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Correction: Sunnyvale’s Budget
September 7, 2011
In the August 31 piece, “Tale of Three City Budgets: Where the Income Comes From.” we incorrectly said that city...
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A Tale Of Three City Budgets: Where The Income Comes From
August 31, 2011
When it comes to raising the money that supports public services, Santa Clara provides a contrasting picture to its neighbors...
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California Voting Rights Act: Attacking 19th Century Progressive Reform as 21
August 31, 2011
In the face of a threatened California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit, Santa Clara has established a charter review committee...
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Charter Review Committee Gets Down to Business
August 31, 2011
The city’s Charter Review committee will be evaluating several alternatives to Santa Clara’s current at-large method of electing its City...
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A Budget Tale of Three Bay Area Cities
August 17, 2011
We know how severe our operating budget problems have been in Santa Clara. But how are neighboring cities faring? Using...
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Redistricting Anything But Fair, Say Critics
August 17, 2011
To those who thought that “citizen commissioners” would draw fairer electoral districts than elected officials, the August 15 report from...
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Santa Clara: No Respect from California Redistricting Commission
August 3, 2011
Maybe California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission needs a geography lesson. Apparently the commissioners think the city of Santa Clara is in...
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Santa Clara City Council Meeting, July 12, 2011
July 20, 2011
It might not have seemed like it, but there was other important business on last week’s City Council agenda besides...
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City News
July 20, 2011
There’s No Place Like a Historic Home Historic preservation is always a work in progress. At one time, allowing historic...
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$154,000 is the Answer, But What’s the Question?
July 20, 2011
The above statistic is: The result you get if you divide Santa Clara’s employee compensation/benefits ($142,341,810) by the number of...