City Politics
City Politics
Mayor And Ally Seemingly Don’t Understand City Manager’s Role
July 19, 2024
Concerns by the mayor and her political cohort about how money from an infrastructure bond measure will be spent challenges...
City Politics
Council Discusses Report About Relationship With 49ers
July 17, 2024
A grand jury report detailing the Santa Clara Stadium Authority’s relationship to the 49ers stirred well-trodden finger-pointing about who supported...
City Politics
Possible Delay in Becker Trial
July 15, 2024
The trial of Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker is scheduled to start on July 29, but with less...
City Politics
Loyalton Ranch Finally Sold
July 12, 2024
Santa Clara has finally sold a property whose value the mayor has long-disputed. Sale of the city’s Loyalton Ranch property,...
City Politics
SVP Makes Deal With Amazon To Power Data Center
July 11, 2024
An agreement securing additional energy for an Amazon data center could chart a path for other energy customers to do...
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Council Agrees To Ethics Training, Rejects Grand Jury’s Conclusions
July 10, 2024
Santa Clara City Council members agree that the council needs to get along better, but many disputed civil grand jury...
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Sunnyvale Council Confident In Its Environmental Goals
July 9, 2024
The Sunnyvale City Council remained optimistic that it could meet its environmental goals amid skepticism that some aspects of its...
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Retired Judge, Ardent Civil-Grand-Jury Supporter to Santa Clara Politician: “We Are Coming At You”
July 8, 2024
A former judge and mouthpiece for the California Civil Grand Jury Association hassled Santa Clara’s vice mayor nearly two months...
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Former Convent to be Converted to Dorm Housing
July 5, 2024
The Santa Clara Planning Commission dealt with a number of items at its June 12 meeting, including turning a former...
City Politics
Civil Grand Jury’s Changing Role in Santa Clara City Politics
July 3, 2024
Just as with the 2022 civil grand jury report lambasting the Santa Clara City Council majority, the most recent report’s timing...