Build more housing. Rent control is only a band-aid fix that helps current tenants while hurting new tenants. It both discourages landlords from maintaining their rentals, and discourages new housing from being built, which means the underlying problem - high rents caused by low housing s…
Reduced emissions. Cleaner air. Lower productivity. I've seen firsthand what working more than one or two days at home does to productivity, and it lowers it. It makes knowledge transfer between workers very difficult. I wouldn't expect someone from an unelected bureaucracy that prioritiz…
How do you give a comment a thumbs up? The price rise happened right after one of the local refineries closed, which the operator said was because they got tired of over-regulation and being made to feel unwelcome by Newsom. Now another is slated to close down in Southern California this …
I'm an independent who despises Trump and MAGA, but I also recognize that Democrats have wrecked this state over the last dozen or so years. Dominant, one-party rule by either party is no good for any state.
San Mateo County Elections is always looking for people to work elections. Perhaps you should do that and find out what's really going on rather than falling for the nonsense that election deniers are spouting.
Totally unnecessary bill. I love self checkout and there are almost always employees standing around in case you need help. Why do politicians always think they know how to run businesses better than the business owners?
If I'm understanding this correctly, Corpus was complaining that much of the evidence against her was from unnamed sources and thus not credible, when in fact it was her own lawyers who were preventing the names of many of those sources from being made public. Corpus and her attorneys hav…
CoastalBoy commented on David Canepa and Jim Irizarry compete for San Mateo County assessor-county clerk-recorder position
Canepa is looking for another county-paid job because he can't run for county supervisor again. That's the only reason he's running.
CoastalBoy commented on Rent control repeal in works: Half Moon Bay also votes to remove the city’s rental registry program
Build more housing. Rent control is only a band-aid fix that helps current tenants while hurting new tenants. It both discourages landlords from maintaining their rentals, and discourages new housing from being built, which means the underlying problem - high rents caused by low housing s…
CoastalBoy commented on The perils of forcing state workers to commute
Reduced emissions. Cleaner air. Lower productivity. I've seen firsthand what working more than one or two days at home does to productivity, and it lowers it. It makes knowledge transfer between workers very difficult. I wouldn't expect someone from an unelected bureaucracy that prioritiz…
CoastalBoy commented on High gas prices
How do you give a comment a thumbs up? The price rise happened right after one of the local refineries closed, which the operator said was because they got tired of over-regulation and being made to feel unwelcome by Newsom. Now another is slated to close down in Southern California this …
CoastalBoy commented on A new year, but California’s old crises still abound
I'm an independent who despises Trump and MAGA, but I also recognize that Democrats have wrecked this state over the last dozen or so years. Dominant, one-party rule by either party is no good for any state.
CoastalBoy commented on College of San Mateo professor explains the worlds beyond ours
I took a class from him at CSM about 20 years ago. Very good lecturer.
CoastalBoy commented on New law aims to speed ballot counting in state
San Mateo County Elections is always looking for people to work elections. Perhaps you should do that and find out what's really going on rather than falling for the nonsense that election deniers are spouting.
CoastalBoy commented on California grocery prices could rise if this self-checkout bill passes, grocers argue
Totally unnecessary bill. I love self checkout and there are almost always employees standing around in case you need help. Why do politicians always think they know how to run businesses better than the business owners?
CoastalBoy commented on San Mateo County sheriff removal documents revealed
If I'm understanding this correctly, Corpus was complaining that much of the evidence against her was from unnamed sources and thus not credible, when in fact it was her own lawyers who were preventing the names of many of those sources from being made public. Corpus and her attorneys hav…
CoastalBoy commented on San Mateo County executive files $10.5M claim
San Mateo County is the place to be if you're a lawyer.