SoCal's Fox & Hounds Daily editor-in-chief and former Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association president Joel Fox wonders—following SJ's controversial handshake agreement with Labor—if our pension debt will become less manageable moving forward. An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreIt's no secret that Bay Area residents are rapidly transitioning away from BART: overruled by anarchy, inefficiency, and ballooning expenses wreaking havoc on the foreseeable future. However, argues transit analyst Tom Rubin, it's not time to throw in the towel and abandon BART for a discrete system—for several reasons. An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreSJ City votes to accede to union demands for a gold-plated contract—even without a strike. Now the big question raises its head: What gets cut to fund union demands? Pat Waite of Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility sees choppy waters ahead. An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreCalifornia public transit expert Tom Rubin tackles, point by point, why planned BART extensions to DTSJ and Eastridge may be technically possible but won't deliver on key promises. An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreWith over four decades in the transit industry, former SoCal Rapid Transit District CFO Tom Rubin has consulted for and studied a plethora of high-profile projects in and beyond California. In this Opp Now exclusive, Rubin analyzes California High-Speed Rail: why the math just can't justify it, the myth of reduced GHG emissions, and what's keeping CA (despite failure after failure) from surrendering a mea culpa.
Read MoreIn this Opp Now exclusive, Marie Blankley—mayor of Gilroy since elected in 2020—deconstructs why CA Housing Elements' top-down artificial housing mandate targets don't improve issues of supply, affordability, and meaningful urban design.
Read MorePR-wise, SCC lefties have been in seventh heaven since Ellenberg announced a guaranteed income trial run for homeless high schoolers. But pol science prof Alyssa Battistoni can't help but point out the obvious in Dissent, despite herself supporting universal basic income (UBI) laws: UBI is a compassionate ideology but a not-so-pragmatic idea. Obtaining the funding involves more wealth taxes and/or pulverizing arguably helpful welfare programs.
Read MoreOpp Now sat down with four law and First Amendment experts (from the Bay Area and beyond) to parse a burning question about AB 957: Does considering, in custody decisions, “affirmation of a child's gender identity” part of health and welfare mean that parents' speech is unjustly compelled? Nuanced insights below in this Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreManhattan Institute legal policy fellow Tim Rosenberger, Jr. recently graduated from Stanford Law, where he was Federalist Society chapter president (during the infamous heckling of a guest speaker, supported by now-resigned DEI Dean Steinbach). In this Opp Now exclusive, Rosenberger, Jr. parses the Ortiz/Torres/Candelas kerfuffle SJ media's already swept away: How on Earth is using city stationery to pressure a business into unionizing one big whoopsie?
Read MoreA recent study out of Northwestern University found that SF's rent control policies have managed to release a wave of, yes, more frequent evictions. Progressives are gawking and puzzling through the irony, but Jennifer Liu—Business and Housing Network's (BAHN) president—isn't all that shocked. Liu's Opp Now exclusive perspective below on why CA's restrictive housing laws harm landlords and tenants alike.
Read MoreSheridan Swanson, Research Manager of the California Policy Center, analyzes the big trends informing SJ's recent labor impasse—why cities are perpetually squeezed by unions, and why strikes are so temporary. An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreSanta Clara County citizens definitively oppose affirmative action in college admissions. But almost all local politicians oppose the Will of the People on this issue—except for Greg Tanaka, City of Palo Alto councilmember. He explains in this exclusive Opp Now interview about SCOTUS' Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard decision.
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