Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
49ers Offer $4M to City in “Final and Best” Deal
August 25, 2022
In what they say is their “best and final” offer, on Thursday the San Francisco 49ers offered Santa Clara an...
City Politics
Gillmor’s Real Estate Dealings Under Scrutiny
August 19, 2022
Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor has some explaining to do about her Public Property Advisors (PPA) business, judging from recent...
City Politics
49ers Settlement Offer Would Deliver $3.3 Million in Cash, Stop Annual $1 Million+ Legal Bill Hemorrhage
August 11, 2022
The 49ers’ proposed settlement following five years of contentious litigation with Santa Clara would net the City $3.3 million immediately...
City Politics
Capital Improvement Budget (2022): $572 Million Short
August 4, 2022
Back in 2017, Santa Clara’s finance department forecast that by 2023 the City would face a cumulative shortfall of $600...
City Politics
Santa Clara Budget Deficit Triggered by COVID, Fed by Exploding Payroll
July 28, 2022
While the immediate cause of Santa Clara’s current budget deficits — “structural deficit” — was the COVID-caused drop in hotel...
Community
Wes Mukoyama: A Born Fighter Against Injustice
July 12, 2022
If you could only use a few words to describe Wes Mukoyama, the man behind the 2018 voting rights lawsuit...
City Politics
Santa Clara Budget Deficit Carries Forward
July 6, 2022
Here’s a way to understand Santa Clara’s $19.6 million general fund structural deficit. Suppose you have a checking account that...
CommunityPublic Safety
SCPD Joins Pragnya to Support Neurodiversity
July 1, 2022
Suppose tomorrow morning you woke up on another planet where people looked like you, but their thought processes and behavior...
Community
Great America Sold, Park to Close
June 27, 2022
Cedar Fair amusement park company announced today that it’s selling the land under Great America to Prologis, a Fremont-based logistics...
Obituary
Larry Fargher: A Life that Intersected Silicon Valley
June 22, 2022
It’s not an exaggeration to say that much that has materialized in Santa Clara since 1970 is there because of...