☆ Regional planners mapped out a “vibrant” Bay Area. Now there’s a serious math problem.
By Take Back San Jose |
Special Reports December 12, 2025 While “unelected regional bodies” promise their Plan Bay Area 2050+ will improve affordability, SHIFT-Bay Area says it doesn’t add up: the transit-heavy, forced urbanization scheme has no off-ramp, and it estimates population growth amidst an exodus. In a newsletter summarizing SHIFT’s findings, CoCo Taxpayer Ass’n warns the $1.5 trillion dream isn’t yet…
Read More Opinion: Bay Area’s Prop 5 profiteers serve at the “pleasure, whim, and political wishes of MTC”
By Take Back San Jose |
October 30, 2024 mage generated using Dall-E Looks like the ABC’s of our regional agencies all end up spelling MTC. If Prop 5 passes, Bay Areans can expect to see massive tax hikes to pay for BAHFA’s next multi-billion-dollar housing bond. But who runs BAHFA—and ABAG, for that matter? Marin Post’s Bob Silvestri argues that…
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