Thanks to California’s State Controller John Chiang, Californians (at least, computer-literate ones) can, for the first time, easily find out what public employees actually earn. Just type lgcr.sco.ca.gov into your browser. You’ll see compensation information for every position in every department of every California municipal, district, county, and state...
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On Saturday, March 12, the City Council will hold a Goal Setting Program at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America...
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Josephine Rowen, 1926-2011, Championed Government Openness and Accountabiity
In the more than seven decades that she lived in Santa Clara, there were few public questions that Santa Clara community leader...
On Saturday, March 12, the City Council will hold their Goal Setting Program at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America...
Depending on whom you ask, Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to shutter California’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs) would return billions to local governments and...
When Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his proposal to shutter the state’s 65-year old Redevelopment Agencies (RDAs), he touched a raw nerve in...
In the face of Santa Clara’s ongoing budget deficit, eight of Santa Clara’s employee bargaining units have agreed to contract concessions rather...
You might be surprised at just how little of the property taxes paid by Santa Clara residents actually go into the City’s...
California governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to shut down the state’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs) to address the state’s $25 billion deficit isn’t going...
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Editor’s note: In last week’s edition we incorrectly reported that six city employee bargaining groups had agreed to concessions to their current...