It’s not only local government and development insiders who are dismayed by the county money grab unleashed by the clawback provisions of the RDA dissolution law passed by the state legislature last year. The county’s denial of $62 million in Santa Clara’s affordable housing obligations drew a sharp response...
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Last month was notable for several milestones that advance Santa Clara’s 2010 General Plan for affordable and walk-able new housing in Santa...
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Last week the Santa Clara City Council took time out from the challenges of governing, to honor three outgoing Council Members: Will...
Santa Clara’s redevelopment agency (RDA) wasn’t just an agency for fostering city improvements. It was also used – in an entirely legal...
Two weeks ago the Santa Clara City Council revisited the traffic and trash problems in the Hilmar neighborhood that residents say are...
Dear Santa Clara Community, We are writing to inform you of a critical issue that could have devastating, long-term impacts on our...
Engineering systems philosopher John Gall observed 30 years ago that, “Systems tend to oppose their own proper functioning.” Certainly ample proof of...
Water has always been a central issue in California public policy. And, with a proposal to drain the Hetch Hetchy reservoir on...
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The City of Santa Clara currently has one vacancy on the Planning Commission for a partial term ending June 30, 2014.
The deadlines to receive applications, interview dates and times are as follows: Deadline to apply: Wednesday, November 21, 5 p.m. Interview...
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Candidates Forum Holds Few Surprises Last week’s City Council Candidates Forum, presented by the League of Women Voters, was eminently predictable –...