City Politics
City Politics
Water Rates to Increase, Council Waits for 49ers to Reimburse City for Employee Overtime
May 24, 2017
The Santa Clara City Council has opted to hold off on paying City employees more than $40,000 in overtime back...
City Politics
City Continues to Take Issue With ManCo, Passes “Gatekeeper” Ordinance
May 17, 2017
Members of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority took issue with another aspect of how the management company in charge of...
City Politics
No Evidence Found of Stadium Security Company “Problems” Despite Hints By Council Members
May 10, 2017
The City of Santa Clara reports that it has no records of labor or performance “problems” that were hinted at...
City Politics
City Council Schedules Stadium Security Briefings With Police Chief After More Discussion of Event Day Creek Trail Detours
May 10, 2017
The Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously on May 9 to schedule closed-session briefings with the Police Chief and to...
City Politics
U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna Draws Crowd at Santa Clara Town Hall Meeting
May 10, 2017
U.S. freshman congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat representing the 17th District of California, which includes Santa Clara, held a Town...
City Politics
Interim Santa Clara City Attorney Appointed
April 24, 2017
At a closed session meeting January 11, the Santa Clara City Council appointed 60 year-old Civil Service Commission Chair Brian...
City Politics
Council ‘Pushes Pause’ on General Plan Amendments Along El Camino
April 21, 2017
Santa Clara will halt general plan amendments–changes in land use–along El Camino Real for the next six to 10 months...
City Politics
Facing a Voting Rights Lawsuit, Council Appoints New Charter Review Committee, Second in Two Years
April 14, 2017
Tuesday night, the Santa Clara City Council appointed a new charter review committee, giving it a clear assignment to consider...
City Politics
Santa Clara Hit With Voting Rights Lawsuit
April 7, 2017
For six years the Council failed to act despite warning signs that the City’s at-large, by-seat election system was on...
City Politics
General Plan, El Camino Real to Get a Facelift
April 7, 2017
The Santa Clara City Council has decided to accelerate the plan to revamp El Camino Real and to institute a...


