City Politics

A Tale Of Three City Budgets: Where The Income Comes From

When it comes to raising the money that supports public services, Santa Clara provides a contrasting picture to its neighbors…

August 31, 2011

California Voting Rights Act: Attacking 19th Century Progressive Reform as 21

In the face of a threatened California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit, Santa Clara has established a charter review committee…

August 31, 2011
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Charter Review Committee Gets Down to Business

The city's Charter Review committee will be evaluating several alternatives to Santa Clara's current at-large method of electing its City…

August 31, 2011

A Budget Tale of Three Bay Area Cities

We know how severe our operating budget problems have been in Santa Clara. But how are neighboring cities faring? Using…

August 17, 2011

Redistricting Anything But Fair, Say Critics

To those who thought that "citizen commissioners" would draw fairer electoral districts than elected officials, the August 15 report from…

August 17, 2011

Santa Clara: No Respect from California Redistricting Commission

Maybe California's Citizens Redistricting Commission needs a geography lesson. Apparently the commissioners think the city of Santa Clara is in…

August 3, 2011

$154,000 is the Answer, But What’s the Question?

The above statistic is: The result you get if you divide Santa Clara's employee compensation/benefits ($142,341,810) by the number of…

July 20, 2011

Santa Clara City Council Meeting, July 12, 2011

It might not have seemed like it, but there was other important business on last week's City Council agenda besides…

July 20, 2011

City News

There's No Place Like a Historic Home Historic preservation is always a work in progress. At one time, allowing historic…

July 20, 2011
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49ers Stadium Marketing and Concessionaire Agreements Inked

The 49ers stadium project continues to advance. At its July 5 meeting, the Stadium Authority (which is one and the…

July 13, 2011