 2025
Campaign spending in the 2024 Santa Clara city election came close to $3.1 million, with PACs spending $2.9 million, dwarfing...
City Politics
2024 Follow the Money Update: Independent Expenditure Committees Spend $2.25M
October 30, 2024
The simple story of Santa Clara’s 2024 election is that individual candidate finances are almost not worth talking about because...
Milestones
Milestones – To Tell The Truth … – Opinion
October 17, 2024
As you might expect during the election season, a lot of money is being spent on election materials arriving in...
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Jude Barry: The Related Company Lobbyist Subpoenaed in the Becker Trial
August 6, 2024
Real estate lobbyist and political maven Jude Barry has emerged from the shadows, playing a possible role in the November...
Milestones
Milestones: Time to Reach the Untouchable! – Opinion
February 29, 2024
Is it possible there is political manipulation in Santa Clara? Maybe not crossing the line into Al Capone territory, but...
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Lawsuit Threatened Over Appointed Police Chief Ballot Measure
December 18, 2023
Nearly a week after the county deadline for filing ballot resolutions, opponents of appointing Santa Clara’s police chief are threatening...
City Politics
Police Union Possibly Skirting Campaign Laws
October 26, 2022
The Santa Clara Police Officers Association (POA) and its PAC appear to be violating — or at the very least...