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…

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.…

San Jose Rent Report: August 2026 Welcome to the Apartment List August 2026 Rent Report for San Jose, CA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $3,118, after rising 1.8% last month. Prices and are now up 6.4% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the San Jose…

Newsom’s latest media grants cross a line government should never cross A Dangerous Line Here’s something every California taxpayer ought to think about. Sacramento now wants you to help pay for the very media organizations responsible for covering Sacramento. Governor Gavin Newsom this week announced another $20 million in taxpayer grants for California media organizations,…

by Mike EgeEditor in chief, The Voice of San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey speaking during a Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee hearing on Southern Police District funding, on May 28, 2026. SFGovTV Is there really a “Nonprofit Industrial Complex?”  District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey is uncomfortable with the term. “But I’ve also been frustrated to…

Special ReportsNovember 19, 2020 VTA’s budget woes and dubious expenditures are all the news, but these are just the latest faceplants for one of the worst-performing transit agencies in the U.S. Randal O’Toole of the Thoreau Institute explores the issue in this exclusive analysis for Opportunity Now. Part 1: A Loser Among Losers The coronavirus…

Retail sales taxes are a major revenue source for most states, accounting for 32 percent of state tax collections and 13 percent of local tax collections (24 percent of combined collections). They are generally considered more pro-growth than income taxes because they introduce fewer economic distortions. Forty-five states levy a state-level sales tax, and 38 states allow local sales…