Author: Carolyn Schuk
Arts & Entertainment
A Musical Gift to Santa Clara
September 13, 2017
You’ve heard the expression, the gift that keeps on giving. Two years ago friends of Santa Clara resident Jan Lieberman...
City Politics
Two of Three Members of Council Ethics Committee, Charter Review Committee Chair Likely to Face FPPC Fines for Campaign Reporting Failures
September 13, 2017
At its Sept. 21 meeting, California’s Fair Political Practices Commission is set to find that Council Members Debi Davis and...
City Politics
Incoming City Manager Will Serve on Powerhouse Charity Board
September 13, 2017
At the same time the Santa Clara City Council approved the $550,000 compensation package for incoming City Manager Deanna Santana,...
Community
Swim Center Community Meetings: Tell Us What You Want to Hear
September 6, 2017
The community meetings that the City of Santa Clara is holding about the new Central Park complex housing the International...
Op-EdOpinion
BAREC And The Pied Pipers of Urban Planning
September 6, 2017
Poor BAREC. The former UC agricultural Bay Area Research and Extension Center at 90 North Winchester seems doomed to be...
City Politics
Levi’s Stadium Delivers $2.5 Million to Santa Clara, But Ongoing Disputes Dominate Marathon Stadium Authority Meeting
August 30, 2017
Separating Santa Clara City Council and Stadium Authority (SA) meetings was supposed to end the marathon meeting cycle. But if...
City Politics
Mayor’s Levi’s Stadium Audit Costs Taxpayers $1.75 for Every $1 It Finds Unbilled by the City
August 23, 2017
Consulting firm Harvey M. Rose Associates estimates that Santa Clara didn’t bill the 49ers for $114,000 in stadium-related work. That’s...
City Politics
Santa Clara Pension Data Shows Average Pension Drop in 2016, Pensions Exceeding $100K Triple
August 23, 2017
Santa Clara’s average pension dropped to $72,210 from $77,696 in 2016, according to CalPERS data compiled by Transparent California*. However,...
City Politics
Santa Clara Council War on 49ers Started Over Soccer Fields – Conclusion: $32 Million in New and Improved Soccer Fields
August 23, 2017
Amid the escalating acrimony between the Santa Clara City Council and the 49ers—and similarly escalating City legal bills—there’s one undeniable...
City Politics
Current Santa Clara Council War on 49ers Started Over Soccer Fields – Part IV: City Staff, Political Opponents and the Press Become Targets in Soccer League’s War
August 16, 2017
In 2014, the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League (SCYSL) became a political force in Santa Clara when it organized to...