Political news, Local politics and government news reporting in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.
Water From Air? Facing Drought, County Board Of Supervisors Considers High Tech Pilot Water has always been a driving issue in California. And with the worst drought in recorded history getting to be a real possibility for 2014, California counties and cities are looking at every possible strategy for ensuring stable water supplies. Recycling wastewater … Read more
Ericsson Considering a Move to Irvine’s Santa Clara Technology Campus Telecom giant Ericsson is reportedly considering a 440,000 sf lease in the Irvine Company’s Santa Clara tech campus, presently under construction, according to a report last week in the San Jose Business Journal. Ericsson’s Silicon Valley media relations office said that it wasn’t company policy … Read more
Zoning Change Request For Granny Unit Becomes the Latest Proxy Discussion on Growth of Off-Campus Housing in Old Quad Can you say “Morse Mansion?” No, the historic house-turned-sorority-house wasn’t on last Tuesday’s City Council agenda. But the conversion of houses in the Old Quad into off-campus dormitories for Santa Clara University is a discussion that … Read more
The Most Connected City in Silicon Valley Candidate for Google Fiber Network Last week Silicon Valley Power (siliconvalleypower.com) announced that Google chose Santa Clara as one of 34 cities being evaluated as sites for the ultra high speed “Google Gigabit” communications network. The first pilot “fiberhoods” in Provo, Utah are already signing up customers, and … Read more
Negotiation Terms Approved for City Place Santa Clara and Centennial Gateway Two major development proposals to create a new neighborhood in the Northside of Santa Clara took a step forward last Tuesday. The City Council unanimously approved negotiating term sheets for Related Companies’ City Place Santa Clara – 5.2 million square feet of retail, restaurant, … Read more
San Jose Bike Party January Swarm in Santa Clara About a month ago, Santa Clara residents on the 200 block of Saratoga Ave. had a surprise visit from San Jose Bike Party (www.sjbikeparty.org, www.facebook.com/sjbikeparty), when a swarm of several thousand bicyclists made had a rendezvous at the strip mall across the street between San Tomas … Read more
s Last week, proponents of a ballot initiative about California school funding got the go-ahead to start collecting petition signatures. Called the School Funding, Property Tax Revenues, Initiative Constitutional and Statutory Amendment, the proposal has two provisions. The first would prevent the state legislature “from redirecting or reducing the allocation of local property tax revenues … Read more
Firefighters Foundation, Kaiser Donations to Santa Clara Recognized At the Jan. 29 Santa Clara City Council meeting, the city recognized two donations for services that play an important role in the quality of life for Santa Clarans. During 2013, Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit program (share.kaiserpermanente.org) donated $19,385 to support the Santa Clara Library’s Health & … Read more
Almost exactly one year ago, Julio Fuentes began his new job as Santa Clara’s City Manager. And in his work over that year, Fuentes has shown that he’s up to the job. “It’s been a tremendous amount of work but it’s been inspiring and a lot of fun,” he says. “I’ve come to a city … Read more
Politics is an American pastime that rivals baseball and apple pie. In every election season candidates vie for public office, with their friends and neighbors as supporters and volunteers. With the upcoming state and municipal elections, this will certainly be the case in 2014. While many folks are interested in either seeking elected office, or … Read more