Late Thursday afternoon Santa Clara Field Operations and Maintenance Staff (Unit 6) ratified a new three-year contract with the City, averting a threatened strike. “It is a very good...
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Santa Clara’s Planning Commission has pushed the Climate Action Plan update to the City Council. The current Climate Action Plan was put...
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At Tuesday night’s Santa Clara City Council meeting, the Council heard from representatives of Unit 6, the union on the verge of...
After months of unfruitful negotiations with the City, Santa Clara Unit 6 — Field Operations and Maintenance Staff — has voted 93-6...
In hiring the law firm Lozano Smith to provide interim City Attorney services, the Santa Clara City Council chose veteran public agency...
During Tuesday night’s meeting, Santa Clara City Council approved a low-income senior complex, received an update on the City’s HUD grants and...
Content warning: The information in this article covers topics of a sensitive nature including child pornography. Former Santa Clara Human Resources Director...
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Mayor’s Propensity Toward Seconding Motions Out Of Step With Past Practice, Robert’s Rules Of Order
Prior to the November 2020 election Mayor Lisa Gillmor rarely — if ever — seconded motions. She never had to. With political...
In 2018, CalPERS opened a fraud investigation into Santa Clara after seeing possible evidence that now dismissed City Manager Deanna Santana put...
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The Santa Clara City Council will be considering whether it’s time to change the elected police chief system. A central consideration will...