On May 18, Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor was a guest on a Santa Clara resident’s Facebook live stream called Transparency Tour Town Hall. In the live stream, Mayor Gillmor mentions “our local paper thing”–assumingly referring to the Weekly–while responding to a question. The question, which was submitted by...
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Council Has “Done Nothing” in Response to Voting Rights Lawsuit Threatened for Six Years, Says Civil Rights Attorney
Civil rights attorney Robert Rubin sums up the Santa Clara City Council’s response to the current California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit...
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Water Rates to Increase, Council Waits for 49ers to Reimburse City for Employee Overtime
The Santa Clara City Council has opted to hold off on paying City employees more than $40,000 in overtime back pay for...
Members of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority took issue with another aspect of how the management company in charge of Levi’s Stadium...
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No Evidence Found of Stadium Security Company “Problems” Despite Hints By Council Members
The City of Santa Clara reports that it has no records of labor or performance “problems” that were hinted at by Mayor...
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City Council Schedules Stadium Security Briefings With Police Chief After More Discussion of Event Day Creek Trail Detours
The Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously on May 9 to schedule closed-session briefings with the Police Chief and to observe Levi’s...
U.S. freshman congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat representing the 17th District of California, which includes Santa Clara, held a Town Hall meeting...
At a closed session meeting January 11, the Santa Clara City Council appointed 60 year-old Civil Service Commission Chair Brian Doyle as...
Santa Clara will halt general plan amendments–changes in land use–along El Camino Real for the next six to 10 months until the...
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Facing a Voting Rights Lawsuit, Council Appoints New Charter Review Committee, Second in Two Years
Tuesday night, the Santa Clara City Council appointed a new charter review committee, giving it a clear assignment to consider alternative methods...