Santa Clara has 600 miles of roads to maintain but is $2.2 million short of what’s needed to maintain them. The city also has 200 miles of storm drain pipelines and 21 storm drain pump stations that need $480 million in upgrades. And that’s not the full extent of Santa Clara’s public works’ challenges. The … Read more
The simple story of Santa Clara’s 2024 election is that individual candidate finances are almost not worth talking about because of the way they are dwarfed by independent expenditure committee spending. As the 2024 campaign winds to a close, campaign donations to individual Santa Clara candidates for city races total $143,000 — 5% of close … Read more
No one watching television in Santa Clara will be surprised to know that the four 49ers independent expenditure committees added $576,200 to their independent expenditure committee coffers, boosting their total donations to $2,150,000. The police union PAC received no additional donations to last week’s total of $137,800; nor did the Related independent expenditure committee, leaving … Read more
These numbers are as of the reports filed by 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14. The four 49ers independent expenditure committees added $5,000 to their committees, boosting their total donations to $1,574,000. The PACs spent another $243,000, to total $771,000. All donations to these committees come from the 49ers. The police union PAC received another $70,000, … Read more
As of Oct. 6 at 8 p.m., we have new numbers for the money that has rolled into Santa Clara candidate committees. Fired city manager Deanna Santana — a Sunnyvale resident — donated to Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s slate of council candidates, as did the Sacramento political committee, the Peace Officers Research Association Issue Political Issues … Read more
Danish filmmaker Carl Dreyer’s 1929 film, “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” is a recognized classic of silent cinema. But for many years, the original film, destroyed in a fire, was thought to be lost. In 1981, an original copy was found in Norway, and since then, film lovers have been able to see the … Read more
Over its history, Santa Clara’s Parade of Champions has celebrated many champions — from Olympic champion Mark Spitz to the nation drum and bugle corps champions, Santa Clara Vanguard — who continue to march in the parade to this day. This year, the parade celebrates some champions of public service, for whom public service is … Read more
During the 1960s and 70s, Santa Clara invested in fire department infrastructure to support explosive growth that would more than double the city’s population. The city even had the foresight to build a fire station on the Northside, which, at the time, had little development. Today, those fire stations are showing their age, and some … Read more
Related Santa Clara has put $49,000 into its independent expenditure PAC supporting Satish Chandra (D1), David Kertes (D5), Teresa O’Neill (D4) and Kelly Cox (D6). This is Related’s first donation in the 2024 election. No Related spending has been reported so far. Santa Clara residents may have noticed city council campaign ads appearing on TV … Read more
Earlier this month, Related Santa Clara held an open house at the Northside Library to debut a new proposal for its massive planned development on the former site of Santa Clara’s city golf course, across from Levi’s Stadium. Related has held an exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) on the 240 acres of the former city golf … Read more