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Santa Clara is the most populous county in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Northern California. The county seat and largest city is San Jose; with about 1,000,000 residents, it is the 10th-most populous city in the United States, California's third-most populous city and the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Of the 58 counties in California, 14 are governed under a charter. They are Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tehama.
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Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the 18th century, the Tamien tribe of the Ohlone nation of Indigenous Californianshad inhabited the area for several millennia.
Santa Clara is drained by three seasonal creeks, all of which empty into the southern portion of San Francisco Bay; these creeks are San Tomas Aquino Creek, Saratoga Creek, and Calabazas Creek. There are some significant biological resources within the city including habitat for the burrowing owl, a species of special concern in California due to r...
Santa Clara owns and operates an electric utility called Silicon Valley Power. In 2005 Silicon Valley Power brought online the Donald Von Raesfeld (DVR) Power Plant. The new combined cycle gas turbine plant produces 147 megawatts of electricity for the city and its residents. As a result, the going rate for electricity in Santa Clara is considerabl...
The current mayor of Santa Clara is Lisa M. Gillmor. Its city councilmembers are: Kathy Watanabe (District 1), Raj Chahal (District 2), Karen Hardy (District 3), Kevin Park (District 4), Suds Jain (District 5), and Anthony Becker (District 6).Santa Clara is represented in California's 17th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representative...
Santa Clara Unified School District is the public school district that serves Santa Clara and small portions of Sunnyvale and North San Jose. The city is home to nineteen K–8, elementary, and high schools. Many of the schools are named for former farmers, ranchers, and other notable Santa Clara residents such as Bowers and Bracher elementary school...
Santa Clara is also home to California's Great America, an amusement park currently operated by Cedar Fair, L.P. Nearby is the Santa Clara Convention Center, one of Silicon Valley's largest event and meeting venues. Santa Clara also offers several museums such as the Intel Museum, Triton Museum of Art, and the Harris – Lass historical house. The Ou...
Santa Clara has two major train stations: the Santa Clara – Great America station and the Santa Clara station. Both stations are served by Amtrak's Capitol Corridor train and the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE); the latter is also served by Caltrain. The city is served by the VTA light rail system, which operates four stations: Reamwood station, Ol...
As of May 2015[update], Santa Clara has three sister cities: 1. Coimbra, Portugal 2. Izumo, Shimane, Japan 3. Limerick, Ireland
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The County of Santa Clara, as one part of the local government structure in the region, is dedicated to supporting the needs of its residents. The County government is responsible for a wide range of services, acting as both an agent of the State of California and as a local government entity. Its responsibilities include law enforcement ...
Located in the United States - in Northern California - originally Silicon Valley was within the boundaries of Santa Clara Valley, which stretched from Menlo Park in the north to San Jose in the south. Because Silicon Valley is an economic region, it now includes territory down to Monterey, north to Santa Rosa and east as far as Sacramento.
Jul 1, 2022 · 650,352. Persons per household, 2018-2022. 2.89. Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2018-2022. 85.7%. Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2018-2022. 53.9%. Computer and Internet Use. Households with a computer, percent, 2018-2022.
5 days ago · Santa Clara, city, Santa Clara county, west-central California, U.S. It lies along the Guadalupe River in the Santa Clara Valley, about 48 miles (77 km) southeast of San Francisco and immediately adjacent to San Jose on the southeast.
