July 4 Fireworks Get the Red Pencil
A tight budget means that no "rockets' red glare" will light up the Santa Clara…
April 6, 2011
City Politics
Santa Clara’s RDA Money Gambits May Undermine Future Funding for Core Services
Santa Clara's hide-the-redevelopment-money maneuvers could come back to haunt the city in the form of…
March 30, 2011
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City Council Roundup
Roll Call All Council Members were present. Approval of Minutes The minutes from the City…
March 23, 2011
Hard Data About RDA’s Benefits Lacking
In 2009 State Controller John Chiang launched an audit of 18 California RDAs – Santa…
March 23, 2011
Santa Clara Stadium Authority’s Dash to Stash Redevelopment Cash
At an emergency meeting Monday, the Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and Stadium Authority (SA)…
March 23, 2011
California Public Payrolls Now Online
Thanks to California's State Controller John Chiang, Californians (at least, computer-literate ones) can, for the…
March 16, 2011
City Council Goal Setting Program Status Report
On Saturday, March 12, the City Council will hold a Goal Setting Program at the…
March 9, 2011
Josephine Rowen, 1926-2011, Championed Government Openness and Accountabiity
In the more than seven decades that she lived in Santa Clara, there were few…
March 9, 2011
Council Goal Setting Program – Public Input Sought
On Saturday, March 12, the City Council will hold their Goal Setting Program at the…
March 2, 2011
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Overall State RDA Performance Unclear, But Santa Clara Better Than Many
Depending on whom you ask, Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to shutter California’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs)…
February 23, 2011