Campaign spending in the 2024 Santa Clara city election came close to $3.1 million, with PACs spending $2.9 million, dwarfing the $205,000 spent by individual candidates. 49ers Maintain Historical Spending, Related and Police Union Pull Back The 49ers’ $2.4 million in spending was similar to what they spent in the 2022 election. Related spent $115,000 … Read more
On Aug. 30, The Weekly submitted the following questions to District 1 candidates — Albert Gonzalez, Harbir Bhatia and Satish Chandra. Candidates had until Sept. 13 to reply. Below are the answers The Weekly received from Bhatia and Gonzalez. Chandra did not respond. Answers are presented verbatim. What are the biggest resident concerns in your … Read more
Update: A change has been made to the initial story said that Bob O’Keefe and Steve Kelly donated money to their campaigns. In fact, they loaned money to their campaigns, which means the money does not count toward the donation limit. The money race is on for the 2024 election in Santa Clara and it … Read more
A Santa Clara City Council candidate claims a phone survey is spreading lies about him, violating the city’s dark money ordinance, but his social media posts tell a different story. Satish Chandra, a candidate for District 1, recently addressed the council during public presentations — a segment of the meeting earmarked for items not on … Read more