Posts by Take Back San Jose
Research proves definitively: CA’s ridiculous housing prices due to wild gov’t regulatory overreach
May 21, 2025 Image by Wayne S. Grazio RAND Corporation does a gigantic study on CA’s housing affordability crisis and notes that onerous regulations, as well as built-in labor-friendly contracts, make costs for new housing soar. Take a look at Texas, they recommend, where prices are half of CA’s. We found the following: • California…
Read MoreReport ranks San Jose as most expensive large city in the country
By Kenny ChoiJuly 24, 2025 / 6:27 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco The cost of living in the Bay Area’s largest city has become exceedingly expensive, according to a new report, which says it is now the most expensive large city in the entire country. The latest Silicon Valley Pain Index report, published by San Jose State University,…
Read More☆ Khamis: SV leaders will ask for more taxes. Deregulation does “a lot more” to fix housing
Special Reports January 16, 2026 RITOS80, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons “There have been so many fees and taxes that have driven out all the developers,” says Silicon Valley Business Alliance’s Johnny Khamis. He’s hopeful that rolling back fees will increase building, not just downtown high-rises but throughout San Jose. Will voters keep trusting…
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@Viewing history on Instagram: “A piece of Automotive History Just came
December 22, 2025
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December 22, 2025
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The 1951 GM LeSabre Concept Car Instagram (@big.block.garage)
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☆ Perspectives: Studying ancient Greek/Roman culture is a challenging endeavor—and here’s why we should all try it
April 4, 2025 John Flaxman: The Embassy to Achilles, 1895. Image by Wikimedia Commons arlier this week, transit expert Randal O’ Toole rewound the clock for us on VTA’s surprising history of rideshare innovation. And, as three Bay Area classics professors argue in this Opp Now exclusive, that’s not the only point in the past…
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