Santa Clara’s Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (SVACA) has a new look and it’s all thanks to Maddie’s Fund and Marin-based artist Jason Guastucci. Guastucci, who recently painted a large mural wrapping around and inside Merry Mart, was tasked with breathing new life into six of SVACA’s cat condos, giving the formerly stark white walls … Read more
June proved to be another productive month for Santa Clara Council and City staff, but curious findings on their calendars are cause for question. One of the most problematic meetings popping up on the public calendars is that of City Attorney Brian Doyle. While the WEEKLY typically covers only the Council calendars, Doyle’s Jun. 21 … Read more
With the month of August on the horizon, the new football season is quickly approaching. Both the Santa Clara High School Bruins and the Wilcox High School Chargers will begin “fall” practices with full pads on Friday, August 3. This past week the Bruins wrapped up their summer session of workouts — their first under … Read more
Yesterday an amended order was published in Santa Clara’s California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit directing the sequencing of elections for the City’s new by-district Council. Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle also ruled that the plaintiffs are entitled to recoup their legal fees and costs — which are likely to be in the millions — and … Read more
This post is from Nextdoor and is authored by Public Information Officer Laurel Anderson, County of Santa Clara The Santa Clara County Vector Control District (SCC VCD) has confirmed West Nile virus (WNV) positive tests in adult mosquitoes collected from an area around portions of the 94085, 94086, 95051 and 95054 ZIP code areas that … 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
Yesterday’s hearing in Santa Clara’s voting rights lawsuit began where it left off on Wednesday: with demographer David Ely testifying. Ely was asked by plaintiff’s attorney Maurice Baller to make a hypothesis about what would have happened in the 2014 and 2016 City Council elections if they were by-district elections using Ely’s seven-district map. The … Read more
On Wednesday Santa Clara’s voting rights lawsuit entered its second phase: determining the remedy for the City’s voting rights violation. County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle announced that this case would have a third phase: an implementation phase where the court has “direct oversight of the implementation of the remedy.” A proposed remedy order was … Read more
At a special Monday night meeting — within days of a judge’s remedy order for Santa Clara’s voting rights violation — the Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously to advance another ballot measure about City elections, this time an advisory vote on whether or not the City should elect its Council by districts. The measure … Read more
Two Santa Clara City Council Members came under heavy fire for failing to appoint someone to the Council’s vacant seat. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Council entertained reprimanding Council Members Patricia Mahan and Pat Kolstad for what many saw as an attempt to subvert the process to fill former Council Member Dominic Caserta’s seat. Following … Read more