As Santa Clara County’s high school students prepare to step into the role of active citizens, a crucial component of their civic education is voter preregistration. California is among the states leading the charge in encouraging youth participation in the democratic process. State law allows eligible 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote, ensuring they...

In a development that has alarmed Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Legislature, counties, cities and special districts across the state, the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act — more accurately dubbed the Taxpayer Deception Act by its opponents — has qualified for the November ballot. Placed on the ballot by the California Business Roundtable and California...

We lifers in the commercial real estate brokerage world have often looked upon our distant cousins in the residential world in a somewhat bemused fashion. No disrespect intended, my late great mother was a major pioneer in the San Francisco mansion selling business, where until the 1970s it was literally called “bedroom brokerage” in that...

In February, Arizona Republicans supported a measure to ban guaranteed income programs throughout the state. Far from actually considering the terrifying economic currents in the United States that are making it impossible for half of all Americans to pay their rent, these legislators thought it best to take a page from the book of a...

Commuters hustling to get to work, students trekking across the city to get to school and visitors touring colleges all must fumble through their wallets and purses for exact change, multiple transit cards for different systems and paper tickets just to get to their destination. Multi-use transit cards like the Clipper card work well, but...