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Gillmor’s husband has coached youth soccer, and her children have played the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12071622 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/251211-MAYORSBREAKFAST-JG-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/251211-MAYORSBREAKFAST-JG-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/251211-MAYORSBREAKFAST-JG-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/251211-MAYORSBREAKFAST-JG-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor speaks during a panel discussion about the Super Bowl and other major sporting events coming to Levi’s Stadium in 2026 during the Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Mayor’s Breakfast on Dec. 11, 2025, in Santa Clara. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gillmor didn’t respond to interview requests for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the soccer field debate, Gillmor has led the fight against what she has described as the team’s overreaches and its shortchanging of the city on revenue from events like concerts and parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the team collects profits from NFL games, the city’s general fund is typically entitled to half of the profit from non-NFL events held at the stadium, such as concerts and corporate parties. The other half goes to the Stadium Authority, a city-run agency that operates the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were supposed to get a huge benefit from the stadium,” Gillmor said in 2023. “They’re using our police force, our fire department, our city staff, we’re all working so hard to get zero non-NFL revenue? That’s unacceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team has defended its management of the stadium and commissioned a 2023 report by a sports economics consulting firm that claims Levi’s has generated $2 billion of total economic impact for the broader region. A team spokesperson said team officials were unavailable for a phone interview and didn’t respond to emailed questions for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2) Election spending\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>49ers owner Jed York, apparently unhappy with the resistance the organization started to receive from Gillmor and her city council allies, began in 2020 an unprecedented run of spending huge sums of money trying to engineer a council that would be friendlier to the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the last three city council election cycles, political action committees funded by York and the team have spent more than $10 million to support preferred candidates and to oppose Gillmor and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The avalanche of money largely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11844213/why-are-the-49ers-spending-millions-on-a-city-council-race-ask-jed-york\">overwhelmed\u003c/a> any other special interest group’s money in a city with roughly 60,000 registered voters, allowing several of the team’s preferred candidates to get council seats and retain them. However, Gillmor was able to keep her mayor’s seat with support from developers and police unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3) Company town\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Roger Noll, a professor emeritus of economics at Stanford University, said the downside of a large sports team coming to a suburban community is that it isn’t too difficult for the team’s owners to “get control of the local politics,” comparing Santa Clara to the “company towns” of the old west.[aside postID=news_12071211 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/013026_SUPERBOWLECONOMICDEV_GH_010_QED-KQED.jpg']The 49ers “would never be able to do it if it were a major city,” Noll said. “There’s no way that the Sharks were ever going to control San José like the 49ers control Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Likewise, there’s no chance the Rams are going to control the city of Los Angeles, because if you have a big enough city, there are other economic sources of welfare for the city available and that can counteract this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But in a small town,” he said, “they’re going to win. They’re gonna be the only people who want to contribute that amount of money to a political campaign, and they’re extremely likely to win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team has supported an array of candidates over the past six years, including former Vice Mayor Anthony Becker, current Vice Mayor Albert Gonzalez, and current Councilmembers Raj Chahal, Karen Hardy, Kevin Park and Sudhansu “Suds” Jain.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4) Santa Clara County civil grand jury reports\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>By 2021, the “49er Five” — as the five team-backed members of the seven-person Santa Clara City Council were known — controlled the council. A county civil grand jury — made up of volunteers selected by the Superior Court’s judicial officers to examine issues of public concern — issued a report heavily critical of the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 report, titled “Unsportsmanlike Conduct,” accused Becker and four other council members of engaging in unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the 49ers. The team’s spokesperson at the time called the report a “political hatchet job” and accused the grand jury of corruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11799614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11799614 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco 49ers stretch during practice for Super Bowl LIV at the Greentree Practice Fields on the campus of the University of Miami on Jan. 30, 2020, in Coral Gables, Florida. \u003ccite>(Michael Reaves/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Undeterred, the grand jury followed up with another pair of reports in 2024 called “Outplayed” and “Irreconcilable Differences.” In “Outplayed,” the grand jury asserted the city of Santa Clara had signed itself up for an unbalanced and inequitable deal with the 49ers when it agreed to the ballot measure that brought the team and Levi’s Stadium to the city. “Irreconcilable Differences” lambasted the council itself for consistent dysfunction and tumult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The broken relationships among the members of the council and the inability of council members to work together as a cohesive group have undermined the effective governance of the city,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5) ‘Three-card monte’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Noll, the economics professor, said sports venues are more often than not a losing game for communities, but football stadiums are the worst of the bunch, because they are too big to fill for most musical artists and other events, which makes it harder for a city running the stadium to collect revenue on a consistent basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noll agreed the team outplayed the city in the agreement structures, and much of the divisiveness is rooted in the city not seeing the level of returns forecasted before the stadium was a reality, but he said Santa Clara should have seen that coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051703\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-SANTACLARACITYHALLFILE_01515_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-SANTACLARACITYHALLFILE_01515_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-SANTACLARACITYHALLFILE_01515_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-SANTACLARACITYHALLFILE_01515_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign introduces passersby to Santa Clara City Hall at 1500 Warburton Avenue in Santa Clara on Aug. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was just overly optimistic, and it was obvious it was. But on the other hand, this is Hollywood coming to town, coming to a small town, and they got taken away by it,” Noll said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s on Santa Clara for not doing their homework because if they had just looked at the previous five football stadiums that were built and saw what happened after the fact versus what happened before the fact, they would have known the same thing was going to happen to them,” Noll said. “So, yes, it’s true the 49ers played some three-card monte on them. It’s their fault for falling for it. They should have known.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>6) Legal fights\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The city and the team have traded legal blows for years, fighting several lawsuits related to parking, rent payments to the city, and chiefly, how the 49ers manage the stadium through their management company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team also managed to cut its property tax bill by half, to $6 million, greatly reducing the money expected to flow to local schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070880\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070880\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2255009703-scaled-e1769191193398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Levi’s Stadium on Dec.3, 2025, in Santa Clara, California. \u003ccite>(Kirby Lee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the disagreements were put to bed in two different settlements, one in 2022 and another in 2024. While the team and even the city’s own press release held up the most recent settlement as a fair shake for the city, Gillmor disagreed, calling it a “loan-shark type deal” in a reply to the city’s own X social media account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noll said it’s “unique” to see how quickly the bad blood emerged in the relationship between the city and the team. “Nothing has gone as badly” elsewhere, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>7) Anthony Becker perjury conviction\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the most notable outcomes tied to the influence of the 49ers on local politics in Santa Clara was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014279/ex-49ers-lobbyist-admits-he-lied-about-leak-to-protect-santa-clara-council-member\">perjury trial\u003c/a> and conviction of former Vice Mayor Anthony Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a two-week trial in late 2024, Becker was found guilty of a misdemeanor for leaking an early, confidential version of the “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” grand jury report to the 49ers, and of felony perjury for subsequently lying about his actions to a grand jury as it investigated the leak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071956\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_018_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_018_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_018_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_018_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker, right, and Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya during Becker’s sentencing hearing at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The early access to the report allowed the 49ers to orchestrate a response to the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker resigned shortly after the conviction. He was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034219/former-santa-clara-official-sentenced-to-probation-after-perjury-conviction\">sentenced in 2025\u003c/a> to two years’ probation and a 40-day jail sentence that could be served through community service. His attorneys filed an appeal that is still pending.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What comes next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Though the current city council includes five council members supported by the 49ers, two of those spots are up for grabs during the November 2026 elections, along with the mayor’s seat, as Gillmor terms out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A shift in the makeup of the council could affect Santa Clara’s relationship with the team. Gillmor, the most vocal critic of the team’s treatment of the city, will be gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s unclear if much would change, said Ann Skeet, the senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11973891 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/GettyImages-1954210828-scaled-e1770075676703.jpg\" alt=\"A man geared up in football uniform runs down a large football field, holding a football with his right hand.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers running back Christian McCaffrey rushes for a 39-yard touchdown during the NFC playoff game against the Green Bay Packers at Levi’s Stadium on Jan. 20, 2024, in Santa Clara, California. \u003ccite>(Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the issues that have plagued this relationship are still going to be there. One is the political money and corporate money in politics,” Skeet said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other issue is the underlying design of the stadium authority, which is a city board that oversees the management of Levi’s Stadium. The board members are the city council members, who Skeet said have likely contributed to some of the many conflicts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Publicly elected officials are supposed to put the public’s interest first and think largely about what their city’s needs are, the city of Santa Clara,” Skeet said. “But they sit on this stadium authority board, and then they have to think about what’s in the best interest of the stadium, and sometimes those things conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The 49ers “would never be able to do it if it were a major city,” Noll said. “There’s no way that the Sharks were ever going to control San José like the 49ers control Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Likewise, there’s no chance the Rams are going to control the city of Los Angeles, because if you have a big enough city, there are other economic sources of welfare for the city available and that can counteract this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But in a small town,” he said, “they’re going to win. They’re gonna be the only people who want to contribute that amount of money to a political campaign, and they’re extremely likely to win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team has supported an array of candidates over the past six years, including former Vice Mayor Anthony Becker, current Vice Mayor Albert Gonzalez, and current Councilmembers Raj Chahal, Karen Hardy, Kevin Park and Sudhansu “Suds” Jain.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4) Santa Clara County civil grand jury reports\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>By 2021, the “49er Five” — as the five team-backed members of the seven-person Santa Clara City Council were known — controlled the council. A county civil grand jury — made up of volunteers selected by the Superior Court’s judicial officers to examine issues of public concern — issued a report heavily critical of the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 report, titled “Unsportsmanlike Conduct,” accused Becker and four other council members of engaging in unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the 49ers. The team’s spokesperson at the time called the report a “political hatchet job” and accused the grand jury of corruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11799614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11799614 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/GettyImages-1203032743-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco 49ers stretch during practice for Super Bowl LIV at the Greentree Practice Fields on the campus of the University of Miami on Jan. 30, 2020, in Coral Gables, Florida. \u003ccite>(Michael Reaves/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Undeterred, the grand jury followed up with another pair of reports in 2024 called “Outplayed” and “Irreconcilable Differences.” In “Outplayed,” the grand jury asserted the city of Santa Clara had signed itself up for an unbalanced and inequitable deal with the 49ers when it agreed to the ballot measure that brought the team and Levi’s Stadium to the city. “Irreconcilable Differences” lambasted the council itself for consistent dysfunction and tumult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The broken relationships among the members of the council and the inability of council members to work together as a cohesive group have undermined the effective governance of the city,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5) ‘Three-card monte’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Noll, the economics professor, said sports venues are more often than not a losing game for communities, but football stadiums are the worst of the bunch, because they are too big to fill for most musical artists and other events, which makes it harder for a city running the stadium to collect revenue on a consistent basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noll agreed the team outplayed the city in the agreement structures, and much of the divisiveness is rooted in the city not seeing the level of returns forecasted before the stadium was a reality, but he said Santa Clara should have seen that coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051703\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-SANTACLARACITYHALLFILE_01515_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-SANTACLARACITYHALLFILE_01515_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-SANTACLARACITYHALLFILE_01515_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-SANTACLARACITYHALLFILE_01515_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign introduces passersby to Santa Clara City Hall at 1500 Warburton Avenue in Santa Clara on Aug. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was just overly optimistic, and it was obvious it was. But on the other hand, this is Hollywood coming to town, coming to a small town, and they got taken away by it,” Noll said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s on Santa Clara for not doing their homework because if they had just looked at the previous five football stadiums that were built and saw what happened after the fact versus what happened before the fact, they would have known the same thing was going to happen to them,” Noll said. “So, yes, it’s true the 49ers played some three-card monte on them. It’s their fault for falling for it. They should have known.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>6) Legal fights\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The city and the team have traded legal blows for years, fighting several lawsuits related to parking, rent payments to the city, and chiefly, how the 49ers manage the stadium through their management company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team also managed to cut its property tax bill by half, to $6 million, greatly reducing the money expected to flow to local schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070880\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070880\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2255009703-scaled-e1769191193398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Levi’s Stadium on Dec.3, 2025, in Santa Clara, California. \u003ccite>(Kirby Lee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the disagreements were put to bed in two different settlements, one in 2022 and another in 2024. While the team and even the city’s own press release held up the most recent settlement as a fair shake for the city, Gillmor disagreed, calling it a “loan-shark type deal” in a reply to the city’s own X social media account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noll said it’s “unique” to see how quickly the bad blood emerged in the relationship between the city and the team. “Nothing has gone as badly” elsewhere, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>7) Anthony Becker perjury conviction\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the most notable outcomes tied to the influence of the 49ers on local politics in Santa Clara was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014279/ex-49ers-lobbyist-admits-he-lied-about-leak-to-protect-santa-clara-council-member\">perjury trial\u003c/a> and conviction of former Vice Mayor Anthony Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a two-week trial in late 2024, Becker was found guilty of a misdemeanor for leaking an early, confidential version of the “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” grand jury report to the 49ers, and of felony perjury for subsequently lying about his actions to a grand jury as it investigated the leak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071956\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_018_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_018_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_018_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_018_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker, right, and Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya during Becker’s sentencing hearing at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The early access to the report allowed the 49ers to orchestrate a response to the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker resigned shortly after the conviction. He was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034219/former-santa-clara-official-sentenced-to-probation-after-perjury-conviction\">sentenced in 2025\u003c/a> to two years’ probation and a 40-day jail sentence that could be served through community service. His attorneys filed an appeal that is still pending.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What comes next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Though the current city council includes five council members supported by the 49ers, two of those spots are up for grabs during the November 2026 elections, along with the mayor’s seat, as Gillmor terms out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A shift in the makeup of the council could affect Santa Clara’s relationship with the team. Gillmor, the most vocal critic of the team’s treatment of the city, will be gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s unclear if much would change, said Ann Skeet, the senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11973891 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/GettyImages-1954210828-scaled-e1770075676703.jpg\" alt=\"A man geared up in football uniform runs down a large football field, holding a football with his right hand.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers running back Christian McCaffrey rushes for a 39-yard touchdown during the NFC playoff game against the Green Bay Packers at Levi’s Stadium on Jan. 20, 2024, in Santa Clara, California. \u003ccite>(Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the issues that have plagued this relationship are still going to be there. One is the political money and corporate money in politics,” Skeet said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other issue is the underlying design of the stadium authority, which is a city board that oversees the management of Levi’s Stadium. The board members are the city council members, who Skeet said have likely contributed to some of the many conflicts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Publicly elected officials are supposed to put the public’s interest first and think largely about what their city’s needs are, the city of Santa Clara,” Skeet said. “But they sit on this stadium authority board, and then they have to think about what’s in the best interest of the stadium, and sometimes those things conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker will not face any time behind bars after being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016866/santa-clara-vice-mayor-anthony-becker-convicted-of-perjury\">convicted of perjury\u003c/a> in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala sentenced Becker to two years of probation and 40 days of jail time, but allowed Becker to serve that time through a work service program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sentence appeared to be a midway point between the polarized requests from prosecutors — who asked that Becker face a “significant” jail sentence — and Becker’s attorneys, who asked that he only be sentenced to probation, with no additional punishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has to be some kind of punishment, otherwise people in the community are not going to think that their elected officials are going to be held accountable,” Alcala said in the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker and his lead attorney, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, declined to comment after the sentencing, other than to say they would appeal the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he thought the sentence was “appropriate” in comments he made outside the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we were asking for was a significant jail sentence. The judge gave a jail sentence and allowed Mr. Becker to serve it on weekend work, and that’s within the discretion of the court,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey F. Rosen makes a statement following former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker’s sentencing hearing at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Becker was convicted of a misdemeanor for violating his duty as an elected official to keep a \u003ca href=\"https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/unsportsmanlike-conduct-santa-clara-city-council_0.pdf\">civil grand jury report confidential (PDF)\u003c/a> until its public release and with felony perjury for lying to a grand jury about his actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016866/santa-clara-vice-mayor-anthony-becker-convicted-of-perjury\">announced his resignation\u003c/a> one day after his conviction in a Morgan Hill courtroom, just weeks before his first term in office was set to expire. He did not win a second term in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara/santaclara\">2024 election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 civil grand jury report at the center of the case, titled Unsportsmanlike Conduct, accused Becker and four other council members of having unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the San Francisco 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016866 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241205-VERDICT-JG-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s ownership has spent millions of dollars over the past three election cycles to support some candidates, including Becker, and oppose others, including Mayor Lisa Gillmor, who has butted heads with the team over a host of issues related to the management of publicly owned Levi’s Stadium, where the 49ers play their home games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky, the lead prosecutor on the case, wrote in a pre-sentencing memo in January that Becker deserves “a significant jail sentence that reflects the seriousness of his crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malinsky based his recommendation on what he called the “aggravated” and “self-serving” nature of Becker’s crimes, which he said eroded public trust in government and elected officials. He also disagreed with a recommendation from the county’s probation department that suggested no jail time should be levied and stated Becker’s level of remorse was “unknown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Becker has shown no remorse for his crimes despite ample opportunity and a public forum to do so,” Malinsky wrote, noting that Becker said the verdict was politically motivated and felt that justice was not served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are not the words of a remorseful man who has learned the lesson from his actions and intends to put himself on a path of reconciliation and reform,” Malinsky wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the sentencing hearing on Friday, Becker made a statement to the court in which he apologized to the residents of Santa Clara for the “ordeal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to first apologize to the people of Santa Clara for this long ordeal. And additionally, I want to respect what the jury’s decision was, despite my other disagreements. I respect the jury’s decision. I respect this court. And I just want that to be known,” Becker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala said Becker’s statement helped guide his decision on the sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hoping to hear an apology, which I did hear. I am going to let you serve that sentence in an alternative way other than sitting in a jail. If you hadn’t apologized, you would have been remanded today,” Alcala said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, one of Becker’s attorneys, noted in his pre-sentencing memo that the court could meet its objectives of “protecting society, punishing the defendant, and deterring others from criminal conduct by demonstrating its consequences” by sentencing Becker to probation only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Becker is now a convicted felon. Society garners no further protection by imposing\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>a jail sentence on Mr. Becker,” Montoya wrote. “Becker’s conduct did not subject anyone to physical violence, deprive anyone of a loved one, deprive anyone of their property, or deprive anyone of large amounts of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also took issue with what he characterized as the prosecution’s unwillingness to “make an offer to resolve the matter” ahead of the trial through a plea deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034601\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya emphasized that Becker had no prior record and was allowed to be under his own supervision while the trial proceeded because he was not a danger to anyone else. The memo also highlighted Becker’s personal struggles, some due to the “collateral consequences” of his conviction, including permanent damage to his reputation, the loss of his political career and the loss of his income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Additional punitive punishment of time in jail is not warranted or necessary, is disproportionate to the underlying conduct, and is a departure from efforts to achieve uniformity in sentencing,” Montoya wrote. “A jail sentence will only serve to set Mr. Becker back and, more significantly, deprive him of caring for his mother who is currently very sick and undergoing treatment for a stage 3 cancer diagnosis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara City Councilmembers Sudhanshu ‘Suds’ Jain (left) and Kevin Park make statements during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several family members, friends and former colleagues of Becker’s wrote letters to Alcala asserting that they know Becker to be “of high moral character,” as well as an “honest and very kind and caring person” and a “good person who made a bad decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the court hearing, Santa Clara Councilmembers Suds Jain and Kevin Park spoke in support of leniency for Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jain called Becker, his friend, and said he admired his commitment to the job of being a council member who worked hard to stay well-informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider him to be a very dedicated public servant,” Jain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without naming any specific people, Park claimed Becker has been “under attack” for a long time and has faced a lot of harassment ever since running for office in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034591\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker leaves the courtroom after receiving his sentence at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He is one of the hardest working people I know. He wanted to do this job, he wanted to do this as legitimately as possible,” Park said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the hearing on Friday, Rosen said the case boiled down to what people should and do expect from their elected officials and said that those who take oaths of office and then abuse that power “mock” their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Government officials should be role models for all citizens to respect and follow the law,” he said. “If public officials do not respect and follow the law, who will?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker and his lead attorney, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, declined to comment after the sentencing, other than to say they would appeal the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he thought the sentence was “appropriate” in comments he made outside the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we were asking for was a significant jail sentence. The judge gave a jail sentence and allowed Mr. Becker to serve it on weekend work, and that’s within the discretion of the court,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey F. Rosen makes a statement following former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker’s sentencing hearing at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Becker was convicted of a misdemeanor for violating his duty as an elected official to keep a \u003ca href=\"https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/unsportsmanlike-conduct-santa-clara-city-council_0.pdf\">civil grand jury report confidential (PDF)\u003c/a> until its public release and with felony perjury for lying to a grand jury about his actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016866/santa-clara-vice-mayor-anthony-becker-convicted-of-perjury\">announced his resignation\u003c/a> one day after his conviction in a Morgan Hill courtroom, just weeks before his first term in office was set to expire. He did not win a second term in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara/santaclara\">2024 election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 civil grand jury report at the center of the case, titled Unsportsmanlike Conduct, accused Becker and four other council members of having unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the San Francisco 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s ownership has spent millions of dollars over the past three election cycles to support some candidates, including Becker, and oppose others, including Mayor Lisa Gillmor, who has butted heads with the team over a host of issues related to the management of publicly owned Levi’s Stadium, where the 49ers play their home games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky, the lead prosecutor on the case, wrote in a pre-sentencing memo in January that Becker deserves “a significant jail sentence that reflects the seriousness of his crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malinsky based his recommendation on what he called the “aggravated” and “self-serving” nature of Becker’s crimes, which he said eroded public trust in government and elected officials. He also disagreed with a recommendation from the county’s probation department that suggested no jail time should be levied and stated Becker’s level of remorse was “unknown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Becker has shown no remorse for his crimes despite ample opportunity and a public forum to do so,” Malinsky wrote, noting that Becker said the verdict was politically motivated and felt that justice was not served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are not the words of a remorseful man who has learned the lesson from his actions and intends to put himself on a path of reconciliation and reform,” Malinsky wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the sentencing hearing on Friday, Becker made a statement to the court in which he apologized to the residents of Santa Clara for the “ordeal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to first apologize to the people of Santa Clara for this long ordeal. And additionally, I want to respect what the jury’s decision was, despite my other disagreements. I respect the jury’s decision. I respect this court. And I just want that to be known,” Becker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala said Becker’s statement helped guide his decision on the sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hoping to hear an apology, which I did hear. I am going to let you serve that sentence in an alternative way other than sitting in a jail. If you hadn’t apologized, you would have been remanded today,” Alcala said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, one of Becker’s attorneys, noted in his pre-sentencing memo that the court could meet its objectives of “protecting society, punishing the defendant, and deterring others from criminal conduct by demonstrating its consequences” by sentencing Becker to probation only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Becker is now a convicted felon. Society garners no further protection by imposing\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>a jail sentence on Mr. Becker,” Montoya wrote. “Becker’s conduct did not subject anyone to physical violence, deprive anyone of a loved one, deprive anyone of their property, or deprive anyone of large amounts of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also took issue with what he characterized as the prosecution’s unwillingness to “make an offer to resolve the matter” ahead of the trial through a plea deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034601\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya emphasized that Becker had no prior record and was allowed to be under his own supervision while the trial proceeded because he was not a danger to anyone else. The memo also highlighted Becker’s personal struggles, some due to the “collateral consequences” of his conviction, including permanent damage to his reputation, the loss of his political career and the loss of his income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Additional punitive punishment of time in jail is not warranted or necessary, is disproportionate to the underlying conduct, and is a departure from efforts to achieve uniformity in sentencing,” Montoya wrote. “A jail sentence will only serve to set Mr. Becker back and, more significantly, deprive him of caring for his mother who is currently very sick and undergoing treatment for a stage 3 cancer diagnosis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara City Councilmembers Sudhanshu ‘Suds’ Jain (left) and Kevin Park make statements during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several family members, friends and former colleagues of Becker’s wrote letters to Alcala asserting that they know Becker to be “of high moral character,” as well as an “honest and very kind and caring person” and a “good person who made a bad decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the court hearing, Santa Clara Councilmembers Suds Jain and Kevin Park spoke in support of leniency for Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jain called Becker, his friend, and said he admired his commitment to the job of being a council member who worked hard to stay well-informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider him to be a very dedicated public servant,” Jain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without naming any specific people, Park claimed Becker has been “under attack” for a long time and has faced a lot of harassment ever since running for office in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034591\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker leaves the courtroom after receiving his sentence at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He is one of the hardest working people I know. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:50 p.m., Saturday:\u003c/strong> Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker has resigned after being convicted Thursday of lying under oath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Santa Clara made the announcement in a press release late Friday, including Becker’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/home/showdocument?id=85656&t=638691133869363572\">letter of resignation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker’s conviction stems from a 2022 civil grand jury report which criticized the influence the San Francisco 49ers have on city politics. Becker has received financial support from the 49ers in recent elections and allegedly leaked that report to a team official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the greatest honor, joy and privilege to serve as your representative,” Becker said in his resignation letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker was first elected to represent District 6 on theSanta Clara City Council in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker lost his race for re-election in November. The District 6 seat will remain vacant until December 17, when Kelly Cox, a Santa Clara University official who won Becker’s seat, will be sworn in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 3 p.m., Thursday: \u003c/strong>Santa Clara Councilmember Anthony Becker is guilty of felony perjury, a jury has decided, closing out a two-week trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 12-person panel in the trial of the South Bay official returned the verdict early Thursday afternoon at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse, after deliberating for only roughly three hours between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We the jury, in the above entitled case, find the defendant Anthony Becker guilty of perjury under oath,” the court clerk said as she read the verdict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The verdict vindicates the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, whose lead prosecutor on the case Jason Malinsky emphasized to the jury how clear the choice for guilt should be, and significantly mars Becker’s reputation as a public official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala set sentencing for Jan. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker, who has consistently denied wrongdoing throughout his indictment and trial, stayed seated and mostly still while the verdict was read out by the court clerk, closing his eyes at times for a few seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Alcala ended the day’s proceedings, Becker walked quickly out of the courtroom sighing and looking visibly frustrated. He and his legal team declined to comment on the verdict after leaving court, but one of Becker’s attorneys, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, told KQED he plans to file an appeal in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial — which began just one day after Becker lost his bid for reelection on Nov. 6 — hinged on whether he leaked a confidential version of a civil grand jury report in 2022, and then lied about it to the grand jury as it investigated the leak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We take very seriously in the DA’s office the fundamental idea that when you raise your hand and you walk into court and you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, that’s what’s going to happen,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “And defendant Becker did not do that, and he lied. And that’s perjury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 civil grand jury report, titled \u003ca href=\"https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/unsportsmanlike-conduct-santa-clara-city-council_0.pdf\">\u003cem>Unsportsmanlike Conduct\u003c/em> (PDF)\u003c/a>, accused Becker and four other council members of having unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the San Francisco 49ers, who play in the publicly owned Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker was elected to the council in 2020 as part of a raft of city council candidates backed by millions of dollars of campaign support from the football team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016971\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016971\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky gives his closing arguments to the jury in the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office charged Becker in April 2023 with a misdemeanor for violating his duty as an elected official to keep the document confidential until its public release and with a felony perjury charge for lying to a grand jury about his actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors alleged that on Oct. 6, 2022 — four days before the report was set to be released to the public — Becker leaked a copy to Rahul Chandhok, who was then the top lobbyist for the 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen said this case should serve as a reminder that the public expects a higher standard for elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s also a reminder of the admonition that sometimes the cover up is even worse than the crime,” Rosen said. “So the thing to do when you have done something wrong is to admit what you’ve done and move on, not lie about it under oath.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chandhok, the prosecution’s lead witness, testified that Becker sent the report via the secure messaging app Signal. The leak allowed Chandhok and his public affairs team to craft an early response to the harshly critical report and get in front of its assertions, which the team called a “hatchet job” at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker also is alleged to have leaked the report to a reporter at \u003ca href=\"https://www.svvoice.com/\">Silicon Valley Voice\u003c/a>, a local online publication considered friendly to the 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors also relied on the testimony of Becker’s fellow Councilmember Suds Jain, who testified at a criminal grand jury and during the trial that Becker told Jain in a phone call that he had leaked a copy to the reporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also a host of digital forensic evidence, such as remnants on Becker’s phone that show he deleted the Signal app minutes before speaking with investigators in late 2022 about the leak. Prosecutors said Becker lied to them as well about when he deleted the app and how frequently he used it to communicate with Chandhok and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya presents his closing arguments to the jury in the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the trial, Becker’s defense team attempted to raise doubts about the trustworthiness of Chandhok — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014279/ex-49ers-lobbyist-admits-he-lied-about-leak-to-protect-santa-clara-council-member\">testified that he lied\u003c/a> to reporters and some of his team members about the source of the leak — as well as about the quality of the DA’s investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, one of Becker’s attorneys, said the prosecution wore “blinders” during their investigation and wanted the jury to wear them, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense also tried on Tuesday to get Becker acquitted due to what they called “insufficient evidence” to convict, but Alcala quickly denied it. Late Tuesday afternoon, the defense handed Alcala a motion asking for a mistrial, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016679/closing-arguments-made-in-perjury-trial-of-santa-clara-councilmember-anthony-becker\">Alcala denied\u003c/a> the following afternoon, shortly after the jury was sent to deliberate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In support of its request for a mistrial, the defense cited several issues in the case, including that the prosecution lost an audio recording the lead investigator made on an iPhone when searching Chandhok’s home for evidence, and said Alcala’s questions to some witnesses during the trial were improper.[aside postID=news_12016679 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-1020x680.jpg']Attorneys for Becker also claimed the prosecution turned over other evidence late, and that the defense was barred from bringing in some witnesses, including Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor, to question her about whether she leaked a copy of the report to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This prejudiced Mr. Becker because he was actively prevented from mounting a defense as to the core question of whether he leaked the report as charged and as to the perjury charge,” the defense wrote in its motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala, however, consistently barred that approach throughout the case, saying that whether anyone else leaked the report doesn’t change the case against Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen agreed after the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that others may have done what Mr. Becker did does not excuse Mr. Becker from what he did. And we investigated everyone. And we only bring charges when we can prove them beyond a reasonable doubt to a unanimous jury,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen said the maximum penalty in state prison for perjury under oath is four years, but said he doesn’t expect Becker’s case to involve a prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there does need to be some accountability, whether that’s a combination of jail time and fines,” Rosen said, “because this is very serious, what the defendant did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 3 p.m., Thursday: \u003c/strong>Santa Clara Councilmember Anthony Becker is guilty of felony perjury, a jury has decided, closing out a two-week trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 12-person panel in the trial of the South Bay official returned the verdict early Thursday afternoon at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse, after deliberating for only roughly three hours between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We the jury, in the above entitled case, find the defendant Anthony Becker guilty of perjury under oath,” the court clerk said as she read the verdict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The verdict vindicates the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, whose lead prosecutor on the case Jason Malinsky emphasized to the jury how clear the choice for guilt should be, and significantly mars Becker’s reputation as a public official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala set sentencing for Jan. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker, who has consistently denied wrongdoing throughout his indictment and trial, stayed seated and mostly still while the verdict was read out by the court clerk, closing his eyes at times for a few seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Alcala ended the day’s proceedings, Becker walked quickly out of the courtroom sighing and looking visibly frustrated. He and his legal team declined to comment on the verdict after leaving court, but one of Becker’s attorneys, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, told KQED he plans to file an appeal in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial — which began just one day after Becker lost his bid for reelection on Nov. 6 — hinged on whether he leaked a confidential version of a civil grand jury report in 2022, and then lied about it to the grand jury as it investigated the leak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We take very seriously in the DA’s office the fundamental idea that when you raise your hand and you walk into court and you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, that’s what’s going to happen,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “And defendant Becker did not do that, and he lied. And that’s perjury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 civil grand jury report, titled \u003ca href=\"https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/unsportsmanlike-conduct-santa-clara-city-council_0.pdf\">\u003cem>Unsportsmanlike Conduct\u003c/em> (PDF)\u003c/a>, accused Becker and four other council members of having unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the San Francisco 49ers, who play in the publicly owned Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker was elected to the council in 2020 as part of a raft of city council candidates backed by millions of dollars of campaign support from the football team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016971\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016971\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky gives his closing arguments to the jury in the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office charged Becker in April 2023 with a misdemeanor for violating his duty as an elected official to keep the document confidential until its public release and with a felony perjury charge for lying to a grand jury about his actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors alleged that on Oct. 6, 2022 — four days before the report was set to be released to the public — Becker leaked a copy to Rahul Chandhok, who was then the top lobbyist for the 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen said this case should serve as a reminder that the public expects a higher standard for elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s also a reminder of the admonition that sometimes the cover up is even worse than the crime,” Rosen said. “So the thing to do when you have done something wrong is to admit what you’ve done and move on, not lie about it under oath.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chandhok, the prosecution’s lead witness, testified that Becker sent the report via the secure messaging app Signal. The leak allowed Chandhok and his public affairs team to craft an early response to the harshly critical report and get in front of its assertions, which the team called a “hatchet job” at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker also is alleged to have leaked the report to a reporter at \u003ca href=\"https://www.svvoice.com/\">Silicon Valley Voice\u003c/a>, a local online publication considered friendly to the 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors also relied on the testimony of Becker’s fellow Councilmember Suds Jain, who testified at a criminal grand jury and during the trial that Becker told Jain in a phone call that he had leaked a copy to the reporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also a host of digital forensic evidence, such as remnants on Becker’s phone that show he deleted the Signal app minutes before speaking with investigators in late 2022 about the leak. Prosecutors said Becker lied to them as well about when he deleted the app and how frequently he used it to communicate with Chandhok and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya presents his closing arguments to the jury in the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the trial, Becker’s defense team attempted to raise doubts about the trustworthiness of Chandhok — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014279/ex-49ers-lobbyist-admits-he-lied-about-leak-to-protect-santa-clara-council-member\">testified that he lied\u003c/a> to reporters and some of his team members about the source of the leak — as well as about the quality of the DA’s investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, one of Becker’s attorneys, said the prosecution wore “blinders” during their investigation and wanted the jury to wear them, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense also tried on Tuesday to get Becker acquitted due to what they called “insufficient evidence” to convict, but Alcala quickly denied it. Late Tuesday afternoon, the defense handed Alcala a motion asking for a mistrial, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016679/closing-arguments-made-in-perjury-trial-of-santa-clara-councilmember-anthony-becker\">Alcala denied\u003c/a> the following afternoon, shortly after the jury was sent to deliberate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In support of its request for a mistrial, the defense cited several issues in the case, including that the prosecution lost an audio recording the lead investigator made on an iPhone when searching Chandhok’s home for evidence, and said Alcala’s questions to some witnesses during the trial were improper.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Attorneys for Becker also claimed the prosecution turned over other evidence late, and that the defense was barred from bringing in some witnesses, including Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor, to question her about whether she leaked a copy of the report to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This prejudiced Mr. Becker because he was actively prevented from mounting a defense as to the core question of whether he leaked the report as charged and as to the perjury charge,” the defense wrote in its motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala, however, consistently barred that approach throughout the case, saying that whether anyone else leaked the report doesn’t change the case against Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen agreed after the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that others may have done what Mr. Becker did does not excuse Mr. Becker from what he did. And we investigated everyone. And we only bring charges when we can prove them beyond a reasonable doubt to a unanimous jury,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen said the maximum penalty in state prison for perjury under oath is four years, but said he doesn’t expect Becker’s case to involve a prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there does need to be some accountability, whether that’s a combination of jail time and fines,” Rosen said, “because this is very serious, what the defendant did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Becker also unsuccessfully challenged Mayor Lisa Gillmor in 2022, despite the team spending big to oppose Gillmor, who has been heavily critical of the team and its management of Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker’s trial commenced on Nov. 6, just one day after losing his council reelection bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky, the lead prosecutor on the case, told the jury that the direct and circumstantial evidence all points to Becker’s guilt.[aside label=\"More on the trial\" postID=\"news_12014279\"]“When you look at all the pieces together, all of the evidence as a whole, the only reasonable conclusion that you’ll be able to reach is that the defendant, Anthony Becker, is guilty of perjury and failing to uphold his duty,” Malinsky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malinsky highlighted the testimony given by Chandhok, who was the prosecution’s key witness and the first called at the start of the trial last month. Chandhok testified that he had received the confidential report from Becker in a secure text message via the Signal app on Oct. 6, 2022, about four days before it was set to be released publicly. That allowed the team to get ahead of the criticisms in the document, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malinsky also pointed to other pieces of evidence, such as digital remnants on Becker’s phone that show he deleted the Signal app minutes before speaking with investigators in late 2022 about the leak. Malinsky said it shows Becker knew he was guilty, and that he lied to a civil grand jury and authorities to try and cover his tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Becker’s attorneys, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, in his closing arguments, raised a series of doubts about the quality of the DA’s investigation and questioned whether authorities actually left “no stone unturned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montoya said the prosecution was trying to avoid admitting to their mistakes, including losing an audio recording the lead investigator made on an iPhone when searching Chandhok’s home for evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montoya also tried to chip away at the Chandhoks’ trustworthiness, noting that Chandhok admitted during his testimony that he had lied to reporters about where he got the report and didn’t disclose that information to his public affairs team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montoya said the prosecution wore “blinders” during their investigation of Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jury was sent to deliberate Wednesday afternoon but did not reach a verdict in the roughly 20 minutes before court closed for the day, and are scheduled to resume deliberations on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Becker’s five-member defense team filed a motion asking Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala to acquit him of the charges, claiming the prosecution’s evidence of the crimes was “insufficient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It remains highly unclear whether Mr. Becker leaked the report given a lack of documentary evidence and witness credibility,” the motion stated. “And there is even less evidence that Mr. Becker knew his testimony was false or that he intended to testify falsely when he denied leaking the report.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala, however, quickly denied that motion, saying he had read and considered it but offered no further explanation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before court wrapped on Tuesday, Montoya handed Alcala another motion, asking him to declare a mistrial in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala took that up on Wednesday after the jury was sent to deliberate. Alcala again didn’t explain his decision in detail but told the defense attorneys, “I’ve read and considered your motion, and it’s denied.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial has been marked by frequent disruptions, with attorneys regularly calling for sidebar and bench discussions with the judge and having disagreements over a host of procedural issues, including late disclosures of evidence and what kind of arguments are relevant to the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The level of contentiousness led Alcala on Wednesday to sigh and say, “We can’t seem to agree on anything here.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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