Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
City Desk: Sept. 2, 2015
September 9, 2015
Bus Rapid Transit Can’t Seem to Leave the Station VTA’s proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system on El Camino from...
City PoliticsCommunity
Is Levi’s Stadium Meeting Expectations?
September 9, 2015
How do the 2014-15 stadium financials compare to forecasts made before Levi’s Stadium was built? The short answer is, better...
City Politics
City Desk: August 25, 2015
September 2, 2015
Levi’s Stadium Celebrates Birthday, Santa Clara’s Bottom Line Grows $2.9 Million Levi’s Stadium just had its first birthday and the...
Schools
Education Desk August 26, 2015
September 2, 2015
“Unprecedented”CA School Funding Year But One-Time Windfalls Won’t Last Forever A few months ago California schools were promised more money...
Schools
Stampolis’ Financial Disclosure Discussion Delays SCUSD Labor Agreement Consideration
August 26, 2015
By refusing to disclose the nature of a $60,000 a year consulting agreement with a local construction trades union at...
City PoliticsCommunity
More International Recognition for Santa Clara’s Citizen Engagement Programs
August 19, 2015
The town clerk – keeper and protector of the community’s recorded history – is one of the world’s oldest municipal...
City Politics
City Desk: August 6, 2015
August 12, 2015
Council Says No to Extending 20-year-old Agilent Development Agreement At its July 14 meeting, the Santa Clara City Council voted...
City Politics
City Desk: July 29, 2015
August 5, 2015
City Council Wants to Hire More Firefighters, Without Waiting for FD Needs Assessment At the July 14 Santa Clara City...
City Politics
City Desk: July 22, 2015
July 29, 2015
Santa Clara’s Lawrence Station Development Plan Takes Shape At a July 14 study session, the Santa Clara City Council gave...
City Politics
County Gets “Best of Both Worlds” in RDA Clawbacks
July 29, 2015
Santa Clara taxpayers paid for the land on which the Hyatt, Hilton, Great America, Techmart and Irvine properties sit. In...