Dec 14, 2024 | Opinion
DAN WALTERS | CALmatters Commentary
December 14, 2024
Gavin Newsom has just two years remaining of his governorship. As it winds down, he is stepping up efforts to build a national profile toward what many pundits assume will be a 2028 presidential campaign. That apparently includes writing his autobiography. As he prepares for whatever follows his 16 years in Sacramento as lieutenant governor and governor, Newsom is also abandoning the state capital in another sense: moving himself and his family back to Marin County.
Dec 8, 2024 | Politics, Opinion
December 8, 2024
Originally published February 3, 2023
Writing for American Greatness, Edward Ring makes the case that political optimism is a revolutionary defense against the radical Left’s fearmongering. Ring breaks down why auspicious outlooks on governance challenges lead to creative innovation and “everything good” — despite (as we see daily in Santa Clara County) pressures for local media outlets to emphasize reactionary, polarizing content.
Dec 6, 2024 | Opinion, Politics
https://www.opportunitynowsv.org/blog/opinion-for-better-conversations-on-politics-look-for-the-narrow-ridge-between-i-and-thou County residents may have been united on some things this election, but we can’t vote away ideological diversity. So how can we...
Oct 19, 2024 | Housing, Opinion
By Bob Silvestri
October 19, 2024
This is a follow-on to my previous articles on housing affordability challenges.
Priscilla Almodovar, the chief executive of Fannie Mae is noted by Marketwatch to be one of the 50 most influential people in the country. You would think someone of her stature would be able to share some special insight into our housing affordability challenges, other than the tropes and platitudes rampant on social media. But, you would be wrong.
Oct 9, 2024 | Opinion, Housing, Legislation
By Amy Kalish
October 9, 2024
A recent Marin County Planning Commission agenda item to finalize the Corcoran v. County of Marin lawsuit, which the county lost, morphed into a much larger exposure of dysfunction between county interests and staff.
On Sept. 23, the commission voted 5-2 to simply follow a court order to remove unlawful language clauses from county documents that had been inserted by staff – over commissioners’ objections – in 2022.
Sep 30, 2024 | Opinion
By: Gaetan Lion –
September 30, 2024
There are 10 Propositions on the California November ballot. You can get more information on these Props at the Voter Guide. The probabilistic approach I use to figure out the likelihood of propositions passing may be too deterministic. Thus, one should take the probabilities I generate with a grain of salt. On the other hand, these probabilities may be more informative than the customary polls disclosures.
