I want you
to keep electing
santa clara's police chief
Your right to elect the police chief is enshrined in the city charter.
Let's keep it that way.
Local law enforcement and community leaders believe Santa Clara's residents' direct connection to a police chief helps keep Santa Clara a safe city.
You have the power to hold your police chief accountable - and keep Santa Clara neighborhoods safe.
Who's really behind Measure B?
Politicians want to take away your right to vote for a police chief and give it to a government bureaucrat.
-Santa Clara News Online, Nov 8, 2023
Here are the real facts
Over 60 Santa Clara law enforcement individuals who live in the City could run for Police Chief including 5 senior managers and executives.
The most respected community leaders and residents support your right to vote and elect your Police Chief:
“An elected Police Chief must answer to voters and is accountable to all Santa Clarans.”
- Police Chief Pat Nikolai
“Santa Clara has an outstanding police department and a safe city.”
- Mayor Lisa Gillmor
Did you know?
Indicted City Councilman Anthony Becker made the motion to put Measure B on the ballot.
He refused to add a sentence that would make it clear that voters currently have the right to vote for the Police Chief. (Source: Santa Clara News Online, Dec 6, 2023).
City Councilman Suds Jain may have violated ethical standards by communicating with the Charter Review Commission to push his agenda to have the Police Chief appointed by the City Manager.
“Jain's actions raise ethical issues,” according to ethicist Dr. Tom Shanks. “Jain's actions are harmful to the public trust, especially in light of past Council actions that were brought to the surface by the Grand Jury,” said Shanks.(Source: Santa Clara News Online, Dec 6, 2023).