Fremont’s new anti-camping ordinance targets the unhoused with fines and jail time, but fails to tackle the deeper issues driving homelessness, like unaffordable housing and mental health struggles.

Bay Area school districts are facing unprecedented financial crises, forcing many to make the difficult decision of closing schools. With rising costs, declining state funding, and budget deficits, districts are struggling to maintain essential services and staff. These financial challenges have prompted leaders to consider drastic measures, including school closures.

The city of San Francisco evicted three unhoused families from city-contracted shelter, with twenty-seven families also facing eviction due to reinstatement of a cap on shelter stays. Evicting families is cruel and dangerous, and the City needs to work to find real, sustainable solutions.

Underfunded schools should be funded, not closed, and San Francisco has no need for more luxury housing. We should build more affordable housing and reform Prop. 13.

Decreasing enrollment is always blamed for school district budget deficits, but in reality, Prop. 13 is the reason our public schools don’t have enough money.

California’s budget is too reliant on the whims of the federal government. It’s time to protect the programs Californians are reliant on from Republican cuts.

Our community colleges are in crisis, which could be disastrous for marginalized students. Prop. 13 reform could be the solution we need to save our community colleges.

San Francisco Unified School District is in a budget crisis with no end in sight… Unless we reform Prop. 13.

London Breed is no longer mayor of San Francisco. Why are we still focusing on her involvement in Prop. E, but not the involvement of our current mayor, Daniel Lurie?

Fremont’s encampment ban is dangerous and cruel. We should be helping our unhoused neighbors, not punishing the people who do.

The upcoming California State University budget cuts, brought on by decreasing enrollment and decreasing state funding, are only going to cause CSU enrollment to decrease further. We need Prop. 13 reform to restore this money to higher education.

The parents and teachers of San Ramon Valley Unified School District are vehemently opposed to budget cuts in their school district. We need Prop. 13 reform so these cuts don’t need to happen.

As wildfires are burning through Los Angeles stretching our fire departments to their limits, we must ask why aren’t we investing in public safety?Wildfires aren’t going away, and unless we fully fund and staff our fire departments, we are setting ourselves up for even greater disasters in the future.

When students can’t get to school, their academic performance suffers. Additionally, low attendance rates prevent schools from getting the funding they DESPERATELY need. Prop. 13 reform is necessary to solve both these problems.

Prop. 13 is taking away funding and resources from important public services — like fire departments. Politicians need to be focusing on Prop. 13 reform.

California’s budget surplus may look like a win, but its profits are built on cuts and stock market luck. Until we fix the property tax loophole, this surplus is just a band-aid on a leaky boat.

Student Housing Alliances, like the one at San Jose State University, are powerful ways for students experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness, and their allies, to join together to fight for the resources unhoused and housing insecure students need.

The SF Chronicle provides cheaper alternatives to the Bay. Unfortunately, these California cities are still more expensive than the national average.

Is there really better education and opportunities for students in private schools than public schools? Our intern Anna weighs in.

The UC Regents have made it abundantly clear over the past few years who they actually serve — and it isn’t UC students.