Small 2017-18 Budget Increase To achieve some of its goals, the Santa Clara City Council approved increasing the 2017-18 budget by $623,000. At its Tuesday night meeting, City Manager Rajeev Batra told the Council that to achieve its goal of increased public engagement–a goal set at the Council’s strategic planning session earlier this year–the City … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council approved the annual budget, even though given the City’s spending trajectory, it will be operating in a deficit in the next five years. Although this year’s $728.9 million budget is balanced, City employee pensions and major infrastructure improvements are the major drivers of the expected deficit. City Manager Rajeev Batra … Read more
Strife caused by last month’s U2 concert has left the Santa Clara City Council trying to determine how to more stringently penalize the 49ers for violating the City’s noise curfew. The topic was the focus of most of Tuesday night’s Council meeting. At its previous meeting, the Council discussed how the company that manages Levi’s … Read more
When Seth Hiatt moved his wife and son to the area from Santa Cruz, he didn’t anticipate settling in Santa Clara. He works in Los Gatos, and his wife, Casey, works in Mountain View. “We really like living in an older neighborhood. We are the kind of people who like old houses, and we like … Read more
Advocates from the Alviso neighborhood blew the whistle on the Santa Clara School Board, claiming a social justice foul. Although many parents of Don Callejon students objected, a lottery may be the only equitable way to deal with problems of overcrowding at the school. The K-8 school will need to relocate 46 students before the … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council has opted to hold off on paying City employees more than $40,000 in overtime back pay for the New Year’s Eve football game until the San Francisco 49ers makes good on its promise to cover the cost. The issue came up Tuesday night at the City Council/Stadium Authority meeting, where … Read more
Members of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority took issue with another aspect of how the management company in charge of Levi’s Stadium is handling operations. The point of contention came Tuesday night when the Stadium Authority/City Council Members learned that Wednesday night’s U2 concert would go until 11 p.m. despite the Council’s vote in January, … Read more
Two housing developments have stalled after public outrage made the developments infeasible. The developer of the apartment complex slated to replace the AMF Moonlite Lanes bowling alley withdrew its application to develop a 158-apartment complex on El Camino Real. San Mateo-based developer Prometheus purchased the property located at 2780 El Camino Real after the bowling … Read more
At the youth level, one of the most important qualities a lacrosse goalie can have is the ability to fight the urge to flinch as the ball careens toward their face. In boy’s lacrosse, the ball travels roughly 70 mph–more than double the speed Korin Wheaton was used to on her girls’ team and roughly … Read more
Santa Clara will halt general plan amendments–changes in land use–along El Camino Real for the next six to 10 months until the City Council can determine its vision for the corridor. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Santa Clara City Council instructed the director of community development, Andrew Crabtree, to inform developers who submit applications … Read more