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San Jose voter data shows how Anthony Tordillos won D3

A dark horse candidate in the San Jose District 3 special election eked out a...
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How local advocates argue for public housing

Red Hook Housing Project, Brooklyn, New York. General view III by itoldya420 As free marketeers,...
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Supervisor Lee misreads bleak rise in county homelessness

Image by Library of Congress Despite Santa Clara County's homelessness count reaching an all-time high,...
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Supervisor Lee misreads bleak rise in county homelessness

Image by Library of Congress Despite Santa Clara County's homelessness count reaching an all-time high,...
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Feds pull plug on CA High Speed Rail

Photo by Itoldya420 In a dramatic vote of No Confidence, the federal Dept of Transportation...
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Lurie embraces law & order, nonpartisanship in his (so far successful) SF Recovery plan

Photo by Hayden Blaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Even the most casual visitor...
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Case study Orange County: Is this the most expensive four-mile transit boondoggle in the state?

Image by Orange County Transportation Authority Even worse than HSR? Marketed to voters as a...
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Why are local gov’ts ignoring cost-effective solutions to homelessness increase?

Image by Washoe County Despite hundreds of millions of dubious spends, the homelessness picture in...
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Perspective: For Silicon Valley pre-k students, play’s the thing—not worksheets

In a Freedom to Learn Substack post, psychologist Peter Gray argues that pushing local four-...
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SJ’s homeless count continues to rise, highlighting failure of city’s strategy

Image by Power Power Thesaurus Two years and hundreds of million dollars later, SJ City...