It can be done. Rent prices are falling fast in a number of pro-housing cities in the U.S. Reason magazine explores what they're doing right {Spoiler alert: Deregulating housing market & dramatically upping permitting are key}.
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Three California economics professors (with the Hoover Institution and the Mises Institute). Three perspectives on cultivating better economists in the next generation—not students who just regurgitate models and, you know, progressive talking points. An Opp Now exclusive.
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They fall into the "sunk cost trap," says leadership consultant Gustavo Razetti. And become entangled in defending, spinning, and desperately holding onto ideas that simply don't work anymore {See Silicon Valley city and county gov'ts denial re: homelessness strategy failure}. Fearless Culture unpacks the psychological dynamics.
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Poet Jonathan Krogh, with a soft touch, lays bare the awkward process of coming to realize that he's been mistaken, and has unfairly otherized those who had disagreed with him. From the Pastor's blog, First Presbyterian Church, La Grange, IL, website.
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The funny thing about mistakes, suggests Dr. Hashim Al Zain (in his review of Joseph Hallinan's book, Why We Make Mistakes) is that they often look right the first couple of times around. They fit established ways of thinking. The data seems to support them. And hey, everybody agrees with you. It often takes unconventional, counterintuitive perspectives to break through deceptive systems of seeing and interpreting to get to the truth. From Medium.
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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.
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Unlike 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.
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In-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.}
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Dr. 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.
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As 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.
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Despite 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.
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In 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.
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