In this latest exclusive, Opp Now editor Lauren Oliver dives into and analyzes Stanford Law’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—about which many are asking questions, post-The Judge Duncan Incident. Spoiler alert: They, and heckler-sympathizer Dean Steinbach, may not be doing all that much.

Honor “Mimi” Robson, the immediate past Libertarian Party of CA chair, explains to Opp Now that if SJ scales back services and regulations to the bare essentials, taxpayers (local gov’t “customers”) are freer to lead productive and happy lives. Part of an exclusive series on SJ’s March Budget Message.

The Dept of Education has announced rollback of a “burdensome” exec order preventing public colleges from receiving grants “if they put limits on the activities of religious student organizations.” Conservatives are concerned in the wake of rampant anti-free speech protests, but Kyle Grow at SJSU’s Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) is quietly hopeful for continued First Amendment liberties. An Opp Now exclusive.

Continuing an Opp Now exclusive series, SV economic commentators Pat Waite and Pierluigi Oliverio assert that—in a welcome surprise in the world of local politics—SJ’s March Budget Message spotlights the core issues Mayor Mahan championed while campaigning.

In the ongoing dispute over whether local progressive nonprofits break ethical and legal regulations with their aggressive lobbying of City staff and politicians, former council member and current Planning Commissioner chair Pierluigi Oliverio offers a reasoned compromise: treat all advocacy activity the same. An exclusive interview with Opp Now.

Transit commentator Randal O’Toole and SV Taxpayers Association president Mark Hinkle analyze SJ’s March Budget Message in an exclusive Opp Now breakdown. The experts suggest that by abolishing SJ’s urban-growth boundary and taking another look at zoning legislation, the City can solve issues of homelessness, job shortages, and affordable housing.

The SCC Democrats are encouraging locals to call Gov. Newsom's office to approve of his cutting ties with Walgreens for not stocking abortion pills in their pharmacies. However, Opp Now contributor Olivia Summers (American Center for Law & Justice’s Senior Ligitation Counsel) is concerned that this sets a precedent for ideological blacklisting—and pressure to break state laws to follow a pro-abortion agenda. An Opp Now exclusive.

Kristen Clements, Acting Deputy Director of SJ’s Housing Department, provides some refinements regarding the HD’s upcoming COPA proposal, in response to statements in a previous Opp Now article that included community comments on COPA. An Opp Now exclusive.