Posts by Take Back San Jose

Dear Fellow Conservative, I’m Steve Hilton, and I’m running to be the next Governor of California to bring back freedom, opportunity, and common sense. To make California Golden Again. Our grassroots movement is already gaining steam, and some of the strongest leaders in the conservative movement have already endorsed my campaign. There’s nowhere better than…

mage by Todd Berman State legislators tend to favor more oversight (big surprise), but can they find common ground with local homeschooled families? And what should we expect going forward re: CA education? Part 2 of an Opp Now exclusive Q&A with HSLDA’s Will Estrada, Esq., and Family Protection Ministries’ Nathan Pierce. Opportunity Now: From…

Image by Elvert Barnes SCOTUS’ Grants Pass decision in 2024 appeared to empower municipalities to enforce no-camping zones. But activists in Sacramento are trying to reverse Grant’s Pass in CA, potentially banning cities like SJ and Fremont from pursuing legal action against trespassers and bivouacking. SJ’s Mayor Mahan says SJ doesn’t criminalize homelessness and just…

Petrus Van der Velden: A student, c. 1860 Why are Silicon Valley families flocking to homeschooling? How do (even well-meaning) Sac legislators end up restricting homeschooling? And, um, how’s the Dept of Pesticides involved? An Opp Now exclusive Q&A with Home School Legal Defense Association’s senior counsel Will Estrada, Esq., and Family Protection Ministries’ executive…

Image generated using Dall-E Your public works infrastructure is decaying without a fiscally sustainable plan to replenish it, says SHIFT-Bay Area’s sustainability director Gregg Dieguez. Here, Dieguez argues that higher taxes could be coming. An Opp Now exclusive. Allowing public works to fall into disrepair will lead to critical failures that will ultimately burden residents…

Image by Daniel Gies Oakland recalls far-left mayor Sheng Thao. Replaces her with far-left former rep Barbara Lee. Go figure. Rick Moran scans the debris at PJ Media. Former Rep. Barbara Lee, who called for a $50-an-hour minimum wage for California when running for the Senate last year, has been elected mayor of the city…

Diablo County Power Plant, San Luis Obispo County. Image by Nuclear Regulatory Commission CA Teachers Ass’n is the second largest U.S. group (funding-wise) lobbying against nuclear power. But—posits commentator Denise Kalm—they would do well to pivot to supporting nuclear energy, which can effectively and ethically keep up with the Valley’s growing needs. An Opp Now…

Nevada Cares Campus in Reno, Nevada. Many experts—locally and nationally—believe that the only way for SJ to make serious progress ameliorating the inhumane living conditions of our unhoused neighbors is to offer large, quick-build shelters that can provide relief and services to hundreds, if not thousands, of needy residents. While misguided opposition has slowed acceptance…

Image by Wikimedia Commons Todd Spitzer, Orange County’s District Attorney, takes the will of people seriously, and is aggressively implementing Prop 36’s common-sense criminal accountability initiative. Will the lawyers in Rosen’s office take note? From the OC Register. Californians took the law into their own hands last November, overwhelmingly approving Proposition 36 and rejecting the disastrous…

Image by Wikimedia Commons Tomorrow, SCC Supes will consider adopting ranked-choice voting for future elections. In this Opp Now exclusive, local resident Alice Kao critiques RCV’s tabulating methods as non-intuitive and confusing, adding that (by design) they end up discarding many voters’ preferences. For those unfamiliar with Ranked Choice Voting, it’s a complex system that…