Santa Clara County, California
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| 2025 | Margaret Abe-Koga succeeds Joe Simitian on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors |
| 2025 | Betty Duong joins the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, replacing Cindy Chavez |
| 2024 | Betty Duong and Margaret Abe-Koga were elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, replacing term-limited incumbents Cindy Chavez and Joe Simitian. |
| 2024 | The Board of Supervisors became majority Asian-American for the first time in its history and became majority women for the second time. |
| 2023 | Sunnyvale's population reached 145,302 residents, experiencing a population decline of −6.77% since the 2020 census. |
| 2023 | Bryan Mekechuk becomes Mayor, with a council including Rowena Turner, Burton Craig, Javed Ellahie, and Evert Wolsheimer |
| 2023 | Sylvia Arenas replaces Mike Wasserman on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors |
| August 2023 | Recorded 22.1% of students as English learners and 32.6% as socioeconomically disadvantaged in the school district. |
| August 2023 | Beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, with a student demographic composition of 37.2% Hispanic or Latino, 31.2% Asian American and Pacific Islander, and 16.9% white students. |
| 2022 | Santa Clara County terminated its previously established sister county relationship with Moscow. |
| 2022 | Google's Moffett Park area offices officially opened. |
| 2022 | Javed Ellahie serves as Mayor, with a council including Shawn Leuthold, Rowena Turner, and Bryan Mekechuk |
| 2022 | Kathleen MacDonald High School was opened in San Jose. |
| 2022 | John Darnielle published the novel Devil House, which is set in Milpitas. |
| 2022 | Incumbent District 1 supervisor Greg Wasserman was term-limited, and Incumbent District 4 supervisor Susan Ellenberg was eligible to seek re-election. |
| 2022 | Democratic Party candidates won all seats on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in the elections, creating a full Democratic representation on the board. |
| November 2022 | Javed Ellahie, Burton Craig, and Evert Wolsheimer were appointed to the council without an election because they were the only three residents who submitted candidacy forms for the three open council seats. |
| January 2022 | California Secretary of State released a voter registration report for Monte Sereno, showing 43% Democrats and 26% Republicans among 2,687 registered voters. |
| 2021 | Meta began leasing buildings in Sunnyvale. |
| 2021 | Campbell published its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, detailing the top employers in the city, with ChargePoint, Inc. as the largest employer with 1,029 employees. |
| 2021 | Shawn Leuthold becomes Mayor, with a council including Javed Ellahie, Rowena Turner, and Bryan Mekechuk |
| 2021 | Two new schools were established: Abram Agnew Elementary School in San Jose and Dolores Huerta Middle School, also in San Jose. |
| 2021 | Otto Lee replaces Dave Cortese on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors |
| October 2021 | The median home value in Santa Clara County reached $1,253,400, an 11.9% increase from the previous year, ranking fourth highest in the US. |
| 2020 | Public Religion Research Institute conducted a religious diversity census in Santa Clara County, revealing a religious diversity score of 0.876, making it one of the five most religiously diverse counties in the United States. |
| 2020 | Census recorded Santa Clara County's population at 1,936,259, making it the sixth-most populous county in California. |
| 2020 | United States census reported Sunnyvale's population as 155,805, showcasing significant demographic changes. Notable shifts included a decrease in Non-Hispanic White population from 74.7% in 1980 to 27.8% in 2020, and an increase in Asian population to 49.9% of the total population. |
| 2020 | Campbell's population was recorded as 43,959 according to the U.S. Census. |
| 2020 | Liz Lawler serves as Mayor, with a council including Shawn Leuthold, Javed Ellahie, Daniel LaBouve, and Rowena Turner |
| 2020 | Population of Los Altos Hills recorded as 8,489 in the United States Census, highlighting the town's demographic status at that time. |
| 2020 | Census recorded the population of Monte Sereno as 3,479 residents. |
| 2020 | Population of Milpitas reached 80,273 according to the census, reflecting its continued growth and demographic changes. |
| 2020 | Comprehensive Annual Financial Report published, revealing the top 10 employers in Milpitas, with Cisco Systems leading as the largest employer with 3,347 employees. |
| 2020 | Census data revealed significant demographic shifts in Milpitas, with the Asian population growing to 71.33% of the total population, while the White non-Hispanic population decreased to 9.71%. |
| December 2020 | Liz Gibbons and Paul Resnikoff were elected mayor and vice-mayor of Campbell, respectively, through the city council's internal election process. |
| November 2020 | Implemented a new mayoral election system where the mayor is directly elected to a four-year term in a city-wide election. |
| October 2020 | A Whole Foods Market and AMC Theatres multiplex opened. More apartment complexes were completed. |
| September 1 2020 | Council Member LaBouve resigned from the Monte Sereno city council. |
| June 13 2020 | Milpitas BART station opened for service as part of Phase I of the Silicon Valley BART extension, located near San José city limits and bounded by Montague Expressway and Capitol Ave. |
| 2019 | Census demographics data released, officially documenting the demographic changes in Santa Clara County from 2014 to 2018. |
| 2019 | Local naturalist Roger Castillo documented a fifth tule elk herd in Silver Creek Valley, likely having split from the Coyote Ridge herd. |
| 2019 | Most of Monte Sereno's city staff resigned during the year, including the finance officer, city attorney, building official, city manager, and city clerk. The staff also decided to unionize for the first time in the city's 60-year history. |
| 2019 | Bloomberg analysis ranked Los Altos Hills as the fourth richest town in the United States. |
| 2019 | Susan Ellenberg joins the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, replacing Ken Yeager |
| October 2019 | The City of Cupertino partnered with Via Transportation to launch an on-demand public transportation network using a smartphone app-based microtransit service that covers the entire city and a surrounding Sunnyvale Caltrain station zone. |
| May 7 2019 | Daniel LaBouve was appointed to fill Curtis Rogers' seat after Rogers' resignation. |
| March 5 2019 | Council Members Turner, Leuthold, and Lawler voted to remove Mayor Rogers from his mayoral title, elevate Vice Mayor Turner to Mayor, and make Council Member Lawler the new Vice Mayor. |
| February 2019 | Newly elected Council Member Shawn Leuthold successfully changed how Monte Sereno would select its mayor, arguing the city was violating election law by choosing the mayor before newly-elected council members were seated. |
| 2018 | Census data collected, revealing the continued demographic trend of Asian Americans being the largest ethnic group in Santa Clara County. |
| 2018 | SmartAsset.com names Sunnyvale the safest city for the third consecutive year. |
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