Opportunity Now SV subject lines
187 subject lines averaging 28 characters.
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| Nov 3, 2026 9:03 AM | Regional transit $ oversight already busted | 43 | Email Template Allen: “The financial oversight promised to Bay Area voters by Measure… | Nov 3, 2026 9:03 AM · 43 characters. Email Template Allen: “The financial oversight promised to Bay Area voters by Measure… | |
| Nov 2, 2026 9:08 AM | Cincinnatus, where art thou?* | 29 | Email Template Starchild: Time to break gov’t’s power addiction If much of what this… | Nov 2, 2026 9:08 AM · 29 characters. Email Template Starchild: Time to break gov’t’s power addiction If much of what this… | |
| Nov 1, 2026 9:02 AM | The unstoppable one-way ratchet | 31 | Email Template Joffe: Real dollar sales tax revenue increases even when sales tax rates… | Nov 1, 2026 9:02 AM · 31 characters. Email Template Joffe: Real dollar sales tax revenue increases even when sales tax rates… | |
| Oct 30, 2026 9:05 AM | Dances with (phantom) wolves | 28 | Email Template Khamis: Doomsday predictions have lost their punch Voters have an… | Oct 30, 2026 9:05 AM · 28 characters. Email Template Khamis: Doomsday predictions have lost their punch Voters have an… | |
| Oct 29, 2026 9:09 AM | Crickets | 8 | Email Template Stroll: It’s total silence On the one hand, we’re not hearing the usual “We… | Oct 29, 2026 9:09 AM · 8 characters. Email Template Stroll: It’s total silence On the one hand, we’re not hearing the usual “We… | |
| Oct 28, 2026 9:03 AM | Dreams & realities | 18 | Email Template Jackson: Regional fiscal accountability seeks constituency When the fog… | Oct 28, 2026 9:03 AM · 18 characters. Email Template Jackson: Regional fiscal accountability seeks constituency When the fog… | |
| Oct 27, 2026 9:02 AM | Transit facts catch up with SJ CM Cohen | 39 | Email Template Cohen gets a real lot wrong in his woebegone apologia for RTM in the Merc… | Oct 27, 2026 9:02 AM · 39 characters. Email Template Cohen gets a real lot wrong in his woebegone apologia for RTM in the Merc… | |
| Oct 26, 2026 9:02 AM | How green is my data center? | 28 | Email Template Consolidating data centers better for environment Finding and shutting down… | Oct 26, 2026 9:02 AM · 28 characters. Email Template Consolidating data centers better for environment Finding and shutting down… | |
| Oct 25, 2026 9:02 AM | Promulgating confusion | 22 | Email Template Guan: Disrupting the tax-increase cycle The defining meta-issue of… | Oct 25, 2026 9:02 AM · 22 characters. Email Template Guan: Disrupting the tax-increase cycle The defining meta-issue of… | |
| Oct 23, 2026 9:03 AM | Hey, let’s bail out Bay Area airports next | 42 | Email Template Merc: Passenger traffic at airports is sinking, SJC and OAK getting it the… | Oct 23, 2026 9:03 AM · 42 characters. Email Template Merc: Passenger traffic at airports is sinking, SJC and OAK getting it the… | |
| Oct 22, 2026 9:07 AM | When in doubt, say “MAGA” | 25 | Email Template Ring: The crossroads near California voters may rebel against Democrat… | Oct 22, 2026 9:07 AM · 25 characters. Email Template Ring: The crossroads near California voters may rebel against Democrat… | |
| Oct 21, 2026 9:03 AM | Merc endorses prop 43, tax thresholds | 37 | Email Template Merc Editorial Board says it’s time to restore supermajority for special… | Oct 21, 2026 9:03 AM · 37 characters. Email Template Merc Editorial Board says it’s time to restore supermajority for special… | |
| Oct 20, 2026 9:05 AM | The perils of a mono-party | 26 | Email Template Johnson: "An economic model of failure" California citizens are not a piggy… | Oct 20, 2026 9:05 AM · 26 characters. Email Template Johnson: "An economic model of failure" California citizens are not a piggy… | |
| Oct 19, 2026 9:03 AM | Are local data centers price-elastic? | 37 | Email Template Rising data center regulations and overhead make "cost-to-compute" inflate… | Oct 19, 2026 9:03 AM · 37 characters. Email Template Rising data center regulations and overhead make "cost-to-compute" inflate… | |
| Oct 18, 2026 9:01 AM | Peninsula daily joins Merc, rejects RTM | 39 | Email Template Palo Alto Daily Post echoes Merc's criticism of transit tax bailout: "we've… | Oct 18, 2026 9:01 AM · 39 characters. Email Template Palo Alto Daily Post echoes Merc's criticism of transit tax bailout: "we've… | |
| Oct 17, 2026 9:01 AM | Weekend Reading 10/17 | 21 | Email Template Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City , CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons… | Oct 17, 2026 9:01 AM · 21 characters. Email Template Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City , CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons… | |
| Oct 16, 2026 9:03 AM | What are we voting for, anyways? | 32 | Email Template Mattammal: Are local CA elections really local? As a California voter, I… | Oct 16, 2026 9:03 AM · 32 characters. Email Template Mattammal: Are local CA elections really local? As a California voter, I… | |
| Oct 15, 2026 9:05 AM | Local leaders join Merc in oppo to RTM | 38 | Email Template Khamis: Leading biz group aligns with Merc, says transit tax bailout latest… | Oct 15, 2026 9:05 AM · 38 characters. Email Template Khamis: Leading biz group aligns with Merc, says transit tax bailout latest… | |
| Oct 14, 2026 9:03 AM | SV tax revolt a-comin'? | 23 | Email Template Rubin: November’s tax-heavy ballot could prove a turning point against… | Oct 14, 2026 9:03 AM · 23 characters. Email Template Rubin: November’s tax-heavy ballot could prove a turning point against… | |
| Oct 13, 2026 4:04 PM | PM update: SJ upzoning plans critiqued | 38 | Email Template Families and Homes says SJ's upzoning plan mistakenly distorts city and… | Oct 13, 2026 4:04 PM · 38 characters. Email Template Families and Homes says SJ's upzoning plan mistakenly distorts city and… | |
| Oct 13, 2026 9:03 AM | Merc: BART's going-forward vision unrealistic | 45 | Email Template Merc, in op-ed opposing the Regional Transit Measure, says BART plans for… | Oct 13, 2026 9:03 AM · 45 characters. Email Template Merc, in op-ed opposing the Regional Transit Measure, says BART plans for… | |
| Oct 12, 2026 9:03 AM | The widening gyre* | 18 | Email Template Coupal: A pivot to collectivism might devastate California It seems to me… | Oct 12, 2026 9:03 AM · 18 characters. Email Template Coupal: A pivot to collectivism might devastate California It seems to me… | |
| Oct 11, 2026 9:02 AM | Merc says NO on RTM | 19 | Email Template McKinsey report on future impact of AI undermines extremist alarmism from… | Oct 11, 2026 9:02 AM · 19 characters. Email Template McKinsey report on future impact of AI undermines extremist alarmism from… | |
| Oct 9, 2026 9:04 AM | AI creates more local jobs than it makes redundant | 50 | Email Template McKinsey report on future impact of AI undermines extremist alarmism from… | Oct 9, 2026 9:04 AM · 50 characters. Email Template McKinsey report on future impact of AI undermines extremist alarmism from… | |
| Oct 8, 2026 9:03 AM | Sta Cruz joins tax-a-palooza | 28 | Email Template Candidates rip Santa Cruz County's latest tax increase proposal Santa Cruz… | Oct 8, 2026 9:03 AM · 28 characters. Email Template Candidates rip Santa Cruz County's latest tax increase proposal Santa Cruz… | |
| Oct 7, 2026 9:04 AM | Is a SV Housing Bubble about to burst? | 38 | Email Template Perhaps the market is about to solve our homeownership affordability crisis… | Oct 7, 2026 9:04 AM · 38 characters. Email Template Perhaps the market is about to solve our homeownership affordability crisis… | |
| Oct 6, 2026 9:02 AM | Why Silicon Valley cities go broke | 34 | Email Template Moses: Local gov't bloat derives from open-ended mission creep My starting… | Oct 6, 2026 9:02 AM · 34 characters. Email Template Moses: Local gov't bloat derives from open-ended mission creep My starting… | |
| Oct 5, 2026 9:10 AM | Local Labor/left AI doom-mongering fizzles | 42 | Email Template Still no evidence AI drives job displacement, new research shows Taking an… | Oct 5, 2026 9:10 AM · 42 characters. Email Template Still no evidence AI drives job displacement, new research shows Taking an… | |
| Oct 2, 2026 9:03 AM | What kind of city does SJ want to be? | 37 | Email Template Smith: Is SJ's land-use debate asking the right questions? Upzoning raises… | Oct 2, 2026 9:03 AM · 37 characters. Email Template Smith: Is SJ's land-use debate asking the right questions? Upzoning raises… | |
| Oct 1, 2026 9:11 AM | No enemies to the left | 22 | Email Template SJ Chamber of Commerce--get this--aligns with local Democratic Socialists… | Oct 1, 2026 9:11 AM · 22 characters. Email Template SJ Chamber of Commerce--get this--aligns with local Democratic Socialists… | |
| Sep 30, 2026 9:03 AM | SJ Chamber whiffs with RTM endorsement | 38 | Email Template Opinion: The local business group's pitch for endorsing the regional… | Sep 30, 2026 9:03 AM · 38 characters. Email Template Opinion: The local business group's pitch for endorsing the regional… | |
| Sep 29, 2026 9:10 AM | Ellenberg's tax pitch slams into reality | 40 | Email Template County Supe's oppo to voter thresholds for new taxes reveals governance and… | Sep 29, 2026 9:10 AM · 40 characters. Email Template County Supe's oppo to voter thresholds for new taxes reveals governance and… | |
| Sep 28, 2026 9:03 AM | Uh-oh, data centers actually lower energy prices | 48 | Email Template You read that right: Data center build-outs correlate with dropping energy… | Sep 28, 2026 9:03 AM · 48 characters. Email Template You read that right: Data center build-outs correlate with dropping energy… | |
| Sep 25, 2026 9:03 AM | Your tax dollars will not save transit | 38 | Email Template Transit doom-mongering doesn't withstand serious examination With so much… | Sep 25, 2026 9:03 AM · 38 characters. Email Template Transit doom-mongering doesn't withstand serious examination With so much… | |
| Sep 24, 2026 9:10 AM | "Nothing outside The State."--B. Mussolini | 42 | Email Template Opinion: Automated checkout line bans (like CMs Cohen's and Candelas' for… | Sep 24, 2026 9:10 AM · 42 characters. Email Template Opinion: Automated checkout line bans (like CMs Cohen's and Candelas' for… | |
| Sep 23, 2026 9:10 AM | SJ CM's Cohen & Candelas want to raise your grocery prices | 58 | Email Template Experts say: banning self-checkout lines ends up boosting prices at the… | Sep 23, 2026 9:10 AM · 58 characters. Email Template Experts say: banning self-checkout lines ends up boosting prices at the… | |
| Sep 22, 2026 9:06 AM | Data: Labor scaremongering about AI is b.s. | 43 | Email Template Oh, look: AI is creating 5x new jobs for every redundancy, demolishing… | Sep 22, 2026 9:06 AM · 43 characters. Email Template Oh, look: AI is creating 5x new jobs for every redundancy, demolishing… | |
| Sep 21, 2026 3:04 PM | Will SJ reclaim local control over zoning? | 42 | Email Template SJ CM’s Casey, Candelas call on SJ Council to restore local authority over… | Sep 21, 2026 3:04 PM · 42 characters. Email Template SJ CM’s Casey, Candelas call on SJ Council to restore local authority over… | |
| Sep 21, 2026 9:02 AM | How about transit for today's world? | 36 | Email Template Jackson: Time to develop a new regional transit plan based on post-pandemic… | Sep 21, 2026 9:02 AM · 36 characters. Email Template Jackson: Time to develop a new regional transit plan based on post-pandemic… | |
| Sep 18, 2026 9:02 AM | SF's out-of-control rent control | 32 | Email Template Expert: Lurie's rent control schemes actually increase costs "When the city… | Sep 18, 2026 9:02 AM · 32 characters. Email Template Expert: Lurie's rent control schemes actually increase costs "When the city… | |
| Sep 17, 2026 9:02 AM | SJ sure knows how to throw a party | 34 | Email Template Rampant drug use at concert in downtown SJ sends revelers to hospital… | Sep 17, 2026 9:02 AM · 34 characters. Email Template Rampant drug use at concert in downtown SJ sends revelers to hospital… | |
| Sep 16, 2026 9:02 AM | Lurie looks to DSA to address SF housing costs | 46 | Email Template A full package of discredited left-wing policies SF mayor’s proposed… | Sep 16, 2026 9:02 AM · 46 characters. Email Template A full package of discredited left-wing policies SF mayor’s proposed… | |
| Sep 15, 2026 4:05 PM | The peasants simply don't understand | 36 | Email Template Lawmakers increasingly overriding citizen-led ballot initiatives… | Sep 15, 2026 4:05 PM · 36 characters. Email Template Lawmakers increasingly overriding citizen-led ballot initiatives… | |
| Sep 15, 2026 9:02 AM | Flexing the facts | 17 | Email Template City policies make it increasingly impossible for “mom and pop” affordable… | Sep 15, 2026 9:02 AM · 17 characters. Email Template City policies make it increasingly impossible for “mom and pop” affordable… | |
| Sep 13, 2026 9:01 AM | Weekend Reading 9/13 | 20 | Email Template El Cucuy is a mythical ghost-like monster, equivalent to the bogeyman… | Sep 13, 2026 9:01 AM · 20 characters. Email Template El Cucuy is a mythical ghost-like monster, equivalent to the bogeyman… | |
| Sep 11, 2026 9:03 AM | How SJ chases away affordable housing | 37 | Email Template City policies make it increasingly impossible for “mom and pop” affordable… | Sep 11, 2026 9:03 AM · 37 characters. Email Template City policies make it increasingly impossible for “mom and pop” affordable… | |
| Sep 10, 2026 9:04 AM | Why ride-hailing is better than mass transit | 44 | Email Template Sunnyvale chooses on-demand car-service over more trains and busses "Riders… | Sep 10, 2026 9:04 AM · 44 characters. Email Template Sunnyvale chooses on-demand car-service over more trains and busses "Riders… | |
| Sep 9, 2026 9:03 AM | The law catches up with CM Peter Ortiz | 38 | Email Template A Free Speech win: Ortiz’ efforts to silence citizen journalist backfires A… | Sep 9, 2026 9:03 AM · 38 characters. Email Template A Free Speech win: Ortiz’ efforts to silence citizen journalist backfires A… | |
| Sep 8, 2026 8:40 PM | Tell Us Which Way To Go | 23 | Tell Us Which Way To Go Welcome to Opp Now's Very First Reader Survey | Sep 8, 2026 8:40 PM · 23 characters. Tell Us Which Way To Go Welcome to Opp Now's Very First Reader Survey | |
| Sep 6, 2026 9:02 AM | Weekend Reading 9/5 | 19 | Email Template Doan1102 , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Sometimes history changes… | Sep 6, 2026 9:02 AM · 19 characters. Email Template Doan1102 , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Sometimes history changes… |
Based on 187 emails received from Mar 28 to Nov 3, 2026. Times in US Eastern. How we collect