A recent vote by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to wean off and ultimately prohibit gas furnaces/water heaters has been widely questioned by economic and energy experts. Critics say the ordinance will be costly for locals and overwhelming for our electric grid, while meagerly beneficial to the environment. Ryan Mills at the National Review gives the details.

On March 14th, political commentator Steve Hilton spoke at the Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley, the “largest, most successful grass-roots liberty-minded group in California.” Hilton explains why the underfunded local school system is a farcical myth, and that true competition—thus undermining the “public school monopoly”—is our best shield against indoctrination.

In the wake of Stanford University’s free speech colloquies (following aggressive responses to a conservative guest speaker), Daniel McCarthy of the NY Post digs into Leftism’s dangers. Whereas classical liberalists openly debate their positions, contemporary Leftists feel attacked by “simply not-left-wing speech”—so they belligerently silence any detection of difference, at any cost.

Logan Dubil at Campus Reform reports that a group of Stanford students are urging the university to dismiss DEI Dean Steinbach, citing her unapologetic defense of disrespectful anti-free speech protestors. One apology letter and a disastrous couple weeks of infamy after the incident (including multiple “fascists” comparisons), Stanford has yet to publicly discipline Steinbach.

Mayor Mahan famously said in his inaugural address that "We need to pay attention to what isn't working as much as what is." In the same spirit, local housing providers Roberta Moore and Irene Smith explain how the Housing Dept's proposed COPA program doubles down on the legacy of failed, overly complex, and hyper-regulated strategies that have brought about our current housing and affordability crisis. From Medium.