Infrastructure: Santa Clara Needs $600M Today and New Income Streams Tomorrow

The closure of the Santa Clara Swim Center highlights a growing problem for Santa Clara, a lack of infrastructure funding for key services.

Santa Clara’s once-proud International Swim Center is Exhibit A for the urgency of the City’s unfunded infrastructure needs. For years, Santa Clara postponed needed maintenance and replacing aging facilities, and the bill now adds up to $571 million this year. It has been near this level for years, and the only thing that’s changed is … Read more