City Council, District 5 — Santa Clara City Council
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About this office
Members of the city council draft and vote on city laws and appoint certain municipal officers and employees.
Watch candidates answer your questions live. Candidates for City Council District 5: Suds Jain and Bob O'Keefe
In this Webinar, you are invited to watch and listen to the candidates in the moderated forum. In addition to asking a question of all candidates in the registration form, you may send questions to questions.sccc5@lwvsjsc.org.
All submitted questions will be screened and sorted by League members for appropriateness, relevance, and redundancy. Similar questions may be consolidated. All written questions, asked or unasked, remain the property of the League of Women Voters.
— October 6, 2020 League of Women Voters San Jose/Santa Clara
Suds Jain and Bob O'Keefe are Candidates for Santa Clara City Council District 5, The two candidates were invited to answer questions at a Candidate's Forum held via Zoom on October 5, 2020.
This forum was hosted by the League of Women Voters San Jose/Santa Clara.
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Patricia Mahan (former Mayor and Dist. 5 councilmember)Raj Chahal (Santa Clara Councilmember, District 2)Bob Wieckowski (CA State Senator District 10)Santa Clara County Democratic PartyThe Mercury NewsSanta Clara County League of Conservation VotersSierra ClubTeamsters Local 350Karen Hardy (Santa Clara Councilmember, District 3)Jim Beall (CA State Senator District 15)Ash Kalra (CA Assemblyman District 27)Cindy Chavez (Santa Clara County Supervisor)Dave Cortese (santa Clara County Supervisor)Rod Diridon, Sr (Former Santa Clara County Supervisor)Rev. Jethroe Moore (Pres.of San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP)Dr Stan Rose (past Santa Clara Unified Superintendent)
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My Top 3 Priorities
Find new revenue sources to overcome COVID caused budget deficits
Build more affordable housing at deeper levels of affordability
Hold developers accountable for traffic impacts with strong transportation demand management policies
Who supports this candidate?
Featured Endorsements
Patricia Mahan (former Mayor and Dist. 5 councilmember)
Raj Chahal (Santa Clara Councilmember, District 2)
Bob Wieckowski (CA State Senator District 10)
Organizations (5)
Santa Clara County Democratic Party
The Mercury News
Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters
Sierra Club
Teamsters Local 350
Elected Officials (5)
Karen Hardy (Santa Clara Councilmember, District 3)
Jim Beall (CA State Senator District 15)
Ash Kalra (CA Assemblyman District 27)
Cindy Chavez (Santa Clara County Supervisor)
Dave Cortese (santa Clara County Supervisor)
Individuals (4)
Patricia Mahan (former Mayor and Dist. 5 councilmember)
Rod Diridon, Sr (Former Santa Clara County Supervisor)
Rev. Jethroe Moore (Pres.of San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP)
Dr Stan Rose (past Santa Clara Unified Superintendent)
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