Santa Clara Weekly

Many have prematurely said that Santa Clara City Council Candidate Suds Jain wouldn't be able to vote on Downtown's development. Today, we got official word that Jain will be able to vote on the project.

Local cities make changes and reopen more. The Cities also start planning on how to celebrate the holiday season while keeping residents safe.

Milestones - Opinion by Publisher Miles Barber

Santa Clara City Council approved reducing the number of affordable apartments. However, rent on those apartments will now cost roughly $1,100 a month less than before. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the developer, ZAEN Partners, was unable to secure financing for development. To make the deal work, Ensemble is now partnering with Related. The development satisfied the affordable housing component for two projects for each developer.

The end of the election is near. See what your neighbors have to say about that, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic and other topics. To submit a letter, send an email to editor @ svvoice .com or use the Write to the Editor button on our website.

Santa Clara developer Related Companies' luxury fitness subsidiary Equinox, and its subcontractor Power Design have collectively paid about $15 million in wage theft penalties in California and Washington D.C. since 2013. However, Santa Clara City Hall would rather talk about other partners' alleged wage theft.

Because the alleged crimes were not committed during their employment with SCPD, Philip Cooke, who just plead guilty, and Brian Gilbert will not lose their pensions.

Monday, October 19, 2020 Elder Financial Abuse From approximately 10/10/20 10/19/20 an elderly resident has been in phone communication with an unknown male subject. The subject convinced the victim of a lottery windfall and that the victim needed to pay the state taxes on the winnings before they could be received. The subject persuaded the victim into sending $3,000 in money orders via one-day mail to a hotel out of state.

More money pours into the Santa Clara City Council Election.

There have been some questionable political actions happening this election season. Will the Fair Political Practices Commission investigate and hand out fines?

CodELEVATE is an initiative that eliminates disparities in tech education mainly through educating students on skills in GitHub," said Riteka Murugesh, 17.

The Santa Clara Unified School Board approved the Health and Safety Plan. They still don't have a reopening date, but they are getting draft plans together for welcoming elementary school students.

The Police Union PAC had a political press conference with Mayor Gillmor & the Police Chief to discuss a Jed York supported PAC & the candidates it's supporting through independent expenditures, however, some pointed out that the police PAC does the same thing.