Women poised to hold majority of seats on Santa Clara County supes board next year

SANTA CLARA COUNTY is closer to retaking its storied but challenged title as “Feminist Capital of the World.”

After November’s general election, women will outnumber men 4-1 on the county’s powerful Board of Supervisors for the first time. While policy decisions don’t always boil down to gender, current and prospective supervisors say a supermajority of women would be able to prioritize families and their immediate needs, such as free child care, that have been lacking in the past.