The community meetings that the City of Santa Clara is holding about the new Central Park complex housing the International Swim Center (ISC), the Community Recreation Center (CRC) and...
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Poor BAREC. The former UC agricultural Bay Area Research and Extension Center at 90 North Winchester seems doomed to be a real...
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Levi’s Stadium Delivers $2.5 Million to Santa Clara, But Ongoing Disputes Dominate Marathon Stadium Authority Meeting
Separating Santa Clara City Council and Stadium Authority (SA) meetings was supposed to end the marathon meeting cycle. But if the seven-hour...
City Politics
Mayor’s Levi’s Stadium Audit Costs Taxpayers $1.75 for Every $1 It Finds Unbilled by the City
Consulting firm Harvey M. Rose Associates estimates that Santa Clara didn’t bill the 49ers for $114,000 in stadium-related work. That’s the bottom...
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Santa Clara Pension Data Shows Average Pension Drop in 2016, Pensions Exceeding $100K Triple
Santa Clara’s average pension dropped to $72,210 from $77,696 in 2016, according to CalPERS data compiled by Transparent California*. However, the number...
City Politics
Santa Clara Council War on 49ers Started Over Soccer Fields – Conclusion: $32 Million in New and Improved Soccer Fields
Amid the escalating acrimony between the Santa Clara City Council and the 49ers—and similarly escalating City legal bills—there’s one undeniable winner: The...
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Current Santa Clara Council War on 49ers Started Over Soccer Fields – Part IV: City Staff, Political Opponents and the Press Become Targets in Soccer League’s War
In 2014, the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League (SCYSL) became a political force in Santa Clara when it organized to protest what...
City Politics
Current Santa Clara Council War on 49ers Started Over Soccer Fields – Part III: Super Bowl Countdown to Contention and an Uncontested Mayor’s Seat
After two years of conflict over its use, the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park was back in the spotlight in 2015 when...
City Politics
Current Santa Clara Council War on 49ers Started Over Soccer Fields – Part II Three-Way Proposal for Soccer Fields, Stadium Parking DOA
In 2014, the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League (SCYSL) made a cause célèbre out of its claim that the San Francisco 49ers...
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That Tae Yun Kim is not like any other tech CEO is an exponential understatement. And not just because she’s a woman...