City Politics
City Politics
Santa Clara Strike Averted
April 30, 2022
Late Thursday afternoon Santa Clara Field Operations and Maintenance Staff (Unit 6) ratified a new three-year contract with the City,...
City Politics
Climate Action Plan Update Approved, General Plan Amended
April 22, 2022
Santa Clara’s Planning Commission has pushed the Climate Action Plan update to the City Council. The current Climate Action Plan...
City Politics
Union Strike, Parade of Champions Returns
April 20, 2022
At Tuesday night’s Santa Clara City Council meeting, the Council heard from representatives of Unit 6, the union on the...
City Politics
Santa Clara Union Votes to Strike
April 15, 2022
After months of unfruitful negotiations with the City, Santa Clara Unit 6 — Field Operations and Maintenance Staff — has...
City Politics
Santa Clara Council Hires Municipal Law Giants
April 12, 2022
In hiring the law firm Lozano Smith to provide interim City Attorney services, the Santa Clara City Council chose veteran...
City Politics
State Endorses Low-Income Senior Complex
April 6, 2022
During Tuesday night’s meeting, Santa Clara City Council approved a low-income senior complex, received an update on the City’s HUD...
City Politics
Deanna Santana Hire Gregory Borboa Indicted
April 5, 2022
Content warning: The information in this article covers topics of a sensitive nature including child pornography. Former Santa Clara Human...
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Mayor’s Propensity Toward Seconding Motions Out Of Step With Past Practice, Robert’s Rules Of Order
April 4, 2022
Prior to the November 2020 election Mayor Lisa Gillmor rarely — if ever — seconded motions. She never had to....
City Politics
Mark Danaj, Former Santa Clara Employee, Indicted for Embezzlement
March 31, 2022
In 2018, CalPERS opened a fraud investigation into Santa Clara after seeing possible evidence that now dismissed City Manager Deanna...
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Santa Clara’s Elected Police Chief System Fails to Make the Grade
March 30, 2022
The Santa Clara City Council will be considering whether it’s time to change the elected police chief system. A central...









