City Politics
Santa Clara’s General Fund Budget Stabilization Reserves Since 2000: From Safe to Shaky to Safe — Right Now
March 14, 2019
By the time the new millennium was 10 years old, the City of Santa Clara’s general fund reserves had dropped...
City Politics
Ink Almost Dry on Convention Center Operator Contract, City Begins Vision for El Camino
February 6, 2019
A Philadelphia-based company will likely become the new manager of the Santa Clara Convention Center. The Santa Clara City Council...
City Politics
Agrihood Gets off the Ground Despite Languishing Retail Space
January 30, 2019
The Agrihood, a below-market-rate senior housing development with an onsite farm will finally come to fruition after the Santa Clara...
Milestones
Milestones: Eminent Imminent?
December 13, 2018
Never in the history of Santa Clara has our City used “eminent domain” to acquire property. That is until now....
Community
Looking Back: Week of December 5th Headlines
December 6, 2018
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (December 6, 1918) Fine Memorial Planned for Santa Clara Boys Who Gave Their Lives...
City Politics
Gateway Crossings Project Pushed Back, Downtown Task Force Appointed
December 5, 2018
Something rarely seen at a Santa Clara City Council meeting happened during the Council’s last meeting: those who opposed a...
City Politics
Council Continues Roasting Chamber Amid Audit Findings
November 29, 2018
The Santa Clara City Council’s public flogging of the Chamber of Commerce over its management of the Convention Center and...
City Politics
Transparency: City Council October Calendars
November 28, 2018
Related’s Day The Related Companies’ Executive Vice President Steve Eimer and President and CEO Ken Himmel met with most of...
City Politics
Gillmor Argument For Not Disclosing Business Interest Undermines Political Transparency, Says Former FPPC Chair
November 21, 2018
The lawsuit facing Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor alleging that she broke California’s political reporting laws is, at its heart,...
City Politics
Mayor Gillmor Gets Served in Financial Disclosure Lawsuit
November 14, 2018
Wednesday afternoon Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor was served in the widely publicized lawsuit alleging that she failed to fully...





