Posts by Take Back San Jose

During the Industrial Revolution, we optimized for output, not people. We didn’t build in labor or safety protections early — so we effectively forced millions of men, women, and children into 12–16 hour factory shifts (six days per week) in hazardous mills and mines, where industrial accidents became so common that by 1900 nearly one…

7 Pickups and SUVs Bucking the Trend Despite a soft overall market, these older trucks and SUVs are climbing in value. Several of these utilitarian rigs had already become bonafide collector vehicles — and they are only getting hotter. 7 Pickups and SUVs Climbing the Market 1996 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer Photo by Ford We’re always…

So they never have to answer to you again. We have the facts. We have the receipts. And now you need to see them for yourself. Hi John,  They said it would never happen…They said no one would notice…They were wrong… A massive power grab by the Left has just been uncovered – and it’s…

Cartel traffickers. Violent illegals. Even terrorist operatives — all flooding in under the Left’s open-borders agenda. Tom Homan and our ICE heroes face it all. And now, they’re being hunted on American soil simply for doing their jobs

By Ford Madox Brown – Google Arts & Culture — cgENwnusEE2jEw, Public Domain Businessman and investor Kevin O’Leary recently described cities such as SJ and NYC as “uninvestable” with “insane” policies and taxes that are too high. The result? Revenue and population outflow. He digs into the data for The Herman Center. State and local income…

CFA (Country Fire Authority), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A review of the academic evidence on taxes and economic growth makes it clear that all taxes negatively affect economic growth–but some more than others. A Tax Foundation survey of 26 peer-reviewed studies since 1983 found that 23 indicated a negative relationship between taxes and…

Image by Texas State Library and Archives Commission Mahan and Ellenberg take note. Austin, TX, once America’s favorite boomtown, hits the skids due to excessive taxation. National Review reports. On November 4, Austin residents will vote on whether to adopt a 20.2 percent property tax hike, the largest in the city’s history. {Ed note: it…

September 8, 2021 As defenders of single-family home neighborhoods in San Jose keep winning the debate over Opportunity Housing, progressive advocates of mass upzoning increasingly reveal a deeper agenda: a diminishment of home ownership itself. Joel Kotkin explains in City Journal. Today, the aspiration of regular people to own homes—arguably one of the greatest achievements of…

February 5, 2024 Image by Nico Hogg Bills legalizing “missing-middle” construction are passing nationwide, but other regulations stand in the way. Scott Beyer of Market Urbanist suggests that customized high-density proposals can effect real change, in this Opp Now exclusive. In 2021, California passed a bill that is now being emulated nationwide. SB9 allows by-right…

Photo by Sami Aksu Highlighting free-market fixes for the local affordability crunch, The Market Urbanist’s Scott Beyer unpacks how induced demand fears (in which supply increases drive up demand) miss the mark. Amid Silicon Valley’s sky-high housing costs and San Jose’s love for single family zoning, Beyer suggests upzoning could unleash more supply and lower prices. The…