Talk:Santa Clara County, California

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I removed 'most county residents prefer to visit the many county or state parks in the hills surrounding Santa Clara Valley when they need to exercise.' from the section discussing the street network.

It seems very subjective. If that is not the case, feel free to readd it with proper references. --Jdeboer 1 July 2005 19:36 (UTC)

External links

I proprose removing the links:

• Bay Area Shiite-Muslims Association (www.basma.us) Meet the Bay Area Shiites
• San Francisco Bay Area Shia Islamic Council (www.sfbasic.org) Basic Information About the Bay Area Shia Community

from External links as it should be in the Bay Area article instead, I think since it is about religion in the Bay Area, not about Santa Clara County. If there is no objection I'll remove it in the future. --JVittes 05:26, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Reservoirs

Santa Clara County has an extensive reservoir system (170,000 acre-feet) that may (or may not) be worth a mention in the article. For an urbanized area, I think this is unusual. --67.125.30.188 18:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Demographics Section

Where in the world did it say that Latinos would be a majority in 2010? They aren't even a plurality or even 30% of Santa Clara County's population right now... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.170.110 (talk) 00:46, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

History Section

In the "History" section, the following statement is made: "In 1882, Santa Clara County tried to levy taxes upon property of the Southern Pacific Railroad within county boundaries. The result was the U.S. Supreme Court case of Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U.S. 394 (1886), in which the Court extended Due Process rights to artificial legal entities."

Yet if you follow the link to the court case, it clearly states: "The Supreme Court never reached the equal protection claims. Nonetheless, this case is sometimes incorrectly cited as holding that corporations, as juristic persons, are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment."

I suggest the following change: "In 1882, Santa Clara County tried to levy taxes upon property of the Southern Pacific Railroad within county boundaries. The result was the U.S. Supreme Court case of Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U.S. 394 (1886). Some people incorrectly claim that the Court extended Due Process rights to artificial legal entities in their court decision. However, the Supreme Court never reached the equal protection claims. Nonetheless, this case is sometimes incorrectly cited as holding that corporations, as juristic persons, are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment."

Proper citing to the various articles should be included in the County wiki entry. Tried100X (talk) 01:52, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

History-making sheriff

Please reinstate the fact of Laurie Smith becoming the first elected female sheriff in California history...anyone who works for Santa Clara County(especially in the Sheriff's Department) should be aware of this, and report on it, providing the appropriate verifications where necessary(especially if that person lives there)...I trierd, but it was promptly deleted as a "lie"...which it ISN'T!...Baldwin91006 (talk) 02:40, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Lead Picture

The picture montage under Santa Clara County is identical to the one in the San Jose page. And while it's true that all images are in Santa Clara County (on account of San Jose being in the county) I wonder is it possible to get a picture that shows more than just images of San Jose? There is surely more to the county than just one (admittedly large) city! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.129.76.68 (talk) 17:34, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Politics and reference to abbreviations for parties

A change was just made as of 18 April 2015, from DNC to DEM, with relevance to the Democratic Party. Maybe this is consistent with the other comparative term GOP. That would be the primary consideration, so it seems. Make sure to use similar terms for each party. DNC would be an appropriate opposite to RNC, which conveys the "National Convention" of either party (Republican or Democrat). But, GOP and especially the term DEM, seems to be slang reference. I'm guessing the change is alright; but, in this context, I'm not sure what's truly appropriate. Can anyone explain the rationale? Are there any other alternatives? Ca.papavero (talk) 22:37, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

GOP stands for "Grand Old Party" and is a time honored synonym for the Republican party. DEM is just an abbreviation, hardly a slang reverence. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 23:48, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

I picked-up the idea of DEM being "slang" from Wikipedia's own disambiguation page for that term. I do realize it can also be an abbreviation. It depends on how its verbalized, usually. Anyway, it's thought for further considerations, if needs be. Ca.papavero (talk) 00:39, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Just as DEM is clearer than DNC, I think REP would be clearer than GOP or RNC. But there's actually no need to abbreviate to three letters, so the best thing might be to write out "Democratic" and "Republican" in the table headings.—Stepheng3 (talk) 20:54, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

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Non-Hispanic whites

It is confusing that Spanish-speaking people of mixed Native American and European descent are classified as 'white' rather than 'Other' or 'Native American'. Most articles would mention 'Non-Hispanic whites', but not this one. Can somebody please find and include this information? Humanophage (talk) 17:50, 11 November 2016 (UTC)