Last week Santa Clara Plays Fair filed its answer to the Santa Clara Stadium Authority’s and the 49ers Stadium LLC lawsuits. The opponents of a Santa Clara 49ers stadium are fighting Santa Clara’s assertion that the actions in question – the financing agreements for stadium construction – are administrative...
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Basis in Prior Legislation Doesn’t Necessarily Exempt Council Actions From Referendum, Argues Stadium Opponents’ Attorney
By filing suit against Santa Clara Plays Fair’s (SCPF) petition for a referendum on the 49ers stadium agreements, Santa Clara jumped into...
More than 30 City Clerk professionals from across the state recently met in the Santa Clara City Council Chambers for the second...
Here’s a short primer of court rulings that are relevant to the current SA lawsuit. Impartial reading indicates that the county superior...
California’s Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state legislature’s dissolution (AB1X 26) of California’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs). “The legislative power vested in the...
If you’ve been to a Santa Clara supermarket recently you may have seen the anti-stadium group Santa Clara Plays Fair (www.santaclaraplaysfair.org) asking...
In upholding the RDA dissolution law, the justices took a dim view of the California Redevelopment Association’s argument that 2010’s Proposition 22...
In addition to its other responsibilities, Santa Clara’s City Council Members represent the interests of the city on a variety of county,...
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The City of Santa Clara appears to have figured out how to build a $1.02 billion public facility and get someone else...