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08/07/2023
Two former colleagues on the Mountain View City Council—Margaret Abe-Koga and Sally Lieber—have raised similar amounts of money in their race to replace Supervisor Joe Simitian.

08/03/2023
Two Mountain View politicians are vying to represent District 5 on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, and both are nearly neck-and-neck raising money ahead of the March 2024 primary.

08/01/2023
As the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors races ramp up for the 2024 election, campaign contributions are also heating up. Candidates across three districts have already raised more than $600,000.

05/23/2023
In light of multimillion-dollar settlements over the mistreatment of inmates, Santa Clara County Supervisors voted to require the county counsel to publicly report when the county settles lawsuits for $1 million or more.

05/09/2023
The Santa Clara County Vector Control District completed its first drone flight last week to carry out mosquito larvicide. The Board of Supervisors approved the method in April to reduce the risk of West Nile Virus outbreaks among residents.

05/01/2023
Madison Nguyen said she can’t stay away from politics any longer and will run for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 2 seat.

04/08/2023
Another politico has tossed her hat into the race for the District 2 seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.  Former San Jose Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco plans to run for Supervisor Cindy Chavez's seat.

03/14/2023
County officials could soon fulfill one of their long-term goals—making it easier for teachers to live where they work. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is voting to secure approximately five acres in Cupertino to construct affordable housing for educators.

03/08/2023
On March 5, exactly one year ahead of the 2024 primary, Mountain View City Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga announced her plans to run for the fifth district Santa Clara County supervisor seat.

01/13/2023
Santa Clara County is eliminating hybrid committee meetings in favor of an in-person only format, which residents said could reduce community engagement.

11/20/2022
Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian of Palo Alto said he voted to make County Council James Williams the county CEO without community engagement because that’s how counties have selected their top executives.

11/14/2022
After Santa Clara County elected officials were found to have violated the state's transparency laws, they simply revoted with minimum discussion to appoint a new county executive. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors revoted 4-1 to appoint County Counsel James Williams as the new county CEO.

10/02/2022
Supervisorial candidate Johnny Khamis’s war chest outweighs liberal challenger Sylvia Arenas’ fundraising in South County’s District 1.

09/24/2022
As of Sept. 23, 167 homeless people have died on the streets in Santa Clara County, most of them in San Jose. This may be another record-breaking year for these often preventable deaths.

11/04/2021
As the redistricting process moves on, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to advance three maps for supervisorial districts. All three maps split San Jose across numerous districts and unify Sunnyvale. Final boundaries must be adopted by Dec. 15.

10/18/2021
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors recently met to discuss the need for medical clinics in some areas of the county that remain underserved—including the North County and West Valley.

10/05/2021
Spurred by a motion submitted by Supervisor Otto Lee, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has formed a sustainability commission. The commission will advise the board on climate change, environmental conservation and sustainability.

08/24/2021
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a memorandum of agreement between the county and the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. One joint goal: thwarting Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.’s efforts to disturb the ridgeline as part of its expansion efforts.

08/24/2021
Inspired by the recall campaign, Santa Clara County resident Jeff Roberts wants to remove the entire Board of Supervisors for imposing restrictions on businesses and places of worship during the pandemic.

08/16/2021
Santa Clara County Supervisors voted unanimously to ask the U.S. Justice Department, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the county civil grand jury and its own county counsel to investigate Sheriff Laurie Smith, her department and the county jail.