Councilmembers Mulcahy & Casey, along with Mayor Matt Mahan, have disappointed the local business community by coming out in favor of making it easier to tax already tax-burdened San Joseans. D3 CM-elect Anthony Tordillos appears to be a likely addition to the tax-happy team, at least from his campaign statements (via SJ Spotlight). Also: a primer about regressive taxes for the council newcomer from onemoneyway.com.
Read MoreUnlike previous SF Mayors, who lined up with more extremist policies advocated by the far-left of the Democratic Party, Lurie prizes input from successful moderates and local business leaders. WSJ reports.
Read MoreIn-N-Out headquarter bails on California, saying it's too hard to do business here. Outkick has the details from the fast-food leader’s president. {And hey, maybe local legislators should read this useful playbook for how to attract/retain companies to Silicon Valley.}
Read MoreDr. Tabia Lee was ousted from De Anza College in 2023 for daring to disagree on critical DEI. But isn't the Diversity orthodoxy all about amplifying minoritized voices? Or is its concern for race a facade—for something more dangerous than mere lecture cancellations? An Opp Now exclusive.
Read MoreAs free marketeers, the Opp Now team tends to look askance at public housing schemes. However, the left-leaning Mission Local website in SF does a literate and intelligent job of making the pitch in favor of better public housing management, so we respectfully excerpt Marina Newman's most recent article.
Read MoreDespite Santa Clara County's homelessness count reaching an all-time high, Supervisor Otto Lee remains in denial, and still advocates for Housing First fantasies, while ignoring faster, quicker, more humane solutions. CBS News reports.
Read MoreIn a dramatic vote of No Confidence, the federal Dept of Transportation terminates its financial support of California's doomed high-speed rail boondoggle. The widely panned project (which is hilariously still supported by the SJ City Council) is light years over budget and likely on its last legs. National Review reports.
Read MoreEven the most casual visitor will notice that the boutique suburb to the north is cleaning up its act, as homeless sweeps, dramatically increased shelter capacity, and increased police presence bring a long-delayed improvements to the City's urban fabric. WSJ reports.
Read MoreSpiked online suggests that Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY), pro-high density housing advocates are correct in calling out the slow pace of housing production as key to our national affordability crisis. But wonder why cities where their policies are adopted keep getting more and more expensive.
Read MoreMuch of what goes into making a business-friendly environment actually falls outside the scope of a city’s economic development department. So says Mark Moses, author of The Municipal Financial Crisis, in an Opp Now exclusive Q&A. He points to ongoing and long-term factors like crime prevention, infrastructure maintenance, and lowering the cost of living.
Read MoreHolden Hughes, Mountain View high-schooler posted a picture of himself wearing an acne mask. It went viral—for all the wrong (and false) reasons. A chilling local case study in the tyranny of Silicon Valley's racialist, left-wing cancel culture—and the abject failure of leadership institutions to behave ethically. The exceptional Free Press reports.
Read MoreEx-De Anza College DEI Dean Dr. Tabia Lee and School of Woke author Kenny Xu attribute much of higher ed's free speech problems to this one pervasive theory. The kicker? It wasn't originally intended for academia—let alone free speech debates. An Opp Now exclusive Q&A.
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