City Politics

Santa Clara Stadium Authority’s Dash to Stash Redevelopment Cash

At an emergency meeting Monday, the Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and Stadium Authority (SA) voted to transfer $4.5 million…

March 23, 2011

California Public Payrolls Now Online

Thanks to California's State Controller John Chiang, Californians (at least, computer-literate ones) can, for the first time, easily find out…

March 16, 2011
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City Council Goal Setting Program Status Report

On Saturday, March 12, the City Council will hold a Goal Setting Program at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001…

March 9, 2011

Josephine Rowen, 1926-2011, Championed Government Openness and Accountabiity

In the more than seven decades that she lived in Santa Clara, there were few public questions that Santa Clara…

March 9, 2011

Council Goal Setting Program – Public Input Sought

On Saturday, March 12, the City Council will hold their Goal Setting Program at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001…

March 2, 2011

Overall State RDA Performance Unclear, But Santa Clara Better Than Many

Depending on whom you ask, Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to shutter California’s redevelopment agencies (RDAs) would return billions to local…

February 23, 2011

California Redevelopment Agencies 101

When Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his proposal to shutter the state's 65-year old Redevelopment Agencies (RDAs), he touched a raw…

February 16, 2011

Eight of Santa Clara’s 10 Employee Unions Agree to Pay Concessions

In the face of Santa Clara's ongoing budget deficit, eight of Santa Clara's employee bargaining units have agreed to contract…

February 2, 2011

City’s General Fund Gets Small Share of Santa Clara Property Tax Dollars

You might be surprised at just how little of the property taxes paid by Santa Clara residents actually go into…

February 2, 2011
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City Manager Asks Council to Oppose Shuttering Redevelopment Agencies

California governor Jerry Brown's proposal to shut down the state's redevelopment agencies (RDAs) to address the state's $25 billion deficit…

February 2, 2011