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City of Santa Clara to Place $400M Infrastructure Bond on November Ballot

San Jose Inside — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:40:33 +0000

Bond proceeds would pay for street, fire station, police, parks, storm drain and historic building projects across the city.

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CA Real Estate Group Won’t Fight Affordable Housing Measure, for a Price

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:28:03 +0000

The California Association of Realtors agrees not to oppose a constitutional amendment to reduce the voter approval threshold for housing bonds. In exchange, the measure will not apply to single-family homes. Some housing advocates are angry about the carve-out.

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Liccardo Tells PG&E to Repair Ailing Infrastructure or City Will Go to Court

Bay City News — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:58:59 +0000

San Jose will seek legal action if the utility doesn't replace or repair its failing infrastructure after more than 30,000 households and three hospitals experienced power outages this week.

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Newsom, Legislators Won’t Budge in Dispute over High-speed Rail Spending

CalMatters — Fri, 06 May 2022 18:39:26 +0000

Lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom have different opinions on the best next steps for California’s high-speed rail project.

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Federal Infrastructure Bill Will Expand Bay Area EV Charging Network

Katie Lauer — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:50:02 +0000

California is currently home to nearly 23,000 charging stations—one third of the nation’s supply, and more are on the way.

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City of San José to Receive More Than $20 Million From California State Budget

San Jose Inside — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:17:00 +0000

The city will use state funds to buy equipment for emergency services, transportation infrastructure and protection of regional wildlands.

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The Real Faces of Silicon Valley

New York Times — Sat, 15 May 2021 13:00:18 +0000

As the valley’s tech companies have driven the U.S. economy since the Great Recession, the region remains one of the most unequal.

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The U.S. Favors Cars Over Trains, Buses. Can Biden Change That?

New York Times — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 19:00:01 +0000

Nuria Fernandez, former G.M. for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is now Federal Transit Administration's senior official.

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Self-Inflicted Wounds

Pierluigi Oliverio — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:13:51 +0000

Although we are entering “road paving season” we have next to nothing for the maintenance of our 2,300 miles of road. This issue was raised at the city council meeting last week. A question was asked about issuing bonds to pay for road paving. To issue bonds you need a source of revenue, such as a tax. For example, the $300 annual parcel tax for road paving that was discussed during the Council study session last year. This parcel tax would require appproval by a two-thirds supermajority of San Jose voters.

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