Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Santa Clara Hires Attorney to Advise on City Manager Dismissal
March 2, 2022
At a special meeting Tuesday night, the Santa Clara City Council assigned Council Member Karen Hardy to engage an attorney...
City Politics
City Manager Fired: Critics Blame Jed York
February 25, 2022
Thursday night the Santa Clara City Council dismissed City Manager Deanna Santana in a 4-2 vote, with Santa Clara Mayor...
City Politics
Breaking News: City Council to Fire City Manager?
February 23, 2022
The Santa Clara City Council has called a special meeting for 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 for “Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release.”...
Community
County Libraries Open While Santa Clara Libraries Close
February 18, 2022
The same day the Santa Clara County Library system re-opened libraries seven days a week, the City of Santa Clara...
City Politics
California SB 9: No Cause for Panic
February 16, 2022
If Henny-Pennys have convinced you that SB 9 is going to “destroy your neighborhood,” relax. That’s the key message from...
City Politics
Dire Financial Forecast for Santa Clara
February 15, 2022
You could say the Santa Clara City Council’s 2022 priority-setting session was consistent with established precedent: the Council continued much...
City Politics
ReMet Development Has Problematic History
February 3, 2022
Now the subject of a lawsuit against Santa Clara, Republic Metropolitan’s (ReMet) five-year-old development proposal and now-defunct exclusive negotiating agreement...
Business
Santa Clara Startup Helps Change Cumbersome COVID Testing
January 31, 2022
The uber-infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 has left retailers’ shelves bare of test kits and overwhelmed testing operations. A resurgence...
City Politics
Santa Clara Faces New Lawsuit for Shipwrecked 2018 Development Agreement
January 25, 2022
Santa Clara is facing another lawsuit, this time from developer Republic Metropolitan (ReMet) over the City Council’s 2021 decision not...
City PoliticsCommunity
BART to Santa Clara Leaves the Station
January 19, 2022
Last week, the Santa Clara City Council heard from VTA about the plans and status of the BART extension to...









