Californians will vote on Prop 1 (SCA 10) this Nov., which appears on the surface to neatly pen the state’s pro-choice legal stance into its constitution. However, responses across the Golden State have ranged from apathy to disappointment to disgust—as experts/orgs can’t agree on how SCA 10 would inform late-term abortion restrictions. In this latest Opp Now exclusive, prominent legal experts and advocacy nonprofits (from multiple viewpoints) parse the bill.

SoCal’s Marc Ang is president of Asian Industry B2B and renowned for his pioneering journalism championing minority communities and fighting bills like Prop 16. He turns his gaze on local Santa Clara County decarceration advocates' arguments for zero dollar bail, and finds that facts don't support their assertions. An Opp Now exclusive.

Santa Clara County's zero-dollar bail order—which released people accused of crimes without bail—was rescinded last week amid concerns from San Jose officeholders that the order increased crime. The Merc's news coverage of the development bizarrely focused more on the arguments against the news development than on the news itself, revealing a curious bias toward left-leaning, decarceration advocates. A quick analysis of the story follows.

The California School Choice Foundation’s president and Californians for School Choice’s chairman, Michael Alexander, explains what the Educational Freedom Act proposes and how, if qualified for the Nov. 2024 ballot, could transform local children’s schooling options. The last of an Opp Now exclusive series.

Attorneys and advocacy organizations independently address if SCA 10/Prop 1—the hotly-contested CA constitutional amendment—could open the door to legalizing all CA’n late-term abortions. Read the first article in this Opp Now series here. New conflicting readings of the proposed amendment are below.

Michael Alexander—the California School Choice Foundation president and Californians for School Choice chairman—explains to Opp Now why empowering parents with choice in their children’s education would not weaken our public education system, as is frequently claimed by anti-choice activists.

Opportunity Now chatted with Michael Alexander—the California School Choice Foundation president and Californians for School Choice chairman—about the data on who supports local school choice initiatives.

BuildHSR.com is the official Californian website that defends our decades-long, politically-motivated, taxpayer-funded contretemps known as the CA High Speed Rail project. See previous criticism from TRANSDEF, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and the SAFE Coalition. Opp Now refutes the State’s flimsy cost-effectiveness argument regarding comparable transit projects on a BuildHSR page most unfortunately titled “Get the facts.”

SCC Supervisor candidate Johnny Khamis and SJ Mayor candidate Matt Mahan share the City’s concerns about uninhibited pre-trial releases, which are likely correlated with SJ’s drastically worsening crime landscape (as outlined in Mayor Liccardo and Councilmembers Carrasco and Mahan’s recent memorandum). Exclusive comments for Opp Now on public safety consequences of catch-and-release procedures.

Concerned citizen Dean Hotop digs into a topic local media ignores—the wild misspending of funds by SJ Housing Dept—and links the dept’s fiscal mismanagement to increasing crime and lawlessness.

To address rising local crime, SJ Mayor Liccardo and councilmembers Carrasco and Mahan’s recent memorandum identifies key components of the issue and ways for governance to promote public safety. Mahan has also prioritized championing this cause in his 2022 mayoral campaign. Opp Now spoke with SJPD Sergeant Christian Camarillo on the dangers of catch-and-release policing, particularly when coupled with statewide zero bail. His comments below.