Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor has some explaining to do about her Public Property Advisors (PPA) business, judging from recent headlines in San José Inside and San José Spotlight....
Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
49ers Settlement Offer Would Deliver $3.3 Million in Cash, Stop Annual $1 Million+ Legal Bill Hemorrhage
The 49ers’ proposed settlement following five years of contentious litigation with Santa Clara would net the City $3.3 million immediately and about...
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Back in 2017, Santa Clara’s finance department forecast that by 2023 the City would face a cumulative shortfall of $600 million for...
While the immediate cause of Santa Clara’s current budget deficits — “structural deficit” — was the COVID-caused drop in hotel tax revenue,...
If you could only use a few words to describe Wes Mukoyama, the man behind the 2018 voting rights lawsuit that overturned...
Here’s a way to understand Santa Clara’s $19.6 million general fund structural deficit. Suppose you have a checking account that covers overdrafts....
Suppose tomorrow morning you woke up on another planet where people looked like you, but their thought processes and behavior were completely...
Cedar Fair amusement park company announced today that it’s selling the land under Great America to Prologis, a Fremont-based logistics management and...
It’s not an exaggeration to say that much that has materialized in Santa Clara since 1970 is there because of farsighted planning...
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After much back and forth, repeated deferrals and fact finding, the Santa Clara City Council has finally opted to sell Loyalton Ranch....