Santa Clara City Government Has Ignored Public Trust for 14 years.

It's Time to Rebuild It.

The People of Santa Clara Have a Decision to Make:

Do we want a trustworthy City government and Stadium Authority that:

  • Tells the truth
  • Listens to the people
  • Values ethical leadership
  • Conducts fair election campaigns
  • Does the right thing
  • Provides high quality, affordable City services
  • Is a careful steward of public money
  • Manages the Stadium for the people's benefit
  • Presents evidence of promises kept
  • Works at all times only for the people's best interests. 

    This is the government Santa Clara built from 1998 to 2012.  During those years:
  • 91% of Santa Clara residents said that the City was "moving in the right direction."
  • The League of California Cities awarded the Ethics Program the Helen Putnam Grand Prize Award for Enhancing Public Trust, Ethics, and Community Involvement.
  • The United Nations recognized the Vote Ethics Program as a global best practice. 

Or do we want a City government that denies it has a public trust problem after it:

  • Fired both the City Manager and City Attorney during critical 49ers negotiations
  • Was elected with $13 million in 49ers PAC money—Civil Grand Jury found can--and does put the interests of the 49ers ahead of the public's" 
  • Hides independent analysis showing 49ers' economic claims are false
  • Guts the ethics code behind closed doors with zero public input
  • Criticized in three Civil Grand Jury reports—one councilmember convicted of perjury for lying about leaking the first report to the 49ers
  • Rejected Grand Jury recommendation for independent Ethics Commission twice and now says it's giving it careful consideration 

This is the government Santa Clara has experienced for 14 years—as resident trust plunged from 91% to 40%.

What Happens Next Is Up To You

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See the documented evidence and links. Grand Jury reports, voting records, what's going on behind closed doors,  timeline of how trust collapsed.

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