Campbell voters are slated to choose a fresh councilmember this November, with housing among the top issues. Two spots are up for grabs on the Campbell City Council in Districts 1 and 2. Candidates Juan Rodriguez and Terry Hines are vying for the open District 1 seat, with Mayor Susan Landry terming out in December. Vice...
Fact check: Assembly District 26 mailer spews false information
A mailer circulating in Assembly District 26 slams candidate Tara Sreekrishnan for her attendance record on the Cupertino Union School Board — where she has never served. The mailer compares Sreekrishnan, a trustee on the Santa Clara County Board of Education, with her opponent, Foothill-De Anza Community College District Trustee Patrick Ahrens. It claims Sreekrishnan...
‘Appalled’: Backlash over Sunnyvale school board candidate’s anti-LGBTQ views
Sunnyvale residents are worried about a school board candidate who sent an email to a neighborhood association suggesting that LGBTQ people engage in public indecency. Residents of North Sunnyvale have voiced concerns about Frances Renteria who is running for the Fremont Union High School District Trustee Area 2 seat. The residents pointed to Renteria’s signed...
Silicon Valley city must pay after removing campaign signs
Cupertino election signs have been mysteriously disappearing, but it’s not the work of disgruntled residents or political opponents. It’s the city. Maintenance workers in Cupertino’s public works department removed and threw out more than 15 election lawn signs last week for Cupertino City Council Candidates R “Ray” Wang and Councilmember Kitty Moore — signs placed...
Silicon Valley lawmaker faces second federal elections complaint
Assemblymember Evan Low has been slapped with another federal elections complaint, this time alleging improper use of money for his congressional campaign. Defend the Vote, a voting rights advocacy group and political action committee, filed the complaint with the Federal Elections Commission Wednesday. It alleges Low’s state Assembly committee spent money on advertisements to support...
Election 2024: Silicon Valley lawmaker wants to make history in Congress
Congressional candidate Evan Low was driving to a Friday night meet-and-greet when he got the alert. An out-of-state billionaire put seven figures behind Low’s opponent. The news that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg threw $1.5 million at former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo fired him up. He arrived at the the fashionable Menlo...
Election 2024: Former San Jose mayor ready to step into higher office
A crowd forms around Sam Liccardo in Palo Alto. In a few moments, beaming volunteers will deploy to knock on doors and make the case for San Jose’s former mayor as their next congressmember. But the microphone is on the fritz when it’s time for Liccardo to give a pep-talk. He doesn’t need it anyway....
Silicon Valley candidate says powerful state union pressured her to quit
A former member of California’s largest teachers union alleges the group pressured her to drop out of a local school board race. Jyl Lutes, a former teacher and Salinas councilmember who now lives in Campbell, said California Teachers Association representatives called her several times in June urging her to quit the race for the Trustee Area...
Meet the candidates running for Cupertino City Council
Cupertino voters will decide between seven City Council candidates vying for just two seats this November, with housing as a central, divisive issue. Councilmembers Kitty Moore and Hung Wei — who briefly suspended her campaign due to health concerns — are competing to keep their seats against several former officials. Cupertino elects councilmembers at large,...
Election 2024: Labor advocate runs for San Jose District 6 seat
Olivia Navarro grew up watching her dad guide the Tamien Neighborhood Association in San Jose. This inspired her to lead groups within the Democratic Party — Chicano Latino Caucus, Stonewall LGBTQ+ and Movimiento Democratic Coalition. Toiling with the idea of running for office throughout her career in politics, Navarro, 46, said she decided to focus...