Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Santa Clara County Supervisor; former State Senator for 11th District, representing Northern California counties including a portion of Silicon Valley and the City of Palo Alto
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Joe Simitian
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FROM Joe Simitian
Which Way, L.A.?
The Secret Cell Phone Surveillance that Casts a Wide Net Local police and sheriff's departments are using the Stingray — a mobile device that can track all our cell phone calls. They don't need a warrant. But the cops can't talk about how they use Stingray because they signed non-disclosure agreements.
Which Way, L.A.?
Will California Really Get High Speed Rail? The state legislature has given Governor Brown and President Obama a victory by approving $4.7 billion in bonds to begin building a bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco. That sewed up an additional $3.3 billion in federal money. But the total project will cost at least $68 billion and take decades to finish — if the rest of the money can ever be found.
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