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☆ No on Regional Housing Tax group makes case at BAHFA meeting

To nobody’s surprise, the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, an outgrowth of the Metropolitan Transportation...
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Even State o’ CA puts the brakes on affordable housing boondoggles

Image by World Bank Photo Collection Following Gov. Newsom's blistering critiques of housing and homelessness...
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Not to be outdone, Oakland belatedly enters the Bad Bay Area gov’t sweepstakes

The list lengthens. To review: SJ Housing Dept. VTA board. Sta Clara City Council. SJ...
BART train upside down on tracks.

☆ VTA’s ri$ky plan: Extend BART while starving it

Image by Wikimedia Commons VTA helped thwart a state legislative initiative to bail out BART...
Roommate wanted sign in front of house.

The roommate solution: direct cash payments could solve half of Silicon Valley’s homeless crisis

Turns out that many unhoused in the streets of cities like San José don’t need...
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Sacto tries to undermine a ballot initiative that would reform the disastrous Get Out of Jail Free Prop. 47

Image by Seth Anderson The California legislature is trying to sabotage another initiative that would...
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☆ Analysis: Measure E vote breaks Housing First stranglehold on City budget

At long last, on 6.11, San Jose City Council reallocated Measure E tax funds to...
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Case study LA: Muggers and drug users are thumbs up on big transit projects, like SJ’s BART extension

We are not making this up: Murders. Stabbings. Open drug use. Fights. Welcome to LA's...
George Harrison quote about being the taxman.

Bay Area leaders see lack of accountability in mammoth regional housing tax

Image by QuoteFancy Marin County community and tax authorities express serious concerns that monies generated...
Homeless encampment with sign asking for respect.

☆ Billy DeFrank leader supports Doan/Batra call for homelessness audit

Image by Wikimedia Commons Gabrielle Antolovich, Board President of the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center, approves of...