City Politics

City Council 2019 Goal-Setting: Santa Clara Finances Stable, Reserves Growing, And So Are Pension Costs

At last month’s Santa Clara City Council goal-setting sessions the City's finances were a principal…

Santa Clara’s General Fund Budget Stabilization Reserves Since 2000: From Safe to Shaky to Safe — Right Now

By the time the new millennium was 10 years old, the City of Santa Clara's…

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Planning Commission Approves Extension of 2232 El Camino Project

Only four commissioners were present at a Planning Commission meeting on Feb. 27 and as…

Is Santa Clara Anticipating Lawsuit From Related Companies Over Stalled Agreement?

It appears so according to this agenda item on Tuesday's Santa Clara City Council closed…

Parade of Champions Set to Make Comeback, Argument for Koreatown to be Made

Santa Clara’s Parade of Champions could return this year. The Santa Clara City Council heard…

January Council Calendars: Still Light, but Much to See

The first calendars of 2019 for the Santa Clara City Council are up. Here’s how…

Santa Clara’s 1960s Experiment in Mass Transit

Today, when we think about mass transit the goal is getting people out of their…

Affordable Housing Projects Forefront of Council Discussion, City Deliberates on Pot

Adding housing — specifically below-market-rate housing — to the City was the centerpiece of the…

City Plans to Spend Millions More on Voting Rights Case in Appeal

Decisively losing a voting rights lawsuit, paying close to $1 million in legal bills and…

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Prop 13: The Gift That keeps on Giving For Apartment Complexes and Commercial Property

Despite the new attention-getting office campuses that continue to sprout in Silicon Valley, homeowners still…