City Politics
City Wants To Host 2026 FIFA World Cup
February 23, 2022
Santa Clara supported hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Levi’s Stadium. The Council passed a resolution essentially waving a...
City Politics
Dire Financial Forecast for Santa Clara
February 15, 2022
You could say the Santa Clara City Council’s 2022 priority-setting session was consistent with established precedent: the Council continued much...
Milestones
Milestones – The Good Fairy is a Tale! – Opinion
February 8, 2022
Positioning herself to run Santa Clara for another four years is Mayor Lisa Gillmor. The only measuring device appropriate to...
City Politics
ReMet Development Has Problematic History
February 3, 2022
Now the subject of a lawsuit against Santa Clara, Republic Metropolitan’s (ReMet) five-year-old development proposal and now-defunct exclusive negotiating agreement...
City Politics
City Adds Affordable Housing Complex
January 26, 2022
Santa Clara’s City Council added an affordable housing complex to the City’s list of below-market-rate housing, dealt with a request...
City PoliticsCommunity
BART to Santa Clara Leaves the Station
January 19, 2022
Last week, the Santa Clara City Council heard from VTA about the plans and status of the BART extension to...
Milestones
Milestones – The Odds Are Pretty Slim! – Opinion
January 12, 2022
At first look you might think with 32 teams in the NFL, the odds would be 31-1 you could pick...
City Politics
Youth Soccer Park Parking Battle Reignited
January 12, 2022
Santa Clara’s City Council tackled several issues on Tuesday night including a request for $2M more in funding for Silicon...
City PoliticsOpinion
Laughing All the Way with Mayor Gillmor
January 5, 2022
What is to be made of Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor’s eruption of laughter at the end of the Dec....
Milestones
Milestones – Vision with Vitality! – Opinion
January 4, 2022
It was just a bit more than a decade ago, former Santa Clara Mayor Patty Mahan met with NFL Commissioner...









