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Santa Clara scales back charter proposal, sends public works measure to voters
SANTA CLARA WON’T GET the sweeping charter overhaul city officials spent more than a year developing. Instead, city voters will weigh in on a narrower change to how the city handles public works projects. The Santa Clara City Council last month declined to place a comprehensive charter amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot. Instead, councilmembers […] The post Santa Clara scales back charter proposal, sends public works measure to voters appeared first on Local News Matters .
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SANTA CLARA WON’T GET the sweeping charter overhaul city officials spent more than a year developing. Instead, city voters will weigh in on a narrower change to how the city handles public works projects. The Santa Clara City Council last month declined to place a comprehensive charter amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot. Instead, councilmembers […] The post Santa Clara scales back charter proposal, sends public works measure to voters appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked report, Santa Clara scales back charter proposal, sends public works measure to voters, SANTA CLARA WON’T GET the sweeping charter overhaul city officials spent more than a year developing. Instead, city voters will weigh in on a narrower change to how the city handles public works projects. The Santa Clara City Council last month declined to place a comprehensive charter amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot. Instead, councilmembers […] The post Santa Clara scales back charter proposal, sends public works measure to voters appeared first on Local News Matters .
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