Santa Clara bills 49ers for cost of team police escorts
After weeks of controversy, Santa Clara officials have stopped providing free police escorts to the San Francisco 49ers and are billing the team for those that occurred in the past.
Santa Clara city employees must choose between pay cuts and layoffs
With a $20-million budget deficit on the horizon, Santa Clara city officials say they must lay off 82 people in January unless unions representing municipal employees agree to pay cuts.
Santa Clara police promise to stop using public funds for 49ers’ security (VIDEO)
Santa Clara police have been providing free security to the 49ers during preseason games since 2007. After public outcry in conjunction with the new stadium, the police chief vows to end the free ride.
Santa Clara school board member campaigns against football stadium
Christine Koltermann, a Santa Clara Unified School District board member, is campaigning against the 49ers new stadium, seeing it as a costly, environmental hazard that will lower property values.
Printing company causes 100,000 ballot-reading errors in Santa Clara County
100,000 ballots were rejected by optical scanning machines in Santa Clara County, forcing county employees to work overtime to scrub ballots by hand, using rubber erasers.
Santa Clara delays affordable housing project
Santa Clara officials have slowed plans for a 40-unit apartment development on El Camino Real, citing concerns over the proposed design that one City Council member termed “horrific.”