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...
Nov 30, 2024 | Housing, Politics
BY ANDREW SHEELER
NOVEMBER 25, 2024 4:55 AM
THE U.S. HOUSE GETS A YIMBY CAUCUS
California Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have said “Yes In My Back Yard.”
Members of the newly-launched YIMBY Caucus want to boost affordable housing nationwide by pushing policies aimed at boosting the construction of those homes.
“The cost of rent is far too high. We must act to expand affordable housing options,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, a co-chair of the caucus.
Oct 14, 2024 | Housing, Politics
By KATY O’DONNELL
10/14/2024 02:00 PM EDT
Investors have purchased up to 30 percent of available homes at different points over the last few years, mostly turning them into rental housing. Most of the buyers are smaller investors, but Harris, Vance and other critics including Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are focusing on larger entities — those such as private equity firms that buy 100 homes or more — arguing that they’re freezing homebuyers out of the market and jacking up rents.
Sep 27, 2024 | Politics
By Molly Burke, Hearst Fellow
Sep 27, 2024
If you check California’s official voter guide — or even the text of the proposed law — for information on Prop 34, they’ll tell you the measure requires “certain providers” to spend virtually all of the money they receive from a federal prescription drug program on patient services.
But the measure’s backers have repeatedly pointed to one group that would likely be subject to the requirements. And that group says it’s being illegally targeted.
Aug 25, 2024 | Housing, Politics
By JORDAN WOLMAN and MELANIE MASON
08/25/2024
CHICAGO — Democrats are trying to turn a political vulnerability, housing affordability, into a winning issue for November. The strategy carries significant risk: It’s likely to spark a host of fights across blue cities and states.
Top party leaders are leaning into what’s long been a perilous issue for the Democratic Party in response to voter outrage over the crunch of housing supply and the rising costs of homes and rents.
