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Once Upon a Time in Santa Clara
April 6, 2016
It wasn’t so long ago that Santa Clara public officials had nothing but love and kisses for the 49ers. In...
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City Observer: March 30, 2016
April 6, 2016
A notable absence from the March 22 Santa Clara City Council meeting was any mention of the new soccer park...
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Soccer Field Restoration
April 6, 2016
The NFL kept its promise to restore the fields in Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park following Super Bowl 50. The...
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Santa Clara Collects Exponentially More Rent Than Other NFL Stadium Cities
March 30, 2016
Not only does Santa Clara collect more stadium rent than any other city with an NFL stadium, the City gets...
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Santa Clara Observer: March 23, 2016
March 30, 2016
Playing Political Football with Levi’s Stadium Rent Reset, Despite Stellar Financial Results Levi’s Stadium has been a financial success for...
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Santa Clara City Observer: March 15, 2016
March 23, 2016
Stadium Boosts General Fund $2.6 Million, But Arguments About Underlying Numbers Continue For the first nine months of the Santa...
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Centerplate Faces Wage Theft Class Action Suit
March 16, 2016
Centerplate, Levi’s Stadium food service provider, is being sued for wage theft by Investigative Fund journalist, Gabriel Thompson, who did...
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Kathy Watanabe Becomes First Santa Clara City Council Member from Northside
March 16, 2016
Last night Rivermark resident Kathleen Watanabe was appointed to Santa Clara City Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s vacant seat #6, becoming the...
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City Manager Calls it a Day
March 9, 2016
Santa Clara City Manager Julio Fuentes resigned from his position as Santa Clara’s chief executive on Thursday, and says that...
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New Mayor Lisa Gillmor Promises Council Collaboration, Empowerment
March 2, 2016
After all the local press’s dire predictions of gridlock on the Santa Clara City Council, “fractured” relationships, and Santa Clara’s...