Two Santa Clara developments received extensions despite being behind schedule. The Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to extend contracts on a 306,000 square foot office development...
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Concerns over the qualifications for a city clerk has caused the Santa Clara City Council to consider dividing those duties among several...
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The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) isn’t constraining housing development in California, as some claim. Instead a new study finds that city...
The Mayor/Stadium Authority Chair lambasted 49ers management for its handling of a soccer game after a tide of criticism from neighbors that...
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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...
Raises for two Santa Clara department heads dominated most of the discussion at this week’s City Council meeting. At its regular Tuesday...
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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...
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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...