https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/29/wife-of-former-supervisor-state-senator-scored-lucrative-history-book-project-with-santa-clara-county/

The wife of a longtime South Bay politician has been paid at least $2.45 million by Santa Clara County over a 10-year period to write grant applications and a history book that few residents likely will ever see, let alone read.

Jean McCorquodale, whose husband is former Santa Clara County supervisor and state Sen. Dan McCorquodale, was so highly sought by county officials that the Board of Supervisors awarded her multi-year contracts without bothering to get competing bids.