After two meetings and hours of debate, the Santa Clara Planning Commission has made recommendations to the City Council concerning SB9. As discussed at the last Planning Commission meeting, the City cannot do anything to prevent the implementation of SB9, however, it can create rules to guide how the housing act is implemented. SB9 allows … Read more
A plan to help Santa Clara deal with the implementation of SB 9, the new state law that allows single-family homeowners to divide their lots and create a second housing unit, stalled at the May 11 Planning Commission meeting. City staff presented commissioners with proposed amendments to the General Plan that would allow the City … Read more
With no planning items on the Planning Commission’s schedule, the commissioners used the Feb. 16 meeting to start looking at Santa Clara’s long-term planning goals. Several commissioners submitted ideas for topics they think the City Council should explore to deal with Santa Clara’s future growth. If the topics are still a topic of concern at … Read more
A total of $131,000 was spent on June’s Measure A campaign — $105,000 of it by the Yes on A independent expenditure committee. Yes on A received $68,000 in cash donations and 37,000 in non-monetary donations, with 90 percent of the total ($97,000) coming from out-of-state PACs and interest groups. The principal to the Yes … Read more