Pride Flag Raising Stirs Hope

Mayor Lisa Gillmor, Council Member Anthony Becker and more gathered to raise the Pride flag over Santa Clara City Hall on June 3.

Gabrielle Antolovich, Ken Yeager and Anthony Becker, on behalf of the LGBTQIA+ community, pulled together as one to raise high the flags of the City of Santa Clara and Pride outside City Hall June 3, launching June Pride Month for a sixth year in Santa Clara. The rainbow Pride flag symbolizes the hope of the … Read more

Santa Clara’s Elected Police Chief System Fails to Make the Grade

Santa Clara is one of the only cities in California to elect its police chief and the numbers show a change in policy is in order.

The Santa Clara City Council will be considering whether it’s time to change the elected police chief system. A central consideration will be whether the 1952 system has given Santa Clara a well-qualified police chief in 2022. A survey of 30 representative California cities shows that Santa Clara has one of the least qualified and … Read more

Stadium Noise Monitoring Contract Disputed

Santa Clara's City Council discussed stadium noise monitoring, SCPD "military" equipment, Pruneridge Ave. walkability and the fired City Manager Santana.

There was a lot of ground covered at Tuesday night’s Santa Clara City Council meeting. Council members talked about extending a contract for noise monitoring at Levi’s Stadium, listened as union members spoke out in support of the firing of City Manager Deanna Santana, watched the mayor chastise a colleague for comments he made about … Read more