City Politics

Sunnyvale City Council Unanimous: By-District Elections By November 2020

At its Feb. 26 meeting the Sunnyvale City Council voted unanimously to put a charter change measure on the March…

March 21, 2019

Planning Commissioners Approve Fitness Facility, Parking Variance for Homeowners

Continued from the last session, Planning Commissioners at a March 13 meeting approved a use permit for the operation of…

March 21, 2019
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Mayor Says ‘More Serious, Formal Action’ Needed to Deal with ManCo

A nearly $5 million disparity between revenue projections from the Stadium Authority and the company managing Levi’s Stadium have left…

March 20, 2019

City Council 2019 Goal-Setting: Santa Clara Finances Stable, Reserves Growing, And So Are Pension Costs

At last month’s Santa Clara City Council goal-setting sessions the City's finances were a principal subject of discussion, as well…

March 15, 2019

Santa Clara’s General Fund Budget Stabilization Reserves Since 2000: From Safe to Shaky to Safe — Right Now

By the time the new millennium was 10 years old, the City of Santa Clara's general fund reserves had dropped…

March 14, 2019

Planning Commission Approves Extension of 2232 El Camino Project

Only four commissioners were present at a Planning Commission meeting on Feb. 27 and as a result, decisions on several…

March 7, 2019

Is Santa Clara Anticipating Lawsuit From Related Companies Over Stalled Agreement?

It appears so according to this agenda item on Tuesday's Santa Clara City Council closed session meeting: "Conference with Legal…

March 7, 2019

Parade of Champions Set to Make Comeback, Argument for Koreatown to be Made

Santa Clara’s Parade of Champions could return this year. The Santa Clara City Council heard a request Tuesday night from…

March 6, 2019

January Council Calendars: Still Light, but Much to See

The first calendars of 2019 for the Santa Clara City Council are up. Here’s how our seven elected officials spent…

February 27, 2019
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Santa Clara’s 1960s Experiment in Mass Transit

Today, when we think about mass transit the goal is getting people out of their cars. But a half-century ago,…

February 25, 2019