City Politics
City Politics
City Sells Great America Lot, Silicon Valley Power & Convention Center Lose Money
March 27, 2019
The sale of a 112-acre parking lot near California’s Great America to Cedar Fair will net the City of Santa...
City Politics
Could Take a Millennium for California to Catch Up on Housing
March 27, 2019
A new study by Next 10, an independent, nonpartisan organization that studies and reports on quality of life issues in...
City Politics
Dominic Caserta, Former Santa Clara City Council Member, Takes Polygraph Regarding Sexual Misconduct Allegations
March 26, 2019
On Jan. 21, under the provisions of the attorney-client doctrine, former Santa Clara City Council Member Dominic Caserta participated in...
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Another Lawsuit for Santa Clara — This Time Over Allegedly Promised Pension Boost
March 25, 2019
Former Acting Santa Clara City Manager Rajeev Batra is suing the City over pension benefits he alleges were promised but...
City Politics
Sunnyvale City Council Unanimous: By-District Elections By November 2020
March 21, 2019
At its Feb. 26 meeting the Sunnyvale City Council voted unanimously to put a charter change measure on the March...
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Planning Commissioners Approve Fitness Facility, Parking Variance for Homeowners
March 21, 2019
Continued from the last session, Planning Commissioners at a March 13 meeting approved a use permit for the operation of...
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Mayor Says ‘More Serious, Formal Action’ Needed to Deal with ManCo
March 20, 2019
A nearly $5 million disparity between revenue projections from the Stadium Authority and the company managing Levi’s Stadium have left...
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City Council 2019 Goal-Setting: Santa Clara Finances Stable, Reserves Growing, And So Are Pension Costs
March 15, 2019
At last month’s Santa Clara City Council goal-setting sessions the City’s finances were a principal subject of discussion, as well...
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Santa Clara’s General Fund Budget Stabilization Reserves Since 2000: From Safe to Shaky to Safe — Right Now
March 14, 2019
By the time the new millennium was 10 years old, the City of Santa Clara’s general fund reserves had dropped...
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Planning Commission Approves Extension of 2232 El Camino Project
March 7, 2019
Only four commissioners were present at a Planning Commission meeting on Feb. 27 and as a result, decisions on several...