Archive for November 2025

Special Reports November 24, 2025 Photo by Ann H How can local gov’t fix affordability for residents? Retired attorney Ted Stroll and Purissima Hills Water District director Brian Holtz recommend a simple—but sweeping—prescription: no more rent control, traditional property taxes, single-family zoning, or sales taxes. And—to look to Argentina. An Opp Now exclusive in our…

John, Charlie Kirk knew something long before the rest of America caught on.  That the next generation of young Americans were desperate for truth…  That the Left’s grip on the culture wasn’t as strong as it looked…  And with boldness, hard work, and a focused strategy — WE COULD WIN.  Charlie didn’t just talk about it. He built a movement that’s changed history. And long before he left us……

Kumar on post-election pro-Measure A infighting: “Was this a bait-and-switch?” In a plot twist nobody ordered, Measure A’s biggest cheerleaders can’t seem to agree on how to spend the very money they fought for. Hospitals? Public safety? Something else entirely? “Even the county seems unsure—like a shopper holding a gift card with too many choices.…

John, Donald Trump is heartbroken by what Democrats have done to California… Once the envy of the world, it now feels like something else entirely. Trump has raised a question no one else will ask:  CLICK HERE: Has California become a rogue state? He believes the answer matters — because what starts in California spreads…

This is a warning to us all  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Here’s the good news: President Trump is the President, Republicans have control of the Senate and Congress, and Democrats are on the defensive. Here’s the bad news: Zohran Mamdani, an extremist, just became the Mayor of New York City (the place that once stood as a monument…

November 14, 2025 Image by Brett VA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Here’s the reality: big business can absorb regulatory time and cost the easiest of all businesses, due to scale. And while the regulations may seem most onerous to small biz, start-ups, it’s really the medium-sized businesses who carry the biggest burden–and get…

November 14, 2025 Image by Jean-François Millet French, around 1856–57 Edward Ring of the California Policy Center explains how hyper-regulation in SV cities and counties favors Big Business, is anti-competitive, and usually ends up hurting low-income residents. The cost-of-living has become a national issue, a favored topic of partisan debate. The debate is governed by…

November 14, 2025 Image by Dawn Hudson Nobody doubts that regulations, when properly constructed, can help implement the laws passed by Congress to improve quality of life and promote competitive and free markets. But too many–and too many poorly formulated–regs can have a chilling effect on growth and innovation. U.S. Chamber of Commerce explores where…

November 14, 2025 Image by George Hodan Local housing providers tell a bracing story regarding how local gov’ts (inc. City of San Jose) impose not only a voluminous array of regulations, but how those regulations make it increasingly impossible to sustain, fund, build, and grow our local housing stock. Which of course leads to increased…

March 20, 2025 Reforming Pensions: A Short Guide, by Nicholas Barr, 2009. Governments can offer retirement plans that don’t require lifer status—the defined benefit pension, after all, shortchanges employees who seek career-mobility. Instead, a defined contribution plan can deliver retirement security while breaking taxpayers out of unfunded liabilities. Reason Foundation’s Zachary Christensen writes how the…