The legislation closing down California’s redevelopment program refuses to recognize loans, suck as Santa Clara’s, between RDAs and their sponsoring cities. There’s a reason: These arrangements were key mechanisms for diverting public money to questionable uses. For example, L.A.’s RDA diverted buckets of money out of its affordable housing...
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It’s a situation that should be on a final exam for aspiring public planners. Residents of the neighborhood where The Alameda curves...
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Perspective on Assembly District 25 Candidates Forum: Two Democrats Plus One Republican Equals Three Takes on the Political Center
At the League of Women Voters Candidates Forum on May 3, 2012 at the Fremont Unified School District headquarters, the candidates vying...
Santa Clara is installing new green colored bicycle lanes on the eastbound and westbound sides of Stevens Creek Boulevard between Lawrence Expressway...
Santa Clara’s recently-decided case against 49ers stadium opponents Santa Clara Plays Fair has already been enshrined in California case law. That’s apparently...
If there’s one thing you need to know about Arlyne Diamond, Republican candidate for California’s new state assembly seat 25, it’s that...
In 1985, after a rocky and highly contentious two-year effort, Santa Clara completed a deal that made the city owner of the...
Santa Clara politics often stumps observers. Libertarians are frequently the strongest voices for government action, while liberals are equally likely to favor...
Thomas Edison famously said that genius is five percent inspiration and 95 percent perspiration. So too, the new Santa Clara stadium beginning...
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“This project was thought-about before I was born,” San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York told a group gathered for breakfast at Santa...