Opportunity Now SV subject lines
190 subject lines averaging 28 characters.
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| May 14, 2026 11:45 AM | The road to poverty | 19 | Email Template …is paved with equitable intentions If you want higher income, it’s more… | May 14, 2026 11:45 AM · 19 characters. Email Template …is paved with equitable intentions If you want higher income, it’s more… | |
| May 13, 2026 12:34 PM | Tough transit facts | 19 | Email Template O'Toole: The numbers are a nightmare for VTA As VTA comes pleading for yet… | May 13, 2026 12:34 PM · 19 characters. Email Template O'Toole: The numbers are a nightmare for VTA As VTA comes pleading for yet… | |
| May 12, 2026 2:49 PM | Tax-Free Tuesday, 5/12/26: “Don’t get fooled again” | 51 | Email Template Tax-Free Tuesday East Bay Times says “No” to the latest tax hike “The local… | May 12, 2026 2:49 PM · 51 characters. Email Template Tax-Free Tuesday East Bay Times says “No” to the latest tax hike “The local… | |
| May 10, 2026 4:00 PM | At any speed | 12 | Email Template SJ traffic deaths up 100% (y-to-y) according to Merc Police say a driver… | May 10, 2026 4:00 PM · 12 characters. Email Template SJ traffic deaths up 100% (y-to-y) according to Merc Police say a driver… | |
| May 8, 2026 2:49 PM | The answer to past discrimination | 33 | Email Template Is not new discrimination ACA 7 invites the state to sort students and… | May 8, 2026 2:49 PM · 33 characters. Email Template Is not new discrimination ACA 7 invites the state to sort students and… | |
| May 7, 2026 11:49 AM | Bad example? | 12 | Email Template LA mimics Santa Clara County's dubious scheme to raise taxes "The playbook… | May 7, 2026 11:49 AM · 12 characters. Email Template LA mimics Santa Clara County's dubious scheme to raise taxes "The playbook… | |
| May 6, 2026 12:30 PM | After Chavez and Fallon | 23 | Email Template Why is gov't in the monument business, anyways? "None of the standard… | May 6, 2026 12:30 PM · 23 characters. Email Template Why is gov't in the monument business, anyways? "None of the standard… | |
| May 5, 2026 2:49 PM | Gas ban panned | 14 | Email Template Khamis: "We are not against cleaner energy appliances, we're opposed to… | May 5, 2026 2:49 PM · 14 characters. Email Template Khamis: "We are not against cleaner energy appliances, we're opposed to… | |
| May 4, 2026 11:49 AM | Fix VTA first | 13 | Email Template Underperformance should not be excused Key VTA facts: VTA only provided… | May 4, 2026 11:49 AM · 13 characters. Email Template Underperformance should not be excused Key VTA facts: VTA only provided… | |
| May 2, 2026 4:04 PM | Weekend Reading 5/2 | 19 | Email Template "Manipulation," by Jo Szczepanska. Jo Szczepanska , CC BY 4.0 , via… | May 2, 2026 4:04 PM · 19 characters. Email Template "Manipulation," by Jo Szczepanska. Jo Szczepanska , CC BY 4.0 , via… | |
| May 1, 2026 2:49 PM | Unsustainability blues | 22 | Email Template "If something can't go on forever, it won't" * "Raising taxes with Measure… | May 1, 2026 2:49 PM · 22 characters. Email Template "If something can't go on forever, it won't" * "Raising taxes with Measure… | |
| Apr 30, 2026 11:49 AM | All ye who enter here | 21 | Email Template Mattamal: Entrenched Sacto interests will derail well-laid reform plans… | Apr 30, 2026 11:49 AM · 21 characters. Email Template Mattamal: Entrenched Sacto interests will derail well-laid reform plans… | |
| Apr 29, 2026 12:44 PM | Deadly streets, deadly town | 27 | Email Template SJ traffic/pedestrian fatalities up The {4.23} collision marked San Jose's… | Apr 29, 2026 12:44 PM · 27 characters. Email Template SJ traffic/pedestrian fatalities up The {4.23} collision marked San Jose's… | |
| Apr 28, 2026 2:49 PM | We miss you, Friedrich | 22 | Email Template Too much is always too much "California does not simply suffer from a lack… | Apr 28, 2026 2:49 PM · 22 characters. Email Template Too much is always too much "California does not simply suffer from a lack… | |
| Apr 27, 2026 11:49 AM | Urban growth boundary failure? | 30 | Email Template O'Toole: UGB's make SJ less affordable "My one big wish for San Jose is… | Apr 27, 2026 11:49 AM · 30 characters. Email Template O'Toole: UGB's make SJ less affordable "My one big wish for San Jose is… | |
| Apr 25, 2026 2:00 PM | Bending toward justice | 22 | Email Template Opinion: ACA 7 on wrong side of history “Californians simply do not like… | Apr 25, 2026 2:00 PM · 22 characters. Email Template Opinion: ACA 7 on wrong side of history “Californians simply do not like… | |
| Apr 24, 2026 2:49 PM | Understanding city priorities | 29 | Email Template SJ is a charter city with charter departments Contrary to city staff… | Apr 24, 2026 2:49 PM · 29 characters. Email Template SJ is a charter city with charter departments Contrary to city staff… | |
| Apr 23, 2026 11:49 AM | It's the spending | 17 | Email Template Mike ter Maat: You cannot solve a strategic problem with improved tactics 6… | Apr 23, 2026 11:49 AM · 17 characters. Email Template Mike ter Maat: You cannot solve a strategic problem with improved tactics 6… | |
| Apr 22, 2026 12:30 PM | Neo-feudal county | 17 | Email Template Local homeownership possibilities drifting below the horizon Homeownership… | Apr 22, 2026 12:30 PM · 17 characters. Email Template Local homeownership possibilities drifting below the horizon Homeownership… | |
| Apr 21, 2026 2:45 PM | A cold shower | 13 | Email Template Regional natural gas ban to cost taxpayers $100bn+ On January 1, 2027, San… | Apr 21, 2026 2:45 PM · 13 characters. Email Template Regional natural gas ban to cost taxpayers $100bn+ On January 1, 2027, San… | |
| Apr 20, 2026 11:49 AM | As night follows day | 20 | Email Template Why is Oakland dying? "Oakland residents pay the highest taxes per capita… | Apr 20, 2026 11:49 AM · 20 characters. Email Template Why is Oakland dying? "Oakland residents pay the highest taxes per capita… | |
| Apr 18, 2026 4:00 PM | A tale of two ads | 17 | Email Template Unpacking Mahan's and Steyer's creative moves We asked our resident… | Apr 18, 2026 4:00 PM · 17 characters. Email Template Unpacking Mahan's and Steyer's creative moves We asked our resident… | |
| Apr 17, 2026 8:04 AM | Systemic racial discrimination | 30 | Email Template New ACA 7 bill invites racial enmities WSJ says: "The new ACA 7’s elevation… | Apr 17, 2026 8:04 AM · 30 characters. Email Template New ACA 7 bill invites racial enmities WSJ says: "The new ACA 7’s elevation… | |
| Apr 16, 2026 8:04 AM | Parsing Mahan's state spending plan | 35 | Email Template Diagnosing the problem is the easy part "I agree with Mahan’s assessment… | Apr 16, 2026 8:04 AM · 35 characters. Email Template Diagnosing the problem is the easy part "I agree with Mahan’s assessment… | |
| Apr 15, 2026 8:00 AM | Taxing shenanigans | 18 | Email Template The "special tax" switcheroo "When something is polling over 50% but it's… | Apr 15, 2026 8:00 AM · 18 characters. Email Template The "special tax" switcheroo "When something is polling over 50% but it's… | |
| Apr 14, 2026 8:01 AM | Revanchist unions | 17 | Email Template A long history of opposing reform "In 2005, public sector unions and the… | Apr 14, 2026 8:01 AM · 17 characters. Email Template A long history of opposing reform "In 2005, public sector unions and the… | |
| Apr 13, 2026 8:04 AM | Power and sexual predation | 26 | Email Template Three names you won't hear together Swalwell. Chavez. Torres. The local… | Apr 13, 2026 8:04 AM · 26 characters. Email Template Three names you won't hear together Swalwell. Chavez. Torres. The local… | |
| Apr 11, 2026 8:04 AM | SJ drops in safe city rankings | 30 | Email Template Sunnyvale--not SJ--makes top safe cities list ReAlpha's November, 2025 roll… | Apr 11, 2026 8:04 AM · 30 characters. Email Template Sunnyvale--not SJ--makes top safe cities list ReAlpha's November, 2025 roll… | |
| Apr 10, 2026 11:34 AM | Mahan's spending plan analyzed | 30 | Email Template Joffe: "Process reform can only take us so far" Gubernatorial candidate… | Apr 10, 2026 11:34 AM · 30 characters. Email Template Joffe: "Process reform can only take us so far" Gubernatorial candidate… | |
| Apr 9, 2026 8:01 AM | They're baaaack | 15 | Email Template Sacto tries again on race-based discrimination CA voters already said no to… | Apr 9, 2026 8:01 AM · 15 characters. Email Template Sacto tries again on race-based discrimination CA voters already said no to… | |
| Apr 8, 2026 8:01 AM | Unaccountable regional planning entities | 40 | Email Template Bay Area regional planning agency flops--again Plan Bay Area 2050+ is a… | Apr 8, 2026 8:01 AM · 40 characters. Email Template Bay Area regional planning agency flops--again Plan Bay Area 2050+ is a… | |
| Apr 7, 2026 8:00 AM | How to shift the Overton Window | 31 | Email Template Long-shot campaigns can have a big effect on changing conventional wisdom… | Apr 7, 2026 8:00 AM · 31 characters. Email Template Long-shot campaigns can have a big effect on changing conventional wisdom… | |
| Apr 6, 2026 8:01 AM | Stuck in the past | 17 | Email Template Remember to turn out the lights Further business collapse in downtown SJ… | Apr 6, 2026 8:01 AM · 17 characters. Email Template Remember to turn out the lights Further business collapse in downtown SJ… | |
| Apr 4, 2026 8:04 AM | Weekend Reading 4/4 | 19 | Email Template King John signing the Magna Carta reluctantly, in 1215, by Arthur Michael… | Apr 4, 2026 8:04 AM · 19 characters. Email Template King John signing the Magna Carta reluctantly, in 1215, by Arthur Michael… | |
| Apr 3, 2026 8:04 AM | Jamming the ratchet effect | 26 | Email Template Three tips for corralling municipal mission creep Even as SJ officials try… | Apr 3, 2026 8:04 AM · 26 characters. Email Template Three tips for corralling municipal mission creep Even as SJ officials try… | |
| Apr 2, 2026 8:01 AM | Best practices for homelessness | 31 | Email Template #1: Build, build, build "The most powerful preventative measure, without… | Apr 2, 2026 8:01 AM · 31 characters. Email Template #1: Build, build, build "The most powerful preventative measure, without… | |
| Apr 1, 2026 8:01 AM | Why Joanie can't read | 21 | Email Template CA ranks 38th in 8th grade reading and 37th in 4th grade reading Q: With… | Apr 1, 2026 8:01 AM · 21 characters. Email Template CA ranks 38th in 8th grade reading and 37th in 4th grade reading Q: With… | |
| Mar 31, 2026 8:00 AM | Crime wave, explained | 21 | Email Template Dissecting SJ's 75% murder rate increase, Q125-Q126 SJ Merc, 3.23: "The… | Mar 31, 2026 8:00 AM · 21 characters. Email Template Dissecting SJ's 75% murder rate increase, Q125-Q126 SJ Merc, 3.23: "The… | |
| Mar 30, 2026 8:00 AM | Bogus housing $ analysis | 24 | Email Template Apples and oranges Yesterday, the Merc highlighted a howler op-ed citing a… | Mar 30, 2026 8:00 AM · 24 characters. Email Template Apples and oranges Yesterday, the Merc highlighted a howler op-ed citing a… | |
| Mar 28, 2026 8:00 AM | My old school | 13 | Email Template California tumbles into the sea You gotta hand it to SJ Unified . Who else… | Mar 28, 2026 8:00 AM · 13 characters. Email Template California tumbles into the sea You gotta hand it to SJ Unified . Who else… |
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