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(Successful) local strikes tend to be contagious
Image from the Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times, 1936. We revisit a Governing.com analysis of...
Three marks of high-quality, enlightening media
In one of the most poignant scenes from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, retired professor Faber...
Can current homelessness programs really fix the homelessness crisis?
Alejandra Lazo of the Wall Street Journal (June 15, 2019) takes a hard look at...
☆ Smith and Wolf: Where SJ and SF’s Housing First methodology went wrong (2/4)
Image by County of Los Angeles Bay Area homeless policy advocates Irene Smith and Tom...
Why Labor/Left can’t win city- and countywide elections in Silicon Valley
Matt Mahan defeated Labor-backed Cindy Chavez in the SJ 2022 mayoral race--even though he was...
Is California’s two-party system reaching its expiration date?
Tom Campbell, former Bay Area Congressman and State Senator, is chair of the nascent Common...
☆ Gus Mattammal on Mayor Mahan’s incentive plan for city leaders: “worth doing the experiment”
SJ Mayor Mahan wants to tie city leadership’s pay to outcomes in homelessness, public safety,...
VTA’s ho-hum strike undermines need for upcoming transit sales tax
Image in public domain When Bay Area voters face a transit sales tax measure next...
