The grand jury report, titled "Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Santa Clara City Council," alleged unethical relationships between multiple members of the City Council and the 49ers. Becker allegedly leaked a draft of the report at least three days ahead of its planned Oct.10 release.

With few exceptions, the grand jury report’s observations, conclusions and recommendations landed squarely on one side of the city’s political divide–led by Mayor Lisa Gillmor–that was on the losing end of the 2020 council elections, promping the 49ers to call for an investigation of the grand jury for conflicts of interest. Today, the final version of the report revealed that two members had recused themselves because of possible conflicts.

The 49ers offered to pay $3.3 million to the city’s general fund, plus $650,000 to the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, which could spare the authority an additional $8.35 million in legal fees in a protracted dispute.

In December, 49ers executives Jed York and Al Guido announced their support of Cindy Chavez for San Jose mayor, and have followed up with campaign cash.

Politicos are curious if this support is similar to 2015, when an ethics whistleblower uncovered a “1,000 Cranes” pay-to-play scheme.

As election day nears, the competition over four Santa Clara City Council seats is heating up—and money is starting to pour in.

Mission City is ready to go to arbitration to get the $2.7 million owed. The team says that won’t be necessary.

The war of words between the city of Santa Clara and the San Francisco 49ers flared up again this week, with millions of dollars on the line.

As the 49ers geared up to face the Chiefs, a group of activists implored the team for help with a very different kind of match-up.

In announcing the decision, the city lobbed a host of allegations against the team, accusing it of fraud, wage theft and conflicts of interest.

Santa Clara prevailed in a legal battle with the San Francisco 49ers over how much the team should pay to rent the city-owned Levi’s Stadium.