Why our hard-left, pro-union County Supervisors are locked in a wage struggle with the union employees who put them there (hint: think pensions). Edward Ring of the California Policy Center explains in the California Globe.

Local media recently claimed that Proposition 13, California’s successful 1978 initiative which protected property owners from runaway tax increases, was “uneven,” “skewed,” and put disparate "burdens" on new homeowners. Jon Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association explains why these complaints don’t withstand scrutiny.

Lower-income and non-white Americans are benefiting the most from recent growth. Deroy Murdock reports in NationalReview.com.

Once the bete noir solely of libertarians, exclusionary zoning polices are now being questioned by a growing array of city planners and politicians (although not in Santa Clara County). Robert Parker of Market Watch reports.

 In August, intern Simon Gilbert’s close analysis took apart local progressive’s argument against the Google Diridon development, finding it full of dubious assumptions and cherry-picked data.

Pierluigi Oliverio of Silicon Valley Taxpayer’s Association focused in on why our tax burden is so high and we get decreasing levels of service, largely faulting our pension system

Housing expert Scott Beyer of the Market Urbanism Report unpacked the flawed assumptions and counterproductive impact of San Jose’s zoning regulations.

Eugene Vokohl, law professor at UCLA, takes a close look at the County Supervisors’ efforts to limit free speech during elections.

Progressive Silicon Valley-based advocates and politicians are increasingly using racial categories to shut down debate and divide the community. Read below for a running timeline of this disturbing trend.