City Politics
City Politics
Is Santa Clara Anticipating Lawsuit From Related Companies Over Stalled Agreement?
March 7, 2019
It appears so according to this agenda item on Tuesday’s Santa Clara City Council closed session meeting: “Conference with Legal...
City Politics
Parade of Champions Set to Make Comeback, Argument for Koreatown to be Made
March 6, 2019
Santa Clara’s Parade of Champions could return this year. The Santa Clara City Council heard a request Tuesday night from...
City Politics
January Council Calendars: Still Light, but Much to See
February 27, 2019
The first calendars of 2019 for the Santa Clara City Council are up. Here’s how our seven elected officials spent...
City PoliticsCommunity
Santa Clara’s 1960s Experiment in Mass Transit
February 25, 2019
Today, when we think about mass transit the goal is getting people out of their cars. But a half-century ago,...
City Politics
Affordable Housing Projects Forefront of Council Discussion, City Deliberates on Pot
February 22, 2019
Adding housing — specifically below-market-rate housing — to the City was the centerpiece of the Santa Clara City Council’s most...
City Politics
City Plans to Spend Millions More on Voting Rights Case in Appeal
February 21, 2019
Decisively losing a voting rights lawsuit, paying close to $1 million in legal bills and being hit with a punishing...
City Politics
Prop 13: The Gift That keeps on Giving For Apartment Complexes and Commercial Property
February 19, 2019
Despite the new attention-getting office campuses that continue to sprout in Silicon Valley, homeowners still carry the largest share of...
City PoliticsSports
Pac-12 Game Will Leave Levi’s Stadium After This Year
February 15, 2019
December 2019 will be the last time the Pac-12 Championship Game will be played at Levi’s Stadium, at least for...
Arts & EntertainmentCity Politics
Legendary Concert Promoter Will “Never, Ever” Book Weeknight Shows at Levi’s Stadium Due to Curfew
February 14, 2019
The 49ers Stadium Management Company (Manco) told Santa Clara last month to expect an 85 percent drop in the revenue...
City Politics
Message of Annual Council Goal-Setting Meeting: Not Enough People, Space, Money
February 13, 2019
If there was one single takeaway from the City Council’s annual goal-setting meeting it is that City employees have to...