City Politics
City Politics
Council Sets Sights On Big-Ticket Events, Bond Projects for 2025
April 23, 2025
Sports and infrastructure will be Santa Clara’s focus over the next year. At the Santa Clara City Council’s priority setting...
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Santa Clara Gears Up For Super Bowl LX At Levi’s Stadium
April 16, 2025
Super Bowl preparations are coming together, with the city manager saying the final agreements will likely be complete in the...
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Swim Center To Get Long-Awaited Repairs
April 9, 2025
Santa Clara’s George Haines International Swim Center (ISC) will finally get the facelift many have been waiting for since its...
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Sunnyvale Council Rejects Variance For Home Office
April 8, 2025
The Sunnyvale City Council has denied a resident’s request to exempt an illegally built home office from zoning regulations. The...
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Becker Sentenced to Probation, Work Duty
April 4, 2025
Former Santa Clara City Council Member Anthony Becker will not spend time in prison after his December 2024 conviction for...
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CalMatters: Gavin Newsom’s MAGA-Curious Podcast Mystifies Listeners – Sets Democratic Lawmakers on Edge
March 28, 2025
When Gov. Gavin Newsom launched his new podcast last month, he touted it as an opportunity to understand the MAGA...
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Santa Clara Adds to Housing Stock, Council Approves Nearly 2K Apartments
March 26, 2025
Santa Clara will get another massive housing development. At its most recent meeting, March 25, the Santa Clara City Council...
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Sunnyvale Incentivizes Retail Space At Town Centers
March 26, 2025
Begrudgingly, the Sunnyvale City Council approved a program that aims to encourage more retail in the city’s northside town centers,...
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Silicon Valley Power Head Leaves for San Jose
March 24, 2025
The chief electric utility officer for Santa Clara is headed to San Jose. The City of San Jose announced on...
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Ghosts Of The Past: Mass Shooter’s Victims Get A Win After Judge Rules To Keep Him On Death Row
March 24, 2025
When Wendy Williams was just 12 years old, Richard Farley gunned down her half-brother – shooting him in the head...