Roger Riffenburgh calls for greater financial oversight of BART, given recent mind-boggling decisions to amp up spending, hiring, train routes, and pretty-pleases to local—and federal (whoops)—gov't. Otherwise, taxpayer money will continue to vanish along with pre-Covid ridership.
Read MoreFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) litigation fellow Jessie Appleby discusses Palsgaard v. Christian in this Opp Now exclusive: how local community colleges' required DEI statements force State-sanctioned speech, and why they should be challenged by folks of all political stripes.
Read MoreIn Davis, California, angry librarygoers prevented college athlete Sophia Lorey from sharing her story—by interrupting and screaming over her—because it contradicts their preferred narrative. The library then forced Lorey to leave. Sound familiar, Stanford and SFSU? A Washington Times excerpt below.
Read MoreThe Associated Press breaks down a puzzling new development in California's Labor saga: Local unions are now demanding they receive State unemployment benefits while on strike. However, CA's post-“surplus” budget has little, if no, wiggle room for the amenity.
Read MoreOakland 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?
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