Santa Clara City Hall found time to publicly thank the 49ers for helping local youth soccer organizations displaced by Super Bowl LX. Unfortunately, City staff apparently hadn't found time to get the money to the soccer organizations. During the August 18 City Council meeting, the 49ers were formally recognized for providing a $15,000 grant to help youth sports organizations cover costs caused by losing access to the Youth Soccer Park. There's just one problem. The Youth socc

Santa Clara residents have a pretty clear opinion about whether the City Manager should receive a performance review before getting a raise. 92 percent said YES. 3 percent said NO. 5 percent said it was NOT IMPORTANT. The survey followed our report that Santa Clara City Manager Jovan Grogan received a raise even though the City Council did not complete his performance evaluation. Under his employment agreement, the Council’s failure to finish the review by the deadline autom

Jovan Grogan - Santa Clara City Manager Santa Clara City Manager Jovan Grogan now receives approximately $627,000 a year in total compensation, including salary, benefits and pension-related costs. His base salary alone is more than $430,000. The latest increase was not tied to a completed performance review. It was triggered because the City Council failed to finish Grogan’s evaluation by the May 31 deadline required under his employment agreement. That missed deadline autom