A new Santa Clara park is providing a tiny oasis in the heart of the neighborhood near Levi’s Stadium. The half-acre park is located in the Clara neighborhood, a 45-acre residential neighborhood near the stadium. The park opened in June, becoming the city’s 42nd park, which includes 229 improved acres and more than 80 acres … Read more
The biggest development in Santa Clara’s history has morphed to include light industrial use that will likely be used to host data centers. At its meeting July 8, the Santa Clara City Council narrowly accepted a proposal from Related Santa Clara, the developer of the proposed massive 240-acre mixed-use development to be located at 5155 … Read more
Over ten years ago, Mayor Lisa Gillmor and her council majority negotiated a deal with the Related Companies to develop Santa Clara’s 230-acre golf course. The “vision” promoted by Related was a magnificent retail and commercial center to rival Santana Row. One of the arrangements, we infer, was for the City to remove David’s Restaurant, … Read more
The City of Santa Clara is fighting back after a jury ordered it to pay the owner of David’s Restaurant and Banquet Hall more than $1.3 million. On May 16, the city filed an appeal contesting a January 2025 civil court verdict. The verdict was the culmination of several years of court battles between David’s … Read more
Get ready, Santa Clara, because you are about to become the “almost was” entertainment capital of the South Bay. We have finally gotten clarity on Related Companies’ long-awaited public district in the city’s Northside, and it will undoubtedly make Santa Clara original. What will we have that Historic Murphy Avenue, San Jose’s San Pedro Square … Read more
Waning economic conditions have caused the Related Santa Clara development to pivot, incorporating data centers at the cost of office and retail space. At a special Santa Clara City Council study session Tuesday night, the council heard the reasoning for the largest development in the city’s history shifting its focus. While Related “remains strongly committed … Read more
Campaign spending in the 2024 Santa Clara city election came close to $3.1 million, with PACs spending $2.9 million, dwarfing the $205,000 spent by individual candidates. 49ers Maintain Historical Spending, Related and Police Union Pull Back The 49ers’ $2.4 million in spending was similar to what they spent in the 2022 election. Related spent $115,000 … Read more
The massive real estate developer that is a key player in Santa Clara politics has failed to report more than $40,000 in campaign contributions. While Related Companies has reported $49,000 in contributions to its independent expenditure committee, according to its financial reports, it has spent $90,000. Although a drop in the bucket compared to spending … Read more
The simple story of Santa Clara’s 2024 election is that individual candidate finances are almost not worth talking about because of the way they are dwarfed by independent expenditure committee spending. As the 2024 campaign winds to a close, campaign donations to individual Santa Clara candidates for city races total $143,000 — 5% of close … Read more
Earlier this month, Related Santa Clara held an open house at the Northside Library to debut a new proposal for its massive planned development on the former site of Santa Clara’s city golf course, across from Levi’s Stadium. Related has held an exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) on the 240 acres of the former city golf … Read more