Santa Clara’s operating reserve has grown $45.5 million since 2010, a year when Santa Clara faced a $13.5 million budget deficit. Between 2000 and 2011, reserves were used six times to balance the City budget in the face of deficits – 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10. Then-City...
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$30 Million City Surplus Beats Forecast – Operating Reserves Near $50 Million The Oct. 27 Santa Clara City Council meeting had some...
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The Santa Clara City has approved the appointment of a charter review committee to study changing the City’s at-large by-seat election system...
At the Oct. 27 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council advanced $2 million for the Super City events in the two months...
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Opinion
Was Santa Clara Opinion “Poll” Aimed at Ousting Gillmor, Kolstad and Matthews?
Last week a telephone poll made the rounds in Santa Clara, purportedly about issues of importance to Santa Clara voters. I was...
Two New Proposals for Apartments, Retail Development on El Camino Two new development proposals for the El Camino Real – Summerhill Apartment...
With the fate of six acres of open land – one of Silicon Valley’s scarcest resources – being decided, at the Sept....
Santa Clara’s Next Historic Preservation Dispute: Midcentury Modern Houses Over the last decade Santa Clara has witnessed countless objections to renovations to...
By a 5-1 vote last week, the Santa Clara City Council awarded CORE Companies an exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) for a mixed...
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Bus Rapid Transit Can’t Seem to Leave the Station VTA’s proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system on El Camino from San Jose...