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Is driving in Silicon Valley subsidized?

When free marketeers daylight the massive subsidies needed to operate public transit, transit advocates often...
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CAA: Prop 33 is “extremist” rent control

Image by H. Michael Karshis According to the California Apartment Ass'n, economists and housing experts...
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Upcoming local tax tsunami may be prompting updated tax revolt, says expert

Regional housing tax. Parks tax. Measure E extension. Prop 5. SJ Unified parcel tax. The...
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Statewide rent control initiative continues to split SF liberals

Yesterday's rent control advocates are suddenly getting cold feet regarding statewide caps on rental prices,...
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Money flees CA onerous taxation, regulations, and ridiculous cost of living

Image by Vincepal on Flickr The pandemic lockdowns accelerated flight from states with onerous taxes...
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No excuses #5: “No more passing the buck.” Cities now have tools to clean up inhumane encampments–immediately

Image by Wikimedia Commons As tent cities filled with homeless people proliferated in West Coast...
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Not surprising: California’s $2B transit bailout will “exacerbate operating losses”

Image by Ken Lund Public transit experts warn that investing in struggling transit systems’ expansion...
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Case study Denver: small basic income pilot shows promise for housing the homeless–way more cost-effective than brutally expensive new, subsidized apartments

Denver gave homeless people cash and now half of them live in their own place....
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No more excuses #1: SCOTUS clears the way for CA cities like SJ to manage inhumane and dangerous homeless encampments

Rejecting the argument that preventing homeless from appropriating public parks and spaces violated the 8th...
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Slow progress for a fast train. Musk and the Internet mock CA rail authority’s “$36.96 billion per mile” overpass to nowhere

Image by 10 10 on Flickr In fairness, it only took nine years to complete...