At its Feb. 18 meeting, the Santa Clara Charter Review Committee heard subcommittee recommendations for changes and considered a proposed comprehensive reorganization of the city’s 1951 charter. In its deliberations, the committee is also studying similar charter revisions in Sunnyvale and Mountain View.
The committee discussed the best way to present proposed changes — in several ballot measures or a single one, with a goal of a ballot measure(s) for the 2026 election. Committee members also discussed four categories for considering proposed changes.
The first are form and appearance changes — for example, corrections, eliminating redundancy and clearer headings…