Oakland anesthesiologist Marilyn Singleton and LA ophthalmologist Azadeh Khatibi are suing the State of California for requiring doctors to be taught about their subconscious (often racial) biases. The Globe shares doctors' concerns that their First Amendment rights are being overruled—via forced alignment to gov't ideology on a sensitive, controversial topic.
Read MoreWBUR reports that the City of Notions has begun renovating several buildings in Long Island to be used again for substance abuse and mental illness rehab. People in favor of safe, humane streets are lauding the move—though here in the Bay Area, it'd be quickly labeled as a coercive clink.
Read MoreCities like SJ rely too much on expensive imported energy to keep the lights on—but don't worry, pols emphasize, because it's all “clean” (or is it?). Though you can soon expect five new wind farms coming to a California shore near you, City Journal's Edward Ring cautions that green energy is immensely cost-ineffective, and there isn't enough available to meet CA's needs.
Read MoreThe OC Register's Steven Greenhut places, side by side, local gov't budget deficits and continued accommodation of union's demands for salary increases—even when unprecedentedly high. Greenhut critiques how both Parties in CA are succumbing to union influence, rather than prioritizing sensible spending.
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal digs into SF's homelessness imbroglio, in which taxpayers and businesses regularly dish out for new shelters, but only observe more dirty, dangerous, drug-ridden streets as a result. Why? Since public camping is no holds barred (as was SJ) and law enforcement can't rehouse people, homeless residents facing addictions have little drive to seek sobriety.
Read MoreMany Asian CA'ns have lauded the Supreme Court's mandate of race-blind school admissions. Per contra, local media pretends that Asian students just don't have extra-curriculars or leadership skills, pushing aside academia's long-pervasive foul play under Affirmative Action. The NY Post recollects similar—haunting—attempts by Harvard University in the 1920s to reduce its Jewish population.
Read MoreNBC Bay Area reports that small businesses across the O-Town are getting fed up with DA Pamela Price's soft approaches to crime—up in 2023 by 17% (all violent crime), 44% (burglary), and 52% (car theft). Turns out, crippling local police depts makes for a pleasant Woke catchcry but quickly wreaks havoc on public safety.
Read MoreThe Silicon Valley Business Journal's Ashley Farley reminds that while cities should relax zoning regulations—so developers can convert unused offices to housing—they must also make downtowns desirable, lively places to spend time in. We're scratching our heads: Any idea if rampant open-air drug use, criminal activity, and homelessness are spelling doom for DTSJ's foot traffic?
Read MoreWhile the Golden State struggles to accommodate skyrocketing homeless populations, its sanctuary status has other states busing—and, now, flying—in their overflow of unhoused people. Already strained CA'n resources are being stretched thinner. The LA Times reports on Alaskan city Anchorage's attempts to keep its homeless residents warm this coming winter, but without (you guessed it) building their own shelter.
Read MoreFormer political strategist Richard Maher is president of the San Francisco Young Republicans and has worked to build the once-flatlining social club into a robust, engaged conservative community. Opp Now exclusively asked Maher to unpack the tricks of the trade when it comes to reaching youth who question the ascendant hard-Left worldview—especially when many are U-Hauling it elsewhere.
Read MoreThe Cato Institute team parses outcomes from California's and Utah's Housing First policies, and wonders why pols keep pouring taxpayer funds into initiatives that have only seen elevated homelessness rates. Between 2016 and 2022, for instance, CA's rose by 93%—so really, what's stopping us from moving on to alternate, data-evidenced approaches like requiring sobriety?
Read MoreKerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden took to CalMatters to explain why California's ridiculous homelessness spending just isn't driving results: More gov't control over housing keeps developers gridlocked, supply down, and prices up. Instead, local leaders should remove regulatory barriers (looking at you, CEQA) to constructing and turning profits on homes.
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