Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
Voting Rights Lawsuit To Be Heard April 23
April 11, 2018
Some might think that the apparent formation of a “Yes on A” ballot measure campaign committee and resources being donated...
Arts & Entertainment
New Production of Beaches Author Iris Rainer Dart’s The People in the Picture—Where Personal and Historical Intersect
April 11, 2018
A few weeks ago a friend asked about a favorite picture of mine. It’s of my great-great-grandmother Katharina Frega, a...
City Politics
Study Finds CEQA Doesn’t Stifle Housing Development—City Councils Do
March 28, 2018
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) isn’t constraining housing development in California, as some claim. Instead a new study finds...
City Politics
Ad Hoc Measure J Audit Committee Quietly Expands Its Mission As Most Recommended Process and Reporting Changes Are Complete Or In Process
March 28, 2018
On March 19 the Measure J audit committee—Mayor Lisa Gillmor and Council Members Patrick Kolstad and Teresa O’Neill—reviewed the status...
Community
Growing Pension Cost “Crowd Out”
March 28, 2018
Santa Clara’s increasing costs aren’t just taking a bigger bite out of the City’s budget. Money that’s spent for growing...
City Politics
CalPERS Change Will Add Over $150 Million to Santa Clara Pension Costs Short Term Despite Long Term Savings
March 21, 2018
California’s pension “crisis” has been brewing for a while. But recently things got worse. That’s because the California public...
City Politics
Santa Clara’s Proposed Charter Change Getting National Attention
March 14, 2018
Whether or not to adopt a proportional election method is an important question for Santa Clara voters. But the outcome...
City Politics
Santa Clara Stadium Authority Governing and Budget Principles Debut, Budget Shows Better-Than-Anticipated Debt Pay-Down
March 14, 2018
At Tuesday night’s Santa Clara Stadium Authority meeting the City Council/Stadium Authority reviewed Authority governing and budget principles, the 2018-19...
City Politics
City Clerk Appointment Vs. Election Not a New Conversation
March 7, 2018
The Feb. 13 Santa Clara City Council meeting wasn’t the first time the question of electing the clerk and police...
Sports
2019 College Football Championship Will Bring Visibility and Economic Boost to Santa Clara and Region
March 7, 2018
Two years ago Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium was selected to host the 2019 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship, the...






