February 24, 2022 Santa Clara City Council Fires City Manager Deanna Santana By Barry Holtzclaw The vote ended several months of rancor between the former city manager of Sunnyvale and Oakland and a new council majority. Read More 11
May 21, 2021 Santa Clara City Manager Raises Eyebrows Over Hiring Practices By The Fly Santana said she plans to “move quickly on this so that we can continue to stabilize this department.” Read More 9
April 22, 2021 Santa Clara Investigates its own City Attorney—to his Surprise By The Fly Councilwoman Kathy Watanabe revealed the investigation during the public meeting, and no one was more surprised than Doyle. Read More 12
September 11, 2020 Santa Clara, 49ers Spar Over Stadium Rent Amid Pandemic By Janice Bitters Mission City is ready to go to arbitration to get the $2.7 million owed. The team says that won’t be necessary. Read More 2
July 22, 2020 Santa Clara’s Santana Is Actually State’s Highest-paid City Manager for Second Year in a Row By Silicon Valley Newsroom Note: This new assessment prompted San Jose Inside to take a fresh look at two years of compensation for employees in California cities. Read More 11
July 17, 2020 New Report Shows How It Pays to Work for City of Santa Clara By Silicon Valley Newsroom The $501,457 that City Manager Deanna Santana made in 2019 tops that of her counterparts in much larger municipalities. Read More 15
July 7, 2020 Yet Another Former Santa Clara Cop Now Implicated in eBay Cyberstalking Scandal By Grace Hase Two of the seven individuals charged in the eBay cyberstalking case are former police captains with the Santa Clara Police Department. Read More 3
June 4, 2020 Santa Clara Mayor, Police Chief Join Obama Initiative By San Jose Inside Mayor Lisa Gillmor signed the “Commit to Action” initiative, led by President Obama, which calls for improved police use-of-force policies. Read More 8
May 31, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: Silicon Valley Gears Up for Another March Against George Floyd’s Killing By Silicon Valley Newsroom Organizers plan to repeat the route eight times, one for each minute George Floyd was choked to death by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. Read More 13
May 12, 2020 Santa Clara Slated to Approve $170K PR Contract Despite Looming Budget Shortfall By Grace Hase If approved, the contract between the city Stadium Authority and Singer Associates would go into effect on July 1 and run through March 2022. Read More 7
February 20, 2020 FPPC Complaint Accuses Santa Clara Officials of Using Public Money for Political Purposes By Silicon Valley Newsroom Former Mayor Pat Mahan is asking a state watchdog agency to investigate whether the city put taxpayer money to political use. Read More 45
February 19, 2020 Santa Clara Officials Enjoy Chauffeurs, Five-Star Hotels on Taxpayer-Funded Trip to Paris By The Fly The city’s mouthpiece defended the cost of the trip as “reasonable” and the purpose as an overall benefit to taxpayers. Read More 38
June 21, 2019 Letter to the Editor: Santa Clara Should Face Consequences for CPRA Non-Compliance By Anthony Becker Former mayoral candidate Anthony Becker said he is embarrassed that Santa Clara failed to comply with basic transparency standards. Read More 16
June 19, 2019 Civil Grand Jury Slams Santa Clara for Flouting CPRA Law By Jennifer Wadsworth A probe that initially targeted the city’s procurement practices changed focus once civil grand jurors realized another problem was at play. Read More 10
May 30, 2019 City of Santa Clara Hires Ruben Torres as New Fire Chief By Erika Rasmussen Ruben Torres brings 33 years of experience to the job, which takes him from an equivalent position at the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department. Read More 1
December 12, 2018 City of Santa Clara Prepares to Buy Out Banquet Hall Lease Through Eminent Domain By The Fly David Ebrahimi, the 72-year-old proprietor of David’s Banquet Hall in Santa Clara, must never have heard the old saw about fighting city hall. Read More 15