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12/12/2023
Santa Clara City Hall appears to be delegating enforcement of campaign reporting laws—and even its own Dark Money ordinance—to the California Fair Political Practices Commission.

12/07/2023
Santa Clara is planning a major facelift of its 5-acre downtown after years of neglect, thanks to a determined group of residents.

12/06/2023
The Santa Clara City Council approved placing ballot wording for a charter amendment that would turn the police chief and city clerk positions into positions appointed by the city manager.

12/06/2023
In 2022, Santa Clara Vanguard’s Cadets won the Drum Corps International Championship. However, simmering below the surface was a series of missteps that have forced Vanguard to cancel its 2023 season and have left the 2024 season up in the air.

12/04/2023
Former city manager Deanna Santana is threatening to sue Santa Clara, claiming that the city has failed to pay the compensation and benefits specified in her contract when she was dismissed in February 2022.

11/23/2023
Silicon Valley Power will ask the Santa Clara City Council to increase rates across the board by 10%.

11/22/2023
The Santa Clara Planning Commission recommended that both the Downtown Precise plan and the Zoning Code update head to the City Council for approval.

11/21/2023
Stand Up for Santa Clara official Dana Caldwell wrote the city and claimed, “Stand Up for Santa Clara was incorporated as a 501(c)3 in 2022.”

11/20/2023
The traditional Veterans Day service unfolded at Santa Clara’s Veterans Memorial in Central Park, and Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor and City Council members raised the flag.

11/17/2023
VTA has just made a $76 million purchase to help bring BART to Santa Clara.

11/15/2023
The Santa Clara City Council voted to approve plans for a low-income housing project on Civic Center Drive.

11/08/2023
Whether Santa Clarans will continue to elect their city clerk and police chief will be left to the voters.

11/07/2023
The Safeway on Stevens Creek Boulevard next to Westfield Valley Fair closed its doors after more than two-thirds of a century serving the Santa Clara community.

11/06/2023
Santa Clara City Hall has acted on a complaint that charged Stand Up for Santa Clara with violating the city’s campaign finance reporting rules.

11/02/2023
At the Santa Clara Children’s Business Fair, shoppers of all ages came out to support local youth entrepreneurs.

11/01/2023
Santa Clara’s power problem continues to go unchecked as Silicon Valley Power prepares to introduce another rate increase and warns that plans for new data centers in the city could consume the rest of the city’s power supply.

10/30/2023
Former Santa Clara Mayor and Councilmember Patricia Mahan, age 71, died from liver, kidney and heart failure.

10/30/2023
During her three-time battle with metastatic breast cancer, former Santa Clara Mayor Patricia Mahan never let her illness stand in the way of living a full life.

10/25/2023
Santa Clara City Clerk Hosam Haggag has responded to a request for comment from The Weekly about the city’s handling of a dark money complaint filed against Stand Up for Santa Clara— however, not by conventional methods.

10/25/2023
Santa Clara City Council members agreed to allow for the rezoning of two parcels in the city's historic downtown, in addition to hearing a report from Police Chief Pat Nikolai about security at Levi's Stadium.