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The Last Days of Housing First?

Albert Goodwin: Apocalypse. Image by Wikimedia Commons Regular readers of Opp Now have noticed that...
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☆ Bay Area profs nominate smart, instructive, playful economics books you can bank on (part 2)

Image in Public Domain For this installment, Opp Now visited the office hours of three...
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“Police are powerless”: Prop 47 revisited, critiqued by CA law enforcement analyst

Image by DPP Law Mark Powell posits in Times of San Diego that Prop 47,...
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How modern economic debate completely misses the role of surprise and creativity

Image from Moneyball (2011) Modern progressives misunderstand what makes capitalism work, entrapped as they are in...
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L.A./Austin case study: Clearing street encampments reduces violent crimes, homeless deaths

Critics like SJ's Assemblymember Ash Kalra claim Newsom's CARE Court initiative and local encampment restrictions...
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Do locals actually want to kill property transfer protections?

Rembrandt Peale: The Court of Death. Image by Wikimedia Commons Taxpayer advocate Susan Shelley shines...
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Opinion: How San Bernardino navigated Martin v. Boise to make parks safer, cleaner

Image by Jeffery Scism Ninth circuit ruling Martin v. Boise only allows cities to remove...
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☆ Khamis: Why won’t cities solve housing crises by buying on the cheap (instead of building extravagantly)?

Image by Randy von Liski Everybody knows that building new housing to solve local affordability...
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MIT case study: How systemic institutional antisemitism chases away talent

Image by Roger W Cal and Stanford aren't the only prestigious colleges driving off folks...
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GOP Lawmakers in Sacramento Split Over MediCal for Undocumented Farm Workers

By Ana B. Ibarra / January 24, 2024 (San Jose Inside) Photo by Shutterstock Two California lawmakers...