Engineering systems philosopher John Gall observed 30 years ago that, “Systems tend to oppose their own proper functioning.” Certainly ample proof of Gall’s principle can be seen in the California Finance Department’s slap down of an agreement between Santa Clara’s RDA Successor Agency Oversight Board and the San Francisco...
Author: Carolyn Schuk
A friend of mine recently told me, “I keep my landline so I can call my cell phone when I lose it.”...
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Water has always been a central issue in California public policy. And, with a proposal to drain the Hetch Hetchy reservoir on...
It’s no surprise tempers ran high at the first SCUSD board meeting after the release of the Santa Clara County Office of...
Last week’s Santa Clara Unified School District meeting was standing room only to hear what County Superintendent of Education Xavier De La...
It’s a good news/bad news story. The good news is that the Santa Clara Unified School District doesn’t have an achievement gap...
Last week the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) released a special audit report alleging fraud on the part of five...
The most striking feature of last Thursday’s League of Women Voters forum for Santa Clara Unified School District candidates wasn’t anything that...
In the last year, Caltrain rush hour service has often been standing room only. Now that’s changing. Ridership has grown consecutively for...
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Maria Basile didn’t start out to be a dancer. The Santa Clara resident first came to the west coast from Chicago to...