Recall against Santa Clara official is back

AN EFFORT TO RECALL a Santa Clara councilmember is back after hitting a snag, and it’s creating political tension.

Resident David Kertes filed a recall petition against District 5 Councilmember Suds Jain Oct. 17 after receiving the needed 60 signatures. He hit a clerical error in his recall campaign with some misspellings in the paperwork, but that has since been fixed. The campaign requires about 2,056 signatures from registered voters in the district within 120 business days to be placed on a ballot. Kertes, who unsuccessfully ran against Jain last year, wants to run for the seat again if the recall succeeds.