Carolyn Schuk

Capital Improvement Budget (2022): $572 Million Short

Back in 2017, Santa Clara’s finance department forecast that by 2023 the City would face a cumulative shortfall of $600…

August 4, 2022

Santa Clara Budget Deficit Triggered by COVID, Fed by Exploding Payroll

While the immediate cause of Santa Clara’s current budget deficits — “structural deficit” — was the COVID-caused drop in hotel…

July 28, 2022
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Wes Mukoyama: A Born Fighter Against Injustice

If you could only use a few words to describe Wes Mukoyama, the man behind the 2018 voting rights lawsuit…

July 12, 2022

Santa Clara Budget Deficit Carries Forward

Here’s a way to understand Santa Clara’s $19.6 million general fund structural deficit. Suppose you have a checking account that…

July 6, 2022

SCPD Joins Pragnya to Support Neurodiversity

Suppose tomorrow morning you woke up on another planet where people looked like you, but their thought processes and behavior…

July 1, 2022

Great America Sold, Park to Close

Cedar Fair amusement park company announced today that it’s selling the land under Great America to Prologis, a Fremont-based logistics…

June 27, 2022

Larry Fargher: A Life that Intersected Silicon Valley

It’s not an exaggeration to say that much that has materialized in Santa Clara since 1970 is there because of…

June 22, 2022

Mayor’s Claim that the City Had ‘$10 Million Offer’ for Loyalton Ranch Is Bogus

After much back and forth, repeated deferrals and fact finding, the Santa Clara City Council has finally opted to sell…

June 22, 2022

Angels at the Ukraine Border

“It did not seem scary to me.” That’s what Santa Clara activist Harbir Bhatia said when she flew to Poland…

June 20, 2022
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Santa Clara Scores 2026 World Cup

Confetti blanketed the field at Levi’s Stadium, champagne corks popped and cheers went up as FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced…

June 17, 2022