Archive for August 2026

Dear Neighbor, Housing is a complicated, nuanced and deeply personal issue for so many of us. Whether you can’t afford it or you can’t imagine how your neighborhood might change if we had more of it. In recent weeks housing has been the main topic of conversation at City Hall, and many of you have…

Candidate Pefley: What dies SJ City Council have up their sleeves?“The San Jose City Council voted today to oppose several statewide propositions and honestly, why are they sticking their fingers on the scale of issues that have nothing to do with city governance? Their opposition to Prop 43, which would require two‑thirds voter approval for any…

Yesterday’s split City Council vote (6-4 opposing the 2/3-voter requirement for new local taxes in Prop 43) shows that more and more SJ city councilmembers are uncomfortable coercing their over-taxed constituents to sign up for even more new levies. CM George Casey: City should back off making so many endorsements “There is an important difference…

To the Democrats and Independents who still believe in the promise of California: The Sacramento machine has made this state unlivable—the highest gas, housing, and electricity prices in the nation. I came to this state because I believed in the ladder of opportunity for working people. That’s not what California is today. This isn’t about…

☆ Reimagining public listening Special Reports December 10, 2022 The recent City Hall brouhaha over special elections v appointments for open council seats put a spotlight, for many, on the City’s flawed system of citizen feedback. Why come out and speak at Council meetings if you’re not heard, and if the end result is that you…

California Noir: The Plot to Rob the Federal Reserve Drowning in Debt and Desperate: California’s Hail Mary to Capture the White House in 2028 By: Verbica for Congress SAN JOSE, Calif. – Aug. 2, 2026 – PRLog — Money doesn’t lie. It just changes outfits before the dance. Where is our hard-boiled Bogart when we need him—to drag racketeers and…

Transit stops are not just places for riders to get on and off the bus or train. By Paul Zykofsky, AICP Director, Center for Livable CommunitiesPublished: Transit California; December 1998/January 1999 Transit stops are not just places for riders to get on and off the bus or train. In recent years communities all across the nation…

August 18, 2022 Local nonprofit spokespeople recently took to the op-ed pages of local media to buttress SJ’s widely criticized Housing First and Permanent Supportive Housing strategies. Their rickety defense neglects crucial details on how barrier-free permanent housing is ineffective, costly, and wrongly targeted. Various expert sources below analyze PSH’s inadequacies to assist local communities. To receive daily updates of…

New state law paves way for 30-unit townhome development in Atherton Glenwood Avenue project taps SB79, which allows multifamily housing near transit stops AlphaX RE Capital submitted a preliminary application for a 30-unit townhome development at 110 Glenwood Ave. in Atherton, near Nativity School. Renderings show what one of the five-unit buildings may look like.…