By Robert Haugh
Last night, there were multiple major stadium issues discussed.
City Staff saved the most explosive one for last when no one was left in the Council chambers after 11 p.m.
The City Council and Mission City residents learned that the 49ers obligated Santa Clara to major costs for the 2026 World Cup but won’t disclose what they are. Wow.
Here’s is screenshot of City Manager Jovan Grogan’s presentation.
For some reason, Grogan would not disclose the name of the team representative. It’s believed to be the 49ers COO Al Guido.
The City Staff has been asking for World Cup documents for months but still doesn’t have them.
Last October, the Grand Jury recommended the City get the relevant information by February 1, 2023. The Council agreed to do it.
That was 239 days ago.
In April, Mayor Lisa Gillmor suggested that City subpoena the information. But Grogan and City Attorney Glen Googins said the would get the documents without using subpoena powers.
The deadline to get documents was set for May 23, 2023. That was Googin’s suggestion. That was 128 days ago.
Grogan and Googins have failed to get key information about the World Cup game costs.
And the documents have been around for years. Here’s a screenshot from Googin’s presentation.
Even Suds Jain, one of the 49er Five, expressed some worry.
“I read through this agreement and it commits the city to a lot of crazy things,” said Jain. “So, I have concerns about that.”
City Staff reported that they are negotiating a confidential agreement that all relevant City Staffers and the City Council will have to sign before the 49ers and FIFA will agree to share information.
Last week, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that other World Cup cities are budgeting between $10 and $100 million to host games. They were able to get documents and information online or from other staffers in other cities.
This is a developing story and it looks like a big one.
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This smells like a plan to get all the 49er’s pet football stadium upgrades railroaded in at grandmother’s expense. Deanna may have earned her salary tenfold.
[…] City Manager Jovan Grogan and City Attorney Glen Googins having been trying for months but still don’t have all of them. […]
I bet you Deanna is saying “I told you so!” Everything she said in February 2022 is now a fact. The 49er five are corrupt.
The audit report was eye opening. 6 years of an incomplete audit. manco wont turn over documents cause auditors will turn information over to city? Accusing the auditors of being unethical? Hypocrites! And Karen – aka George Santos – Hardy says she could have written audit? Yeah, Karen you could since you meet with Manco so much.
Okey dokey
11 California Public Record Requests today
Expect to be denied reason 49ers will refuae
Council cannot sue itself for records.
I can sue for writ from court for records
City will present 49ers with court order
WHY IS ANTHONY BECKER, AN INDICTED PERJURY SUSPECT (FELONY), STILL VOTING AND MAKING MOTIONS AS A MEMBER OF OUR CITY COUNCIL??????
BECKER’S FELONY INDICTMENT WAS BASED ON HIS ALLEGED CRIME OF PERJURY INVOLVING HIS, AND THE OTHER 49ER 5’S, INCESTUOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EXECUTIVES AT THE 49ERS.
BECKER SHOULD IN NO WAY BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS CITY COUNCIL UNTIL THE GRAND JURY INDICTMENT IS HEARD IN COURT. AS EVIDENCED JUST LAST NIGHT WHEN BECKER VOTED FAVORABLY FOR THE 49ERS AND MANCO, IN BURYING WHATEVER MONEY IS STILL OWED TO SANTA CLARA CITIZENS FROM PRIOR EVENTS.
THAT THIS IS STILL HAPPENING AND BEING FLAUNTED IN THE CITIZENS FACE AFTER ALL OF THE CORRUPTION UNEARTHED BETWEEN THE 49ER 5 AND THE 49ERS, IS ABSOLUTELY UNREAL AND BRAZEN.
JEFF ROSEN, PLEASE PLEASE HAVE YOUR INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE LOOKING INTO THE 49ERS AND THE 49ER 5. JEFF ROSEN, PLEASE ADDRESS WHY BECKER IS ALLOWED WITH NO TREPIDATION TO CONTINUE SERVING AS A COUNCILMEMBER AFTER THE CRIMINAL GRAND JURY INDICTMENT FROM YOUR OFFICE. HOW, HOW, HOW DOES BECKER CONTINUE MAKING PRO 49ERS DECISIONS WHILE GIVING SANTA CLARA CITIZENS THE CONTINUOUS FINGER???
OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER ARE OBVIOUSLY IN THE BAG FOR THE 49ER 5, JUDGING BY THEIR INPUT OF FAVORING THE 49ERS AND MANCO AT LAST NIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. BUT WHAT DID WE EXPECT??
Commitments were made several years ago? by who? wasn’t there big concern by Deanna Santana when Karen Hardy rushed to get a resolution passed? Issues about conflicts? Why the rush? to cover the illegal actions of Al Guido? They all need to go to jail with Becker. Is someone in the federal government paying attention?
Last nights meeting was like a paid advertisement for why Santa Clara needs my ticket tax. It will guarantee income that we would otherwise never see from our biggest asset, which seems to be controlled by criminal interests.
Thomas, don’t be so sure that the residents will ever see even $0.01 of any additional tax you may propose.
All kidding aside, once Jed Baby and his crew gets a sniff, somehow, someway it will magically disappear, never to be seen again.
There are always more pockets to line.
Look at just how well everything was set up for the residents initially. Looked like we might have done something really good. And then…just like that…..it was gone.
So love the idea, sadly no matter what we try to do, do right this ship we will lose every time.
The table is slanted, currently we have no way to win.
NONE…ZERO.
5-2 or 4-3 wins every time, and even if we thought we won, we would still somehow lose in the end.
Frustrating does not begin to explain how we all feel.
That’s how Jed Baby wants this all to play out.
In the end, apparently he is the most important person to our City… apparently.
Burt Field
Good plan but would be better if stadium management that was fired and rehired by the 49er 5 just paid us what they owe santa clara.
It’s deja view all over again. Suds and his cronies will roll over right when the 49ers tell them to. Lots of posturing until the deadline, then they will commit SC to coughing up millions. Passes on a 5-2 vote.
WHAT A JOKE. And the 49er friendly council members are mostly absent in the discussion. The requirement by this council was to have documents produced by Feb 1, 2023. And then the Manager had a slipped date. When will this be taken seriously?
Legal hotline at first amendment coalition advised
Five public record requests on file about this.
The actual determination of keeping a record closed is that the interest of keeping the details closed outweighs public interest.