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- Op-ed | No Certification of the Village Farms EIR The City Council must deny certification of the Village Farms EIR due to its inadequate and flawed nature, which would expose the City to liability and surrender its leverage to correct course on the disastrous project.
- This Is Not a Moment for Allies. It Is a Moment for OrganizersWhite people who claim to oppose racism must take responsibility for dismantling white supremacy by organizing themselves and building structures that are answerable, disciplined, and effective, rather than asking to join Black liberation movements.
- Op-ed – Village Farm Davis Will Actually Be Better Protected against Future Flooding than Much of DavisThe Village Farms Davis project has been designed to meet higher flood protection standards than the rest of Davis, and includes proven engineering solutions to protect against flooding, such as raising the elevation of the land, rebuilding and redirecting the Covell Ditch, and constructing a large basin.
- AFPI’s Housing Policy Brief Calls for Boosting Supply to Restore HomeownershipThe America First Policy Institute released a housing policy brief arguing that excessive regulation, fees and permitting delays are contributing to the housing affordability crisis and proposing a supply-focused agenda to restore access to homeownership for American families.
- Op-ed | Trump’s Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act, ExplainedPresident Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota, which would allow him to use federal troops to police civilians in an extreme emergency, but this is a rarely used power that Congress intended only for extreme emergencies and would be an unnecessary and dangerous abuse of power.