City Politics
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City Desk: Sep. 3, 2014
September 10, 2014
Council Denies Approval for 9-Story Apple Building on Stevens Creek Apparently nine floors is too high for a building in...
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City Desk: Aug. 27, 2014
September 3, 2014
Council Sets Hands-Off Policy After Misunderstanding About Stadium Tour Tickets For those old enough to remember Saturday Night Live in...
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Mini-Dorm Ordinance in Stall Mode
September 3, 2014
At its second meeting on Aug. 18, the Santa Clara’s Neighborhood Protection Ordinance Committee (NPOC) reviewed a second version of...
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City’s 1998 Agreement Silent on Key Issue of Cost for Agnews Use
August 20, 2014
Whatever the city’s “original intent” was, in its September 1998 agreement with Sun about preservation and access to the 14.6-acre...
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Protecting Neighborhoods or Cutting Student Housing?
August 20, 2014
When is a house not a home, but a boarding house? That’s the question the Neighborhood Protection Ordinance Committee (NPOC)...
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Saratoga Ave. Townhouse Project Will Go to City Council With a Planning Commission Recommendation to Disapprove
August 20, 2014
After several hours of public comment and commission discussion, the Santa Clara Planning Commission voted against recommending that the City...
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Development Fee Discussion Far From Over: Actual Amounts Yet to Be Determined
August 6, 2014
The Santa Clara City Council may have voted at the July 15 meeting to replace the city’s 1965 $15/bedroom development...
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City Desk: July 23, 2014
July 30, 2014
Investing in the Architects of a Green Future: Annual SVP Scholarship Awards The green energy future is bright for two...
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Boarding House Ordinance Study Session Draws Rare Attention From SCU Students
July 23, 2014
The committee charged with drafting a boarding house ordinance – officially the “neighborhood preservation” ordinance – was greeted at its...
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Nomination Period Opens for November 2014 Municipal Election
July 23, 2014
July 14 marked the beginning of the formal nomination period for the upcoming Nov. 4 General Municipal Election. This was...