City Politics
City Politics
Study Finds CEQA Doesn’t Stifle Housing Development—City Councils Do
March 28, 2018
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) isn’t constraining housing development in California, as some claim. Instead a new study finds...
City Politics
Police Reinforcements During Soccer Game Prove Divisive
March 28, 2018
The Mayor/Stadium Authority Chair lambasted 49ers management for its handling of a soccer game after a tide of criticism from...
City Politics
Ad Hoc Measure J Audit Committee Quietly Expands Its Mission As Most Recommended Process and Reporting Changes Are Complete Or In Process
March 28, 2018
On March 19 the Measure J audit committee—Mayor Lisa Gillmor and Council Members Patrick Kolstad and Teresa O’Neill—reviewed the status...
City Politics
Police Chief Gets Back Pay, City Manager Gets a $30,000 Raise
March 21, 2018
Raises for two Santa Clara department heads dominated most of the discussion at this week’s City Council meeting. At its...
City Politics
CalPERS Change Will Add Over $150 Million to Santa Clara Pension Costs Short Term Despite Long Term Savings
March 21, 2018
California’s pension “crisis” has been brewing for a while. But recently things got worse. That’s because the California public...
City Politics
Santa Clara’s Proposed Charter Change Getting National Attention
March 14, 2018
Whether or not to adopt a proportional election method is an important question for Santa Clara voters. But the outcome...
City Politics
Council Calendars: Is City Pushing Brown Act Envelope?
March 14, 2018
The biggest issues popping up on the February Council Calendars are that five Council Members listed the Feb. 3 Fifth...
City Politics
Santa Clara Stadium Authority Governing and Budget Principles Debut, Budget Shows Better-Than-Anticipated Debt Pay-Down
March 14, 2018
At Tuesday night’s Santa Clara Stadium Authority meeting the City Council/Stadium Authority reviewed Authority governing and budget principles, the 2018-19...
City Politics
City Clerk to be Elected in November, Two New Housing Developments Move Forward
March 7, 2018
Santa Clara’s City Clerk’s position will remain vacant until the November election. The City Council chose inaction Tuesday night, essentially...
City Politics
City Clerk Appointment Vs. Election Not a New Conversation
March 7, 2018
The Feb. 13 Santa Clara City Council meeting wasn’t the first time the question of electing the clerk and police...





