Local county Dem leaders complain about potential reforms to the misbegotten Prop 47's extreme decriminalization and get-out-of-jail-free agenda, saying it represents a "return to failed mass incarceration strategies". Citizens out in the real world of our city streets, however, beg to differ, as violence and mayhem continue to escalate. LA Times reports.

An Open Letter from San Jose residents to SJ City Council requesting that the council stop endorsing ballot initiatives is getting thumbs up from leaders across the local political spectrum. Shane Patrick Connolly of SCC GOP and Irene Smith of the Independent Leadership Group explain why they signed the Open Letter. An Opp Now Exclusive.

The pandemic lockdowns accelerated flight from states with onerous taxes and a high cost of living. The latest data from the Internal Revenue Service shows that the exodus has continued after life got back to quasi-normal. And CA's revenue drain--led by Silicon Valley--is the hardest hit. The WSJ reports.

Public transit experts warn that investing in struggling transit systems’ expansion while ridership remains low could be a recipe for financial disaster, as these expansions may lack the future ridership to cover the cost of their growth in the future. Kenneth Schrupp explains in The Center Square.

As tent cities filled with homeless people proliferated in West Coast communities in recent years, elected politicians dealt with the problem by passing the buck, saying they were tied by a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that prohibitions on homeless encampments amounted to “cruel and unusual punishment.” In City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, the Supreme Court has taken that excuse away. Stephane Eide of the Manhattan Institute explains. 

Even if high utility prices have turned down the heat on CA’s business prospects, Chef Andrew Gruel sees a flicker of hope in the one place it can be found—the Californian voter. Lackluster polling for anti-business politicians suggests the Golden State might be getting tired of a job-killing minimum wage, runaway gas taxes, and tachycardic healthcare costs. The founder of Slapfish, which closed in San Jose, writes for California Globe.

Denver gave homeless people cash and now half of them live in their own place. While humanitarian middlemen like SNAP and Medicaid impose severe spending restrictions, basic income relies on trust. Denver’s pilot suggests that people who know what they need can spend it rather efficiently—and housing is a popular choice, as 45% of recipients successfully rehoused. Business Insider’s Allie Kelly writes. 

Horror ensues as elderly woman, 74, is killed after being pushed in front of a Powell Stn BART train. The U.K.'s. Daily Mail reports.

As reported here previously, ACA 7 was a proposed CA Constitutional Amendment that would've nullified the CA Constitution's anti-discrimination clause. While it gained traction with far-left legislators, the bill died in the CA Senate.  Gail Heriot reports on Instapundit.