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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....