Why We Signed the Suds Jain Recall — and Why Santa Clara Can’t Afford Not To

Why We Signed the Suds Jain Recall — and Why Santa Clara Can’t Afford Not To

By David Kertes, Leela Coughlin, Howard Myers and Linda Zazzara We don’t sign recall petitions lightly. Like many Santa Clara residents, we believe disagreement alone isn’t grounds to remove an elected official. But when a councilmember repeatedly votes against residents’ financial interests, sidelines community priorities, and concentrates power without accountability, that’s not a policy difference — it’s a failure of representation. New City …