Closed Session Report Reveals Becker’s “Threat” Against the Mayor

The full details of the report issued by an independent investigator looking into what went on during an Aug. 30, 2022 closed session of the City Council.

The full investigative summary into what happened behind closed doors at the Aug. 30, 2022 closed session of the Santa Clara City Council is now public. On Dec. 12, 2023, the City Council voted to release the executive summary that was completed more than a year ago. Prior to that, only the investigator’s final findings … Read more

49ers Offer $4M to City in “Final and Best” Deal

After Santa Clara counteroffered, the 49ers made what they say is the "final and best" deal to resolve several legal disputes between the City and the team.

In what they say is their “best and final” offer, on Thursday the San Francisco 49ers offered Santa Clara an additional $700,000 to settle nearly six years of litigation over the management of Levi’s Stadium. The additional money would boost general fund benefit from the deal to $4 million. The 49ers have offered to increase … Read more

Breaking News – Batra Returns to City Hall

Santa Clara's City Council has selected former Santa Clara employee Rajeev Batra as interim City Manager. Batra served as acting City Manager in 2016-17.

Santa Clara will be welcoming back a longtime City employee as interim City Manager, according to sources not authorized to speak to the press: former Director of Public Works and City Manager Rajeev Batra. He retired in 2017, after serving as Acting City Manager in 2016-17 and is the first Indian American city manager in … Read more