City Politics
City Politics
City Manager Julio Fuentes Gets Good Marks for First Year
February 12, 2014
Almost exactly one year ago, Julio Fuentes began his new job as Santa Clara’s City Manager. And in his work...
City Politics
Gaining Campaign Know-How
February 12, 2014
Politics is an American pastime that rivals baseball and apple pie. In every election season candidates vie for public office,...
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City Desk: Jan. 29, 2014
February 5, 2014
Planning Commission Approves Laurelwood Site Return to Light Industrial Zoning At its Jan. 15 meeting, the Santa Clara Planning Commission...
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City Desk: Jan. 22, 2014
January 29, 2014
Golf Course Parking for Stadium Approved At the Jan. 14 Santa Clara City Council meeting, another milestone in the Levi’s...
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City Desk: Jan. 15, 2014
January 22, 2014
Santa Clara Rated a Top City for Young Professionals A November 2013 study by financial website CreditDonkey.com ranks Santa Clara...
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Santa Clara City Desk: Jan 1, 2014
January 8, 2014
Electric Rates Up 5 Percent When your next electric bill comes, it will be five percent higher. So you may...
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Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 25, 2013
January 1, 2014
Postponement of Development Project Hearing Raises Question of CEQA “Greenmail” The City Council was ready for a full hearing on...
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Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 18, 2013
December 25, 2013
Council Approves Climate Action Plan Add-On to 2010 General Plan At the Dec. 3 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council...
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Santa Clara City Desk: Dec. 11, 2013
December 18, 2013
Design Principles for Montana-Lowe and Related Development Projects Approved Following an hour-plus study session on the conceptual designs for the...
City Politics
1091 Harrison – Proxy for Other Gripes?
December 11, 2013
The dispute about the 1091 Harrison St. restoration project could be interpreted as a proxy for other complaints. One is...