About a year ago, California Governor Jerry Brown proposed changes to California's 80 year-old public employee pension plan. One provision…
Nobody really cared Saturday afternoon that Willie Brown was a no-show at the Santa Clara County Democratic Club's John Vasconcellos…
History buffs may have noted that 2012 is the 100-year anniversary of the first paving of the California State Highway…
Members of the Santa Clara RDA successor agency oversight board weren't just disinterested executors of state law when they voted…
I think it's time to retire the word "choice" from public policy discussions - at least the one concerning medical…
Santa Clara has many traditions - its citywide July 4th picnic, the city Christmas tree lighting the first Friday in…
As with so many issues in California state finance, following the trail of RDA history leads back to Proposition 13.…
In a change of pace from today's hyper-polarized politics, the Santa Clara County Democratic Club is honoring retired State Senator…
The next catastrophe to wallop municipal budgets will be a shortfall in CalPERS returns, adding to the already-escalating payments levied…
How important is the data center business to the city of Santa Clara? Consider this: In 2011 Santa Clara was…