City Politics
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Final Verdict: Santa Clara Must Pay $3.16 Million
January 22, 2019
Santa Clara will have to write a check for $3.16 million in attorneys’ fees in the 2018 California Voting Rights...
City Politics
Santa Clara Must Pay $3.3 Million in Legal Fees to Plaintiffs in Voting Rights Lawsuit
January 21, 2019
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle has tentatively awarded $3.3 million in legal fees and $174,000 in costs...
City Politics
Planning Commissioners Briefed on Array of New Housing Laws
January 16, 2019
At a Planning Commission meeting on Jan. 9, Assistant City Attorney Alexander Abbe led a study session about the abundance...
City Politics
City Widens Smoking Regulatory Scope
January 16, 2019
Fees for use of public buildings came under fire after the City told one local nonprofit it needed to pay...
City Politics
Curtains for Santa Clara Showtime? New City Facilities Use Policy Threatens Support for Senior Services
January 15, 2019
Tonight’s City Council meeting will decide if imperiled virtue will win out in 2019 over Doomstown’s dastardly villains in Santa...
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Former Council Member Dominic Caserta Prepares to Sue City, School District
January 11, 2019
Ousted City Council Member Dominic Caserta is laying the groundwork for lawsuits against the City of Santa Clara and the...
City Politics
Freedom Bridge Up for Demolition
January 10, 2019
A small bridge in Santa Clara that provides a connection from Intel’s corporate office on Juliette Lane with the San...
City Politics
Voting Rights Lawsuit Legal Fees: City Potentially on the Hook for $4 Million
January 9, 2019
Last Friday after a brief hearing, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle announced he will publish a tentative...
City Politics
Sunnyvale City Council Meeting Preview – Jan. 8, 2019
January 7, 2019
This will be the last Council preview that I post, for obvious reasons. This meeting is bisected, somewhat, and there...
City Politics
Santa Clara Charts County’s 2nd Largest Growth in Property Values
January 2, 2019
The City of Santa Clara’s property values grew at the second highest rate of all county cities — almost 10...