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Milestones - Your Next Mayor - Opinion - The Silicon Valley Voice Santa Clara City Council has enjoyed a majority of solid representatives They have worked for and enacted policies beneficial to the Santa Clara community This council has successfully hired a city manager and city attorney with common sense In turn, they have made intelligent decisions beneficial to residents and to the city The multi-year reign of Mayor Lisa Gillmor and her council
Santa Clara Budget Surplus to Bolster Reserves - The Silicon Valley Voice A large chunk of Santa Clara’s year-end budget surplus will go toward relocating city hall At its last meeting of the year Dec 17, the Santa Clara City Council funneled $41 3 million into various reserves A good year in sales tax revenue contributed $10 54 million Another $4 14 million in higher-than-expected hotel tax also added to the surplus More than $13 million in lower-than
Former Santa Clara City Manager Sues for Disputed Compensation, Claims . . . Deanna Santana, Santa Clara’s city manager from 2017-2022, has filed a breach of contract lawsuit claiming that the city withheld contracted compensation and benefits when she was dismissed in February 2022 The former top Santa Clara official is also claiming that, at the direction of the San Francisco 49ers, the city discriminated against her based on her race and gender, that her civil
Latest News from Santa Clara - The Silicon Valley Voice Arts Entertainment This Weekend in the Valley: Friday, May 22 – Sunday, May 24 Santa Clara Weekly May 21, 2026 The following is a calendar of events happening this weekend near Santa Clara and Sunnyvale Want to share an event
Data Centers — Santa Clara’s Third Largest General Fund Revenue . . . Last year, income from data centers displaced hotel tax as the Santa Clara general fund’s third-highest revenue source after property and sales taxes But some question the economic wisdom of the city-owned electric utility, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), investing in expanded electrical infrastructure that will largely serve data centers, suggesting that it seems like a zero-sum transaction