Energy consultant and PTS Advance founder Ronald Stein unpacks the consequences of Gov. Newsom’s 100% renewable energy mandate. While cities like SJ may elect to employ (historically expensive and unreliable) “green” sources to power local operations, does it make sense for the Golden State to ban crude oil entirely — which is currently required for vehicles, medical supplies, and (you guessed it) renewables?
Read MoreCUSD board hopeful Vivian Mills critiques the latest-proposed districtwide bond measure: $96 million, to be dedicated to “leaky roofs” and other basic building maintenance. Mills questions the district’s historic lack of accountable spending, and why Measure T is overshadowing constituents’ concerns about student success. Candidates Nguyen, Freedman, Miller, Crownover, and Cohen have not yet replied. An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreCalifornia, longtime world leader in recycling, is currently bogged down by regulations on our metal-recycling facilities. Former CalRecycle department director Mark Leary explains that recycling vehicles and metal consumer items is historically very environmentally safe. However, labeling/regulating metal-recycling facilities as “hazardous waste treatment” facilities—as our DTSC is still pushing—slows down processing, creating supply issues.
Read MoreLongtime residents continue vacating the world’s tech capital. Who’s left over? Easy: the wealthy, as revealed by recent Census Bureau data, which identifies the SCC as the second richest U.S. county of 65,000+ residents. SCC’s median household income is $141,562 — as compared with $69,717 nationally. Is it a shock that, facing restrictive taxes and ordinances, only the mega pecunious can afford to stay in the Bay? This article originally appeared in CNSNews.
Read MoreCampbell Union High School District board candidates James Kim and Elisabeth Halliday address pursuing unity on boards with ideologically diverse members. In the thick of contentious conversations around CUHSD board campaigns, Kim and Halliday emphasize that school boards must serve constituents first and foremost — not squabble and build petty divides. Other CUHSD candidates have not yet replied. An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreCalifornia Globe editor Evan Symon analyzes a new San Francisco Standard poll that observes local voters moving away from extreme progressivism, and in favor of more moderate positions on criminal prosecution, public education, and the homelessness epidemic. As SF’s economy and living conditions have suffered under liberal governance, says Symon, residents have come to demand a serious political shift.
Read MorePressure to resign increased on Kevin de Leon and other Southland representatives caught expressing racist comments last year. In LA, the City Council today voted to censure the LA-4, and in Santa Clara County, where many politicians have close ties to de Leon, more candidates have called for resignations.
Read MoreThis fall, nine Berkeley School of Law student organizations made waves statewide when adopting bylaws that exclude pro-Zionist speakers—of any topic. Pepperdine’s School of Law Dean Paul Caron argues on the TaxProf Blog that, while legal under the First Amendment, this “sweeping prohibition” undercuts open inquiry and should be peacefully opposed by Berkeley faculty.
Read MoreFormer teacher Larry Sand recalls 2021 as the “Year of the Parent,” citing parents who get involved in their local school boards and pro-family organizations, leave failing public schools for more competitive options, and file lawsuits when needed to protect students from indoctrination. Though labeled a “political tactic” in the Washington Post, Sand explains that parental choice is an essential right to ensure student safety.
Read MoreIf you’re rolling your eyes at the over-the-top accusations made by local left wing advocates against moderate candidates in this election cycle, you’re not alone. The Opp Now team analyzes how local lefty advocates are, in fact, cribbing Big Lie tactics from The Trump Team in their unhinged 2022 campaign schemes. An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreThe County’s de jure homelessness approach, nicknamed Housing First, immediately provides unhoused individuals with lodgings, no strings attached. One’s criminal background/propensity and substance abuse are questioned only so the SCC can privilege more dangerous applicants with permanent (as opposed to “affordable” or shorter-term) housing options. City Journal’s Judge Glock analyzes frightening data on SF overdoses within these barrier-free arrangements.
Read MoreIn the Wall Street Journal, Carol Ryan breaks down why the idea of widespread office-to-home repurposing projects may be little more than castles in the air. Unless office costs drastically plummet — or planning regulations are relaxed, as with the U.K. — no company will find it financially feasible to convert.
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