Archive for July 2025

Image by Power Power Thesaurus Two years and hundreds of million dollars later, SJ City (and Santa Clara County) still haven’t reduced the number of homeless people suffering among us, according to the most recent formal tally. Concurrently, other Bay Area cities are seeing decreases, and other CA cities have even reached homelessness “functional zero.”…

Here’s what you need to know this week — in 20 seconds or less: Keep scrolling for all the data and details Dear Neighbor, You – and our neighbors across California – have been clear about your priorities in recent years: increase public safety, bring everyone indoors, and slow down cost-of-living increases, especially those related…

The arrest of Maximilien Robespierre, leader of the Terror during the French Revolution, unknown artist. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons SVGOP’s David G. Johnson notes how local leaders essentially normalize bullying and violence against local conservatives by refusing to criticize a long train of intimidating incidents launched by the local left.…

Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons A recent federal appeals court ruling has revived the possibility that landlords may receive compensation for financial losses suffered during the COVID-19 eviction moratoriums. The ruling allows landlords to sue the U.S. government under the Fifth Amendment’s “takings” clause. AAGLA reports. During the…