During the 2018 June Primaries we saw a request for a total of $340 million in school bonds and another $6.7 million in parcel taxes towards schools, just in Santa Clara county. The Santa Clara County Libertarian Party signed of as a co-sponsor on many of these with the Silicon Valley Tax Association leading the argument against. However, one in particular, Measure G in San Jose, was led by us. This also happened to be the only school measure to have failed.

The Libertarian Party National Convention was held in New Orleans this last week. The biennial event is where Libertarian delegates from every state gather to discuss platform and bylaw changes and to elect officers. This years convention was one of the highest attended events even thought this was a non-election year.  There was a notably higher number of women, youth, and diverse attendees. Nine representatives from Santa Clara were able to attend this year.