While there is an ever-growing need for housing to support low-income residents due to the real lack of affordable housing, there are programs that help lower income families find and rent homes. The Housing Choice Voucher Program, better known as the “Section 8” program, allows private housing providers to rent out their apartments and homes...

Railing against lawyers is pretty much a national pastime, and has been for decades. Why not? Lawyers make easy targets because litigation often results when there is no other option for the parties to assert their rights. However, because blanket insults against lawyers are such easy things to do, this method of communication is used...

California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) has made the Golden State even more golden for trial attorneys, while raising litigation challenges via frivolous lawsuits for employers and costing them thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. In addition to bringing individual or class-action claims, disgruntled employees can sue under PAGA for any alleged labor...

To really understand affordable housing in California, we must take a step back and take into consideration the ever-increasing cost and time-consuming regulations for builders throughout the state. We have all heard about the growing cost of lumber, the shrinking of a qualified construction labor force and the steadily increasing cost of land, all factors...

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen admires President Harry Truman and believes the popular saying “The buck stops here.” That means that ultimate responsibility for criminal prosecutions and the District Attorney’s Office rests with DA Rosen. Santa Clara County should hold DA Rosen to his own high standard, and he should be investigated. As...

Due to the recent hate crimes in America, it is important that we remember those suffering and advocate for those who can’t speak up for themselves. Although crimes against the Asian community have been put into the spotlight recently, we must remember that our pain has gone unheard for decades. As Asian students we know...

Imagine large digital billboards looming down from the roofs and walls of the Tech Interactive museum, the McEnery Convention Center, the Museum of Art and other prominent locations—all flashing commercial ads as you enjoy lunch or an event at Plaza de César Chávez. Such a dystopian vision can be described only as an assault on...

For the first time in 10 years, Silicon Valley residents have a chance to shape our representation in government and hold elected officials accountable to our interests, from affordable housing to good jobs and health care. Through a national process called redistricting, every state is using data from the 2020 Census to determine which areas...

It is hard to do the right thing. But doing the right thing is always right. San Jose—and its elected leaders—have an opportunity today to do the right thing for its people. The Google project is the largest land deal in the city’s history. From the announcement to the three years of dialogue between all...

On Tuesday, the San Jose City Council will vote on rezoning the Berryessa BART Urban Village, the property adjacent to the BART station where the Berryessa Flea Market is currently located. Building vibrant, high-density Urban Villages along public transit routes is one of the most effective ways to transition away from a car dependent culture....