City Politics

Santa Clara City Observer: March 15, 2016

Stadium Boosts General Fund $2.6 Million, But Arguments About Underlying Numbers Continue For the first nine months of the Santa…

March 23, 2016

Kathy Watanabe Becomes First Santa Clara City Council Member from Northside

Last night Rivermark resident Kathleen Watanabe was appointed to Santa Clara City Mayor Lisa Gillmor's vacant seat #6, becoming the…

March 16, 2016
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City Manager Calls it a Day

Santa Clara City Manager Julio Fuentes resigned from his position as Santa Clara's chief executive on Thursday, and says that…

March 9, 2016

New Mayor Lisa Gillmor Promises Council Collaboration, Empowerment

After all the local press's dire predictions of gridlock on the Santa Clara City Council, "fractured" relationships, and Santa Clara's…

March 2, 2016

We’ll probably never know exactly how…

...the local media-political complex is first with all the Santa Clara news that's not fit to print. But they're old…

March 2, 2016

City Observer: Feb. 17, 2016

Soccer Gets 70% of Budget for City Athletic Facilities Of the $9.8 million Santa Clara has budgeted for athletic facility…

February 24, 2016

Commission Recommends general plan change to make way for Controversial Retail-Residential Development

Proponents of the Mission Town Square development could get their way following the Santa Clara Planning Commission's vote to alter…

February 24, 2016

Development Fees: Another Opportunity for Venting by City Critics

Virtually all the correspondence Santa Clara has received about development impact fees endorsed raising them - in some cases exhorting…

February 24, 2016

After Super Bowl Success, Mayor Matthews Announces His Retirement

Following the adage that it's best to leave on high note, Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews left office on the…

February 17, 2016
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SCUSD Seeks to Extend 2012 Parcel Tax Enacted During Budget Crisis

As one of its last acts of 2015 the Santa Clara Unified School Board voted 5-1 to try to extend…

February 17, 2016