As a 35-year Santa Clara resident and taxpayer, I am very concerned about the City staff’s report on the proposed Stadium Authority Budget for FY 2026/27.
Firstly, the fact that Staff would not tell ManCo (the 49ers’ Management Company) that any further requests that the public pay a private company’s rent for offsite space demonstrates a complete disinterest in protecting the public’s finances.
The Stadium Lease clearly allocates large areas of the Stadium itself as exclusive tenant space for ManCo; it provides no legal basis for the public to subsidize more space offsite…