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☆ Mark Burns on SJ’s pay-for-results plan: “Why haven’t they done this before?”

San Jose Mayor Mahan wants to tie merit pay raises for city leadership to outcomes...
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SF’s Lurie aims to make homelessness nonprofits much more accountable (2/3)

Image by Kevin Wong Countering mounting evidence that nonprofits are grifting the City by the...
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☆ Opinion: Conservative playbook long supported SJ ditching Permanent Supportive Housing (2/4)

Image by USICH SVGOP chair David G. Johnson breaks down, point by point, the exorbitant...
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☆ Back in the day, VTA pioneered rideshare service

Image by Pacific Bus Museum During the recent transit worker strike, VTA responded by offering Uber...

SF’s Lurie shows SJ how to move fast—and big—on homelessness (1/3)

Mayor Daniel Lurie. Image by Wikimedia Commons Instead of quibbling at Council about small-ball homelessness...

Cost of undocumented healthcare pressuring CA Democrats to consider cuts

Image by Pictures of Money Gov. Gavin Newsom touted California’s role as the first state...
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☆ Is it the end of the line for Permanent Supportive Housing in SJ? (1/4)

Image in public domain San Jose City Council looks to be zeroing out funds for...

AI entrepreneur–philosopher on how the free market consolidates individuals’ knowledge into something bigger and better

Red ants working together. Image by Timon Cornelissen Brendan McCord—past research affiliate with Stanford Institute...

The need for speed

D3 has waited too long.  D3 and San Jose representatives continue to pursue go-slow approaches...

☆ A failure of privatization—or a sound adaptation to the market? The Sandy Springs story (2/4)

After contractor premiums shot up, Sandy Springs, GA pulled many services inhouse to save tens...