About a month ago, Santa Clara County cities registered their dissatisfaction with the county’s conduct on RDA oversight boards in a detailed five-page letter to the County Board of Supervisors – who have so far avoided publicly acknowledging the controversy. The Supervisors’ response to cities’ plea for support and...
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After Obama won the election last November, there was a lot of talk in polito-sphere about the campaign’s “ground game.” What made...
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It’s not only local government and development insiders who are dismayed by the county money grab unleashed by the clawback provisions of...
Last month was notable for several milestones that advance Santa Clara’s 2010 General Plan for affordable and walk-able new housing in Santa...
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...
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Water has always been a central issue in California public policy. And, with a proposal to drain the Hetch Hetchy reservoir on...