Youth Soccer League Enjoys Sweet Deal on City Soccer Fields

The Santa Clara Youth Soccer League (SCYSL) has nearly exclusive rights to the City's Youth Soccer Park and it doesn't pay a penny.

Santa Clara has a $19 million budget deficit and four years ago started charging market rates for community groups to use City facilities, yet the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League pays nothing to use Santa Clara’s highly-sought-after professional-grade soccer fields. And some might say that amounts to a public subsidy for a private organization. Santa … Read more