A new Brookings report shows that the greater San Jose metro area is experiencing the second best recovery in the nation, coming in behind only New Orleans. Housing prices, hiring, and production are all up significantly, more so than elsewhere … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2012
FollowVery long agenda. Lots of items, long night. We start the evening with a closed session regarding the City Manager’s performance. We do semi-annual reviews of the CM’s and CA’s performance, and this is one of them. Since we only … Continue reading
Every year, the city publishes a year-end report on the results of each fiscal year, reporting how we did in comparison to our budget. Staff will be presenting this at Tuesday’s council meeting for consideration and some action, but they’ve … Continue reading
Forbes has put out yet another of their ubiquitous lists, and this one doesn’t speak well of us, for a change. The San Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara metro area is ranked the 8th dirtiest in the nation. Forbes cites the presence of … Continue reading
At last night’s council meeting, the City of Santa Clara hired Julio Fuentes to be their new City Manager. Mr. Fuentes comes from the City of Alhambra, where he worked as their CM for 20 years. Compensation for Mr. Fuentes … Continue reading