City of Santa Clara Government News

Santa Clara has paused its ban on natural gas in new buildings and is looking for other ways to lower its greenhouse gas emissions.

From a shakeup on the city council to an elected official's conviction, Santa Clara had no shortage of major stories this year.

One of Northern California's largest health care providers has plans to build two medical campuses, as patient overflow is straining Silicon Valley emergency rooms with long wait times and life-threatening delays.

A jury has found Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker guilty of perjury and failing to uphold his duties as a public official by leaking a 2022 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report.

Santa Clara residents will see their electricity bill inch upward in the next year, as the city works on improving its power grid.

Santa Clara has been bulking up housing in its northern neighborhoods and officials just approved plans for thousands more homes.

Santa Clara’s $400 million infrastructure bond looks to be passing, giving the city a much needed cash infusion to tackle infrastructure repairs.

Eight years ago, Santa Clara approved a policy to prohibit anyone from serving more than two terms on the city council or as mayor. But the city’s top political leader — Mayor Lisa Gillmor — might have broken that rule.

Special interest groups have sunk millions of dollars into November's Santa Clara city elections to decide its future government.

Santa Clara political observers worry that former officials are making moves to return to City Hall.

Alongside filling City Council seats, Santa Clara voters will need to pick their next police chief and city clerk on the November ballot.

Tensions on the Santa Clara City Council flared over how to officially respond to reports calling it “dysfunctional” and suggesting the city did a poor job negotiating its Levi’s Stadium contracts.

Santa Clara voters in November will weigh whether to replace half their elected officials and decide who should win a highly-competitive open seat.

Bond proceeds would pay for street, fire station, police, parks, storm drain and historic building projects across the city.

Santa Clara voters will decide in November whether to give the city roughly $400 million for various infrastructure fixes around the city.

For a decade, the 49ers have worked to help uplift the community surrounding the city the team calls home.

The owners of the Pruneridge Golf Club are teeing up hundreds of homes to be built alongside the nine-hole course — but first they must reconfigure it.

The Santa Clara City Council’s effectiveness is being called into question by a county civil grand jury report, alleging city officials' disagreements have made life worse for residents.

Youth sports nonprofits in Santa Clara are asking the city to drop its fees to book fields, and officials are looking for a compromise.

Santa Clara and the San Francisco 49ers have settled their last outstanding lawsuit after years of conflict, taking a step toward reconciliation.