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Phone Calls, Financial Support Preceded Council’s Dec. 5 Vote

Barry Holtzclaw — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:31:49 +0000

Despite passionate and eloquent pleas from the City Hall audience, the Dec. 5 San Jose City Council decision wasn’t about taxpayers’ money, or voters’ rights. Cash, political power and private conversations not streamed on Zoom won the night.

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Split SJ City Council Votes to Appoint Two New Members, Rejecting Public Pleas for Special Election

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:20:00 +0000

The vacancies were created by the November election, when District 8 Councilmember Sylvia Arenas was elected as the District 1 representative on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and District 10 Councilmember Matt Mahan was elected mayor.

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Primary Turnout Reaches 36%, Santa Clara County and State Races Set for November

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:30:28 +0000

The contests for mayor of San Jose, Santa Clara County sheriff, all four of the contested San Jose City Council races and the one contested county supervisor race will have runoff elections in November with the top two finishers.

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San Jose Electeds Pass Rules to Throttle Chatty Colleagues

Silicon Valley Newsroom — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:00:48 +0000

Elected officials say the new rules will encourage brevity and stem the notoriously long City Council meetings most weeks.

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South Bay Elected Leaders Say They’re Waiting Their Turn for Coronavirus Vaccine

Jennifer Wadsworth — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:12:44 +0000

To date, no one on the San Jose City Council or Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors have been inoculated against the virus.

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Minneapolis Chief Withdraws Application for SJPD Job

The Fly — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:40:06 +0000

The fact that Medaria Arradondo was even an option rubbed some local civil rights leaders the wrong way.

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Santa Clara County Poised to Expand Quarantine Subsidies for Low-Income Residents

Jennifer Wadsworth — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:32:02 +0000

The referral introduced by Supervisor Susan Ellenberg also asks that the county disclose some key data points to improve transparency.

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San Jose’s Reid-Hillview Airport to Close—But Not Until 2031

Bay City News — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 01:50:43 +0000

The county Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to move forward with closing the East Side airport and figure out what else to do with it.

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SJ Councilwomen Urge County Supes to Close Reid-Hillview Airport Over Lead Concerns

Grace Hase — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:38:01 +0000

In 2018, the county opted not the renew the grant agreement with the FAA, which would effectively close the airport in 2031.

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As Power Shifts in SJ, Insiders Weigh in on Next Vice Mayor

The Fly — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:00:40 +0000

Come January, Liccardo will likely use the largely symbolic honorific to marshal votes from across the aisle, insiders say.

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