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Santa Clara City Desk: May 29, 2013
June 5, 2013
Santa Clara Cultural and International Commissions Merge Last week the City Council agreed to combine the Cultural Advisory Commission and...
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Congressman Mike Honda Meets with Student Advisory Council
May 15, 2013
High school students who participated in the Student Advisory Council on April 28th at Harker School got to tell everyone...
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Council Unanimously Approves ENA for New Entertainment District
April 24, 2013
It didn’t draw as big an audience as Joe Montana’s star appearance at a City Council meeting last year, but...
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City of Santa Clara Flips Switch on Free Outdoor Wi-Fi Free Internet Access Made Possible by SVP MeterConnect
April 10, 2013
Free outdoor Wi-Fi became a reality for the City of Santa Clara last week, with citywide access launched by Silicon...
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County Supervisors Respond to Cities’ RDA Shutdown Complaints: Tough Luck
February 27, 2013
About a month ago, Santa Clara County cities registered their dissatisfaction with the county’s conduct on RDA oversight boards in...
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Santa Clara Grassroots Activists Keep Working to Advance Progressive Agenda
February 20, 2013
After Obama won the election last November, there was a lot of talk in polito-sphere about the campaign’s “ground game.”...
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County RDA Clawbacks Spark Criticism from Bill Wilson Center
February 13, 2013
It’s not only local government and development insiders who are dismayed by the county money grab unleashed by the clawback...
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New Residential Development in City Moves Forward Around El Camino
December 12, 2012
Last month was notable for several milestones that advance Santa Clara’s 2010 General Plan for affordable and walk-able new housing...
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Outgoing Council Members Honored
December 12, 2012
Last week the Santa Clara City Council took time out from the challenges of governing, to honor three outgoing Council...
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State’s Claim that City Land was “Owned” by RDA is Questionable
December 12, 2012
Santa Clara’s redevelopment agency (RDA) wasn’t just an agency for fostering city improvements. It was also used – in an...