Author: Carolyn Schuk
City Politics
RDA Shut-Down Oversight Board Decides… to Make No Decision – Again
March 11, 2015
The Feb. 27 Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) Successor Agency Oversight Board meeting could be described as the same as...
City Politics
Senior Housing Still Slated for BAREC's Remaining 6 Acres, But City Open to New Designs
March 11, 2015
The six remaining acres of open land at 90 N. Winchester – known familiarly as BAREC – are still the...
Community
Soroptimist’s Annual Old Bag Luncheon Best Ever
March 11, 2015
In 2011, Soroptimist International Santa Clara Silicon Valley put on their first–ever Old Bag Luncheon and Auction. It was such...
City Politics
Soccer Field Design at Montague Park Gets Council Go-Ahead, Neighborhood Critics Claim Park Will Be Destroyed
March 4, 2015
At the Feb. 10 City Council meeting, the Council approved a $765,500 design contract with LPA Inc. for a new...
City Politics
County Bureaucrats May Outsmart Themselves on RDA Property Grab
March 4, 2015
Santa Clara County taxing entities who’ve spent four years coveting real estate owned by Santa Clara’s defunct redevelopment agency (RDA)...
Community
Morgan Autism Center, Speaker Series and Fund Raiser
March 4, 2015
For more than 30 years, the Morgan Center has been educating children and adults with autism, and helping their families...
Community
PACE Launches Project Porchlight Online Solutions for Families
March 4, 2015
Almost all government spending for people with developmental disabilities is dedicated to supporting the individual with developmental disabilities. There’s little...
City Politics
City Desk: Feb. 18, 2015
February 25, 2015
Mini-Dorms: New Law or Better Enforcement Needed? At its Feb. 3 study session, the City Council sent back the third...
City Politics
Current RDA Mess Has Many Fathers – Starting With Voters
February 25, 2015
If Californian voters dislike the public agency feeding frenzy unleashed by the redevelopment agency (RDA) shutdown, they have only themselves...
City Politics
Judge Rules Santa Clara Must Hand Over Former RDA Property to “Successor Agency”
February 18, 2015
If the Santa Clara RDA’s name was on the deed, the property belonged the defunct RDA. That was the conclusion...