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SF wonders: why does city’s homeless population increase just after homelessness spending soars?

Image by Wikimedia Commons There were 437 homelessness families tallied across the city, marking an...
Bien Doan, City Councilmember District 7.

SJ CM Doan finds City response to homeless crisis “a failure”

Image by City of San Jose, CA. Echoing the blistering critique of SJ's homelessness programs...
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Progressive-on-progressive tussle: CA AG charges top aide to (former SF) LA DA with 11 felony violations

Image by CastorGirl on Flickr Last month, AG Rob Bonta charged LA DA George Gascón’s...
A man on a boat fighting a giant octopus.

Mission creep strangles the local and statewide once-vaunted college system

CA schools were supposed to work in tandem, from UC’s down to CCC’s like Santa...
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☆ Tanaka on CA16 primary, recount: Isn’t there a better way?

Image by Clackamas County Historical. Palo Alto CM and CA16 primary candidate Greg Tanaka reviews...
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☆ SJ D10 Candidates stake out their positions on Measure E Reallocation question

We asked District 10 Council finalists Arjun Batra and George Casey for their perspectives on...
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☆ Expert: San Jose City Manager deflects blame, misses point of critical state homeless audit

The CA state audit that blistered San Jose and statewide homelessness programs for ineffectiveness called...
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☆ Water district rates about to double

Image by WaterArchives.org Hold onto your (wet) wallets. Opp Now contributor and local City Planning...
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☆ Oliverio: Big lesson from State audit re: CA and SJ homelessness programs: Clear-eyed realism more important than rosy intentions

Former SJ CM and current Planning Commissioner Pierluigi Oliverio takes a look back at how...
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On that Labor/Business divide: the statewide edition

Image by Wikimedia Commons California labor groups have their list of priority bills and the...