April 8, 2019 Letter: Somos Mayfair Supports County’s Land Ownership for Measure A Projects By Camille Llanes Fontanilla Through this mechanism of retaining land ownership, we expect that Measure A funds will support the housing needs voters approved. Read More 5
April 5, 2019 Op-Ed: VTA Should Use Measure B Funds to Save Critical Bus Service By Judy Purrington, Andrew Boone, Monica Mallon The VTA can and should re-allocate funds from its Measure B highway programs to protect highly used bus lines in Santa Clara County. Read More 11
April 4, 2019 Editorial: Unshackle Measure A to Create More Affordable Housing By New SV Media The county needs to make more deals happen and gain as much leverage as possible on the voter-approved funds. Read More 25
March 28, 2019 Op-Ed: Removing Barriers to Voting Will Improve Turnout, Strengthen Democracy By Naava Ellenberg Although we like to think of the United States as a democracy that actively engages our citizens, we consistently fall short of making that a reality. Read More 10
March 14, 2019 Op-Ed: San Jose Took Away My Medical Cannabis Patient Rights By Crystal Campisi Since the city has chosen not to waive its cannabis tax for medical patients, there is no advantage to renewing one’s Rx card. Read More 6
March 12, 2019 Op-Ed: To Effectively Fight Gun Violence, Generations Young and Old Must Work Hand in Hand By Kimberly Coke We cannot continue to exist in a country where gun violence causes over 30,000 deaths each year. Read More 59
March 9, 2019 Op-Ed: Secrecy, Private Influence Threatened Santa Clara County’s Sanborn Park By John Miller Thanks to public opposition, the county stopped the project. But it should also condemn its parks division for conducting business in secret. Read More 27
March 5, 2019 Op-Ed: Consumers Will Benefit From T-Mobile-Sprint Merger By Anna Eshoo Congresswoman Anna Eshoo explains why she supports the controversial merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. Read More 8
March 5, 2019 Op-Ed: Local Clothing Company Raises Money to Fight Poaching By Angelina Lue What started as a Los Altos High School student’s passion project to save elephants from poaching has turned into something much bigger. Read More 2
March 4, 2019 Op-Ed: San Jose’s Proposed Light Tower Leaves Us in the Dark By David Poeschel Will light be cast onto the wildlife-sensitive streams by this San Jose Light Tower? Who’s to say? But it won’t be you or me. Read More 9
March 2, 2019 Op-Ed: A Green Perspective on the ‘Green New Deal’ By Christine Pépin and Nassim Nouri Let’s raise our expectations and demand more. Let’s make the Green New Deal a transformative reality at last. Read More 13
March 1, 2019 Op-Ed: Key Projects Aim to Provide Flood Protection for Thousands of ESSJ Homes By Tony Estremera Valley Water officials say the agency needs continued public support support in order to reduce flood risks along South Bay waterways. Read More 1
February 28, 2019 Op-Ed: San Jose Mayor’s Proposed Gun Rules May Jeopardize Our Safety By Jennifer Imhoff Gun safety is important and something the law-abiding citizens support, which is why South Bay libertarians reject the mayor’s proposed laws. Read More 4
February 20, 2019 Op-Ed: Solving Homelessness Requires Empathy, Collaboration By Stephanie Demos With more than 7,300 homeless people in our county, we need people and organizations to work together to reduce this number. Read More 6
February 18, 2019 Op-Ed: Apathy Towards the Unhoused is Dangerous By Shaunn Cartwright We need to show our unhoused neighbors compassion and protect them when the city, county and others fail to do so. Read More 20
February 11, 2019 Op-Ed: Why Does the San Jose Diocese’s List of Abusive Clergy Members Come Up So Short? By Joey Piscitelli According to newly released documents and testimony from clergy abuse victims, the list appears to be 440 percent short. Read More 6