The Mayor/Stadium Authority Chair lambasted 49ers management for its handling of a soccer game after a tide of criticism from neighbors that included claims that rowdy soccer fans urinated...
City Politics
SPONSORED
City Politics
Ad Hoc Measure J Audit Committee Quietly Expands Its Mission As Most Recommended Process and Reporting Changes Are Complete Or In Process
On March 19 the Measure J audit committee—Mayor Lisa Gillmor and Council Members Patrick Kolstad and Teresa O’Neill—reviewed the status of roughly...
SPONSORED
Raises for two Santa Clara department heads dominated most of the discussion at this week’s City Council meeting. At its regular Tuesday...
City Politics
CalPERS Change Will Add Over $150 Million to Santa Clara Pension Costs Short Term Despite Long Term Savings
California’s pension “crisis” has been brewing for a while. But recently things got worse. That’s because the California public pension system,...
Whether or not to adopt a proportional election method is an important question for Santa Clara voters. But the outcome of that...
The biggest issues popping up on the February Council Calendars are that five Council Members listed the Feb. 3 Fifth Annual Librarypalooza...
City Politics
Santa Clara Stadium Authority Governing and Budget Principles Debut, Budget Shows Better-Than-Anticipated Debt Pay-Down
At Tuesday night’s Santa Clara Stadium Authority meeting the City Council/Stadium Authority reviewed Authority governing and budget principles, the 2018-19 budget and...
Santa Clara’s City Clerk’s position will remain vacant until the November election. The City Council chose inaction Tuesday night, essentially saying it...
The Feb. 13 Santa Clara City Council meeting wasn’t the first time the question of electing the clerk and police chief has...
SPONSORED
Online Exclusive March 6, 2018 A City Hall-led effort to change Santa Clara’s practice of electing the City Clerk looks like...