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City Clerk Fines BLUPAC for Failure to Disclose ‘Dark Money’ Expenditures
February 24, 2017
The Santa Clara City Clerk has fined non-profit “civic education” group BLUPAC more than $9,000 for failing to disclose campaign...
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City Seeks Input on Environmental Impact Report for Senior Housing Complex, Hotel
February 24, 2017
Several Santa Clarans criticized a proposed senior housing and hotel development, calling the project a “monster” during a community outreach...
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Removal of Park Cross: City Cave-in or Prudent Compromise?
February 24, 2017
The removal of the controversial 14-foot, white granite Latin cross that was the focal point of Memorial Cross Park at...
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Residents Criticize Sobrato ‘Innovation Place’ Homeless Housing Project
February 10, 2017
Disgruntled neighbors of the proposed Sobrato homeless apartment complex turned out to oppose the development during the first of several...
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Council Approves Moving Forward with ‘Worker Retention’ Ordinance
February 10, 2017
Security guards, janitors and food service workers will likely get job security, protecting them from being laid off should their...
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Ethics Committee Reconvenes, Plans New Charter Review and Pans 2016 Santa Clara Democracy Forums
February 10, 2017
On Monday night the Santa Clara City Council’s Ethics Committee resumed business after a nine-month hiatus. On the agenda was...
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Dark Money and Independent Expenditures
February 10, 2017
What’s now being called Dark Money is a type of independent expenditure. Independent Expenditure Committees (IECs) are protected by the...
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Council Sets Goals to Increase Housing, Public Outreach
February 3, 2017
The Santa Clara City Council prioritized updating the general plan, adding more “affordable” housing and public outreach. The topics came...
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Public Fills Council Chambers for 7-Hour Meeting
January 26, 2017
During a marathon session that stretched until 2:40 a.m., the Santa Clara City Council approved California’s Great America’s proposal to...
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Santa Clara Finance Director Gary Ameling Leaving for Las Vegas
January 20, 2017
Next month the City of Santa Clara will say farewell to a dedicated employee who helped steer the City through...