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Santa Clara City Observer – June 22, 2016
June 29, 2016
County Civil Grand Jury Makes No Finding About Measure J Compliance, Criticizes Stadium Authority Structure There has been lots of...
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2017 city budget calls for new positions
June 8, 2016
Santa Clara will likely see an increase of more than 47 government employees next year. The proposed staffing increase was...
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Clean up campaign proves divisive, city looks to improve effort
June 8, 2016
Everybody has extra junk lying around their home. So, since the early 1960s Santa Clara has conducted an annual clean-up...
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Council discusses setting aside extra budget money for street repairs
June 1, 2016
A campaign to begin to much-needed repairs to streets and essential infrastructure will likely get underway next year. At the...
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Mission City and Freedom From Religion Foundation at Cross Purposes
May 25, 2016
The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has sued the Mission City to have a 14-foot cross removed from Memorial...
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City Observer: May 18, 2016
May 25, 2016
Council Statement About Stadium Rent, Public Safety Costs Misleads Just as the Santa Clara City Council embarks on a costly...
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City Center Project Could Get 35-acre Park Added
May 18, 2016
The developer of the multi-billion dollar City Center development has offered to set aside 35 acres for a public park....
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Getting to Know New City Councilmember Kathy Watanabe
May 18, 2016
After former mayor Jamie Matthews announced his retirement the day after Super Bowl 50, Vice Mayor Teresa O’Neill briefly served...
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SiliconSage Builders Gets Kudos From Silicon Valley
May 18, 2016
For SiliconSage Builders President and CEO Sanjeev Acharya active relationships with the leaders of Silicon Valley cities is a key...
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49ers Take Stadium Rent Dispute to Arbitration
May 11, 2016
Santa Clara’s dispute with San Francisco 49ers over Levi’s Stadium facility rent just got tenser. Yesterday the 49ers issued a...