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Hard Data About RDA’s Benefits Lacking
March 23, 2011
In 2009 State Controller John Chiang launched an audit of 18 California RDAs – Santa Clara wasn’t on that list,...
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Santa Clara Stadium Authority’s Dash to Stash Redevelopment Cash
March 23, 2011
At an emergency meeting Monday, the Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and Stadium Authority (SA) voted to transfer $4.5 million...
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California Public Payrolls Now Online
March 16, 2011
Thanks to California’s State Controller John Chiang, Californians (at least, computer-literate ones) can, for the first time, easily find out...
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City Council Goal Setting Program Status Report
March 9, 2011
On Saturday, March 12, the City Council will hold a Goal Setting Program at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001...
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Josephine Rowen, 1926-2011, Championed Government Openness and Accountabiity
March 9, 2011
In the more than seven decades that she lived in Santa Clara, there were few public questions that Santa Clara...
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Council Goal Setting Program – Public Input Sought
March 2, 2011
On Saturday, March 12, the City Council will hold their Goal Setting Program at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001...
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Overall State RDA Performance Unclear, But Santa Clara Better Than Many
February 23, 2011
Depending on whom you ask, Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to shutter California’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs) would return billions to local...
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California Redevelopment Agencies 101
February 16, 2011
When Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his proposal to shutter the state’s 65-year old Redevelopment Agencies (RDAs), he touched a raw...
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Eight of Santa Clara’s 10 Employee Unions Agree to Pay Concessions
February 2, 2011
In the face of Santa Clara’s ongoing budget deficit, eight of Santa Clara’s employee bargaining units have agreed to contract...
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City’s General Fund Gets Small Share of Santa Clara Property Tax Dollars
February 2, 2011
You might be surprised at just how little of the property taxes paid by Santa Clara residents actually go into...