Inside the Santa Clara City Council Chambers, dozens of citizens brandished sheets of paper reading “Job Security Now” like flags. Some wore red t-shirts with “Unite Here” printed on them. They cheered and applauded when speakers said something in support of the Worker Retention ordinance. They chanted when the...
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The Santa Clara District Attorney has dismissed complaints against Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor that allege Brown Act and conflict of interest...
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A mixed-use development slated to be located on El Camino Real fizzled out after the Santa Clara City Council was unable to...
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City Manager Rajeev Batra Announces Retirement, Leaves Important South Bay Public Works Legacy
As a civil engineer for four decades, Santa Clara’s Interim City Manager Rajeev Batra is literally a road-builder. And as the first...
The Santa Clara City Clerk has fined non-profit “civic education” group BLUPAC more than $9,000 for failing to disclose campaign expenditures last...
Several Santa Clarans criticized a proposed senior housing and hotel development, calling the project a “monster” during a community outreach meeting. The...
The removal of the controversial 14-foot, white granite Latin cross that was the focal point of Memorial Cross Park at the intersection...
Disgruntled neighbors of the proposed Sobrato homeless apartment complex turned out to oppose the development during the first of several community outreach...
Security guards, janitors and food service workers will likely get job security, protecting them from being laid off should their employer change...
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Ethics Committee Reconvenes, Plans New Charter Review and Pans 2016 Santa Clara Democracy Forums
On Monday night the Santa Clara City Council’s Ethics Committee resumed business after a nine-month hiatus. On the agenda was convening a...