When Bay Area voters face a transit sales tax measure next year, agencies and transit supporters will warn that failure to pass the tax measure will lead to catastrophic results. Um, no. SHIFT-Bay Area reports.
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SJ Mayor Mahan wants to tie city leadership’s pay to outcomes in homelessness, public safety, clean neighborhoods, and business development. But will it work? In an Opp Now exclusive Q&A, entrepreneur and MCC Councilmember Gus Mattammal says it’s worth a try, but progress is much more feasible in two of the targeted areas.
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Bay Area political commentator Denise Kalm dives into the recent (somewhat anticlimactic) transit strikes, wondering if public unionization actually does more harm than good for the Valley’s taxpayers, hardworking public employees, and gov’t services. An Opp Now exclusive op-ed.
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San Joseans play Twister with logic on social media defending why it's somehow not a good idea to vote for the best candidate. The Link publication disagrees and says: the best vote is the honest vote.
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SF homeless advocate Tom Wolf unpacks the factors (from local to state to national) influencing San Jose's proposal to funnel PSH funds to interim housing. And why he expects Housing First doctrine to loosen across the nation—perhaps in other Bay Area cities. An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreWhy are taxpayers subsidizing healthcare for millionaires? The SJ Merc frames a prudent spending reform to Medi-Cal as a massive and disastrous cut. But maybe that’s just Chicken Little for the underinformed. An interview between policy analyst Marc Joffe and CPC head Will Swaim on the excellent National Review podcast, Radio Free California.
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