‘The Current LA Riots are an Example of Your Tax Dollars Hard at Work’

With the Los Angeles riots continuing into the fourth day, California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta have announced they are suing President Donald Trump for federalizing the California National Guard. President Trump did this to assist Los Angeles law enforcement with the rioting in LA because Newsom wouldn’t, proving one more time that leftists are petulant children.

Even the Los Angeles police chief said his officers were overwhelmed. And Governor Newsom did nothing.

The riot images are horrific.

Now, picture this: The City of Los Angeles is scheduled to host the Summer Olympics next, in 2028.

In March, the Globe reported:

“It takes a decade to prepare for the influx of athletes and tourists, the Council on Foreign Relations recently explained.

Is Los Angeles really already 7 years into preparations, with 3 of those years under Gavin Newsom’s statewide covid lockdown?

Many are concerned whether the State and the City will be prepared for this venture, and if not, could be a disaster be waiting to happen?

This was only two months after the devastating fires in Pacific Palisades and Malibu. And at the time, the LA Mayor had just admitted to a $2 billion dollar deficit and traveled to Sacramento to ask for state funds to close her budget chasm.

We noted at the time that the Newsom Administration budget was somewhere between $40 billion and at least $80 billion in deficit. Since then, Gov. Newsom claims the budget deficit is only $12 billion.

But he has committed to state funds to assist with the LA28 Olympics?

California Attorney Laura Powell also questioned if there are any adults who will step in and call off the LA28 Olympics. “Or are they deliberately setting it up for a disaster of historic proportions?”

Powell however, really blew the lid off of the funders of these riots:

“If you are a Californian, the current LA riots are an example of your tax dollars hard at work. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Right—CHIRLA—is one of the key players in fomenting the violent response to immigration enforcement actions. It’s an LA-based nonprofit with a history of taking radical positions on immigration; for example, it led a 2018 campaign to abolish ICE. It currently leads the Los Angeles Rapid Response Network, which gathers intel about enforcement actions and deploys activists to respond. CHIRLA has strong ties to the Democrat Party in California and has supported the election of Democratic candidates through its lobbying arm. It has a particularly close relationship with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The organization also has a close relationship with organized labor in the state, which in turn is a major financial supporter of Democrat politicians. On Friday, amid rising tensions, CHIRLA held a rally protesting ICE’s enforcement actions and the arrest of SEIU President David Huerta for obstruction. The incredible part is that CHIRLA’s activities are primarily funded by California taxpayers. I obtained a financial audit that shows that for the fiscal year ending June 2023, it received $34 million from the state, mostly through the Department of Social Services, accounting for 72% of its total revenue. This was nearly a three-fold increase over the previous year. CHIRLA also received a $450,000 federal contract in 2023, which Mayor Bass publicly took credit for helping secure. DHS froze funding in February, which prompted a lawsuit from CHIRLA. DHA then canceled the contract, and the lawsuit was then dismissed. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex—now we face a nonprofit-industrial complex.”

The Globe has covered CHIRLA in the past, and their $34M in government funding. I dug into their IRS filings: The the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), lists that it received $33,966,572 in government grants on its 2023 IRS Form 990, and $10,628,376 in “All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above,” for a grand total of $44,760,434.

So did Jen Van Laar at RedState:

“Things might have stayed somewhat contained but for the involvement of two powerful and high-profile leftist community ‘leaders.’

One of those people, SEIU California President David Huerta, was arrested for interfering with federal officers after he got in the way of ICE officers. After his arrest, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Rep. Gil Cisneros, and other Democrat elected officials decried the action.

Then Angelica Salas, Executive Director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) held a press conference calling for broad demonstrations against ICE, and tensions and violence escalated from there.

Hundreds of “protesters” turned into thousands of rioters before long, complete with matching t-shirts and professionally printed signs, signaling the involvement of organizations with some degree of funding behind them.

As Data Republican found, CHIRLA and the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSLWEB) are two of the NGOs implicated in this ongoing riot.”

U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles Bill Essayli announced his office is investigating who is behind these coordinated attacks. In an interview with Fox News, reporter Bill Melugin asked Essayli about the federal arrest of SEIU California President David Huerta, for allegedly interfering with ICE agents in Paramount on Friday. “I asked Essayli if that arrest is meant to send more of a ‘don’t interfere with our guys’ message, or if he’s actually looking to put Huerta in federal prison? Essayli told me the federal agents had no idea who Huerta was when he was arrested, and that he will receive no special treatment. Yes, he will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and the same will happen to anyone else who interferes, Essayli said. Essayli also told me his office has many open investigations into looters, rioters, arsonists, and rock/stone throwers, adding that every piece of available video and social media will be combed through and that the targets shouldn’t feel comfortable just because they haven’t been arrested. ‘It’s coming,’ he said.”

Lastly, according to Berkeley law prof John Yoo, “President Trump has the law firmly on his side, thanks to the Constitution.”

“There is a long and important tradition in our country, expressed in the Posse Comitatus Act, against using the military for domestic law enforcement. (BTW, readers of “Political Questions” likely know that Congress enacted the PCA to withdraw federal troops from the South and end Reconstruction as part of the deal to resolve the 1876 elections — but that is another story). But there are exceptions, such as protecting the national government and its operations and breaking up resistance to federal law, which are authorized by the Constitution itself or in the Insurrection Act. The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution makes clear that federal law is superior to state law; California’s officials and residents have no right to block the enforcement of federal immigration policy, no matter how much they disagree with it.”

As to the LA28 Olympics, we concluded in March and retain this conclusion. And ironically, we were only discussing the LA28 Olympics. This conclusion fits the LA riots as well:

It appears obvious that Gavin Newsom does not care about what he leaves behind. He’s all about living in the here and now, and denying his past, as his vanity podcast confirms, as he tries to rewrite his own history and lengthy record of wreckage.

How will Gov. Newsom and Mayor Bass escape accountability this time? Will they wait until it is a five-alarm emergency, beg for a bail out and then blame any and all consequences on Trump? That seems to be standard operating procedure.

That won’t work this time – we want answers now. It’s not 2028 yet.