City Politics
City Politics
Santa Clara City Council Meeting, July 12, 2011
July 20, 2011
It might not have seemed like it, but there was other important business on last week’s City Council agenda besides...
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City News
July 20, 2011
There’s No Place Like a Historic Home Historic preservation is always a work in progress. At one time, allowing historic...
City Politics
$154,000 is the Answer, But What’s the Question?
July 20, 2011
The above statistic is: The result you get if you divide Santa Clara’s employee compensation/benefits ($142,341,810) by the number of...
City Politics
49ers Stadium Marketing and Concessionaire Agreements Inked
July 13, 2011
The 49ers stadium project continues to advance. At its July 5 meeting, the Stadium Authority (which is one and the...
City Politics
City Desk
July 13, 2011
Pot – Not At last week’s City Council meeting, what was expected to be a routine motion to renew Santa...
City Politics
Santa Clara City Desk
July 6, 2011
An RDA By Any Other Name… Tuesday night as the California legislature – or at least, the Democrats in it...
City Politics
Charter Review Likely for Santa Clara’s At-Large Election System
June 22, 2011
On June 14, the City Council took the first steps toward establishing a review committee to look specifically at Santa...
City Politics
Filing Lawsuits Under Law They Wrote
June 22, 2011
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR) legal director Robert Rubin claims that the City of Santa Clara is violating California’s...
City Politics
Past and Future Deficits Haunt Santa Clara’s Operating Budget
June 15, 2011
Santa Clara has a balanced budget this year. But the City has no choice. Since 2000, reserves were used six...
City Politics
Stadium Project Bottom Line: Pretty Much the Same as a Year Ago
June 15, 2011
A year ago Santa Clara residents voted “yes” on a proposal to move forward with a plan for a 49ers...


