City Politics
Mark Danaj, Former Santa Clara Employee, Indicted for Embezzlement
March 31, 2022
In 2018, CalPERS opened a fraud investigation into Santa Clara after seeing possible evidence that now dismissed City Manager Deanna...
Milestones
Milestones – Climate Change in Santa Clara? – Opinion
March 16, 2022
The weather in Santa Clara has a different outlook these days. The catastrophic cumulous clouds of doom and gloom hovering...
City Politics
Meeting Efficiency Policy Saves Two Minutes
March 3, 2022
Efficiency is a buzzword. It gets bandied about in all walks of life. Whether it is road construction or public...
Milestones
Milestones – Unraveling the Maze! – Opinion
March 1, 2022
Reality as opposed to perception is most often a Grand Canyon of disparity. This is true with politics in Santa...
City Politics
City Manager Fired: Critics Blame Jed York
February 25, 2022
Thursday night the Santa Clara City Council dismissed City Manager Deanna Santana in a 4-2 vote, with Santa Clara Mayor...
City Politics
Breaking News: City Council to Fire City Manager?
February 23, 2022
The Santa Clara City Council has called a special meeting for 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 for “Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release.”...
Milestones
Milestones – What is the Cost? – Opinion
February 23, 2022
Making decisions is part and parcel to being alive. It doesn’t matter what junction you have arrived at in life,...
City Politics
City Wants To Host 2026 FIFA World Cup
February 23, 2022
Santa Clara supported hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Levi’s Stadium. The Council passed a resolution essentially waving a...
City Politics
Dire Financial Forecast for Santa Clara
February 15, 2022
You could say the Santa Clara City Council’s 2022 priority-setting session was consistent with established precedent: the Council continued much...
City Politics
City Adds Affordable Housing Complex
January 26, 2022
Santa Clara’s City Council added an affordable housing complex to the City’s list of below-market-rate housing, dealt with a request...