RDA Shutdown Goes On..and On At the current pace of operation, it feels like unwinding the state’s RDA program will take as long as the agency was in operation. At two meetings last week, the Santa Clara RDA Successor Agency Oversight Board, first, approved an agreement about the disputed...
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About a year ago, California Governor Jerry Brown proposed changes to California’s 80 year-old public employee pension plan. One provision of that...
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History buffs may have noted that 2012 is the 100-year anniversary of the first paving of the California State Highway System, which...
Members of the Santa Clara RDA successor agency oversight board weren’t just disinterested executors of state law when they voted on June...
As with so many issues in California state finance, following the trail of RDA history leads back to Proposition 13. The 1979...
The next catastrophe to wallop municipal budgets will be a shortfall in CalPERS returns, adding to the already-escalating payments levied by the...
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Nomination period is open for the November election of four City Council seats, Chief of Police and City Clerk.
Monday, July 16, was the first day for individuals to pull nomination papers if they intend to run for the offices of...
It looks like the County isn’t going to be buttering its bread with Santa Clara’s $30 million. Last week, Sacramento County Superior...
It’s a testimony to Jennifer Sparacino’s unpretentious manner that it’s only when you stop to reckon Santa Clara’s achievements during her 25...
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Someone once described democracy as “two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.” It’s an apt description for...