The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors invites the whole community to join in commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day, in a ceremony that includes local survivor testimonies, student presentations, music and memorial candle lighting, in the Supervisors' Chambers. The theme this year is "Some Were Neighbors: Betrayers, Bystanders and Protectors". A poster exhibit will be on […]
County Supervisor Cindy Chavez hit the ground running as soon as she was elected in July 2013. She immediately initiated efforts to: Improve county government transparency by regulating lobbyists Combating the scourge of human trafficking with a commission she co-chairs with the Sheriff and District Attorney Improving public transportation. Her public service career has been […]
We will have Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith as our guest for a community appreciation dinner. Smith began her career at the Sheriff's Office in 1973, working as a Matron (the former title for a female Sheriff's Deputy) at the Santa Clara County Jail until 1976. She then became one of the first female […]