Author: David Alexander
City Politics
Affordable Housing Projects Forefront of Council Discussion, City Deliberates on Pot
February 22, 2019
Adding housing — specifically below-market-rate housing — to the City was the centerpiece of the Santa Clara City Council’s most...
City Politics
Ink Almost Dry on Convention Center Operator Contract, City Begins Vision for El Camino
February 6, 2019
A Philadelphia-based company will likely become the new manager of the Santa Clara Convention Center. The Santa Clara City Council...
City Politics
Agrihood Gets off the Ground Despite Languishing Retail Space
January 30, 2019
The Agrihood, a below-market-rate senior housing development with an onsite farm will finally come to fruition after the Santa Clara...
City Politics
City Widens Smoking Regulatory Scope
January 16, 2019
Fees for use of public buildings came under fire after the City told one local nonprofit it needed to pay...
City Politics
New Council Members Ceremonially Sworn In
December 19, 2018
Facing adversity was a theme at the latest meeting of the Santa Clara City Council. Council Members Raj Chahal and...
City Politics
City Place Development Displaces Local Business
December 12, 2018
The Council approved invoking eminent domain against a Santa Clara business to make way for the behemoth City Place development....
City Politics
Gateway Crossings Project Pushed Back, Downtown Task Force Appointed
December 5, 2018
Something rarely seen at a Santa Clara City Council meeting happened during the Council’s last meeting: those who opposed a...
City Politics
Council Continues Roasting Chamber Amid Audit Findings
November 29, 2018
The Santa Clara City Council’s public flogging of the Chamber of Commerce over its management of the Convention Center and...
City Politics
Tasman East Project Ruffles Feathers, Planned Development on Pomeroy a No-Go
November 14, 2018
Won’t somebody please think of the birds? Although it was never asked quite in that way, that was the crux...
Business
Rise of the Robots: Santa Clara Convention Center Hosts Expo for Emerging Robotics Technology
October 20, 2018
Whether it’s a mechanical arm soldering car parts in a Detroit factory, an Amazon drone delivering products to your doorstep...


