City Politics
City Politics
City Desk: Sep. 24, 2014
October 1, 2014
City, Google Continue Discussions About Bringing Ultra High Speed Internet Service to Santa Clara After nearly a year of discussion...
City Politics
City to Sponsor Three Televised Candidates Forums
September 17, 2014
The City of Santa Clara will sponsor three forums for the upcoming November municipal election. The offices being considered are...
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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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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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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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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...