Richie Greenberg – California Globe

San Francisco’s Lurie Deficit: A Fiscal Crisis City Hall Refuses to Address

December 10, 2025 2:55 amDecember 10, 2025 2:56 am

San Francisco faces a daunting financial challenge once again: a projected one-billion-dollar budget deficit for the 2026 fiscal year. Mayor Daniel Lurie’s made startling remarks revealed at the Wired conference here last week. Lurie, though acting as the city’s ambassador...

San Francisco’s Misdirected Lawsuit: Fix SNAP Instead

December 3, 2025 11:06 amDecember 3, 2025 11:06 am

San Francisco’s lawsuit against ten major food manufacturers, filed December 2, 2025, exemplifies the liberal appetite for big-government solutions that punish private enterprise while ignoring the real culprits in America’s public health crisis. This legal action is yet another example...

This Thanksgiving, Thank a Republican Farmer

December 1, 2025 12:21 pmDecember 1, 2025 12:23 pm

Apart from tech, agriculture reigns supreme in the state of California, with a whopping $61.2 billion in annual receipts, according to the California Dept of Food and Agriculture, a peculiar political harvest trend has taken root. Forget the old red...

The US-China Precursor Agreement: Victory in the Fight Against Fentanyl?

November 21, 2025 11:14 amNovember 21, 2025 11:14 am

In November 2025, President Donald Trump proved that decisive federal action, backed by American economic power and political will, can accomplish what years of local surrender, like San Francisco, never could. The fentanyl epidemic ravages American communities with a ferocity...

Wiener Meltdown: A Town Hall Exposed Radical Trans Agenda

November 17, 2025 2:55 amNovember 17, 2025 2:56 am

In San Francisco’s Mission District, on November 10, 2025, California State Senator Scott Wiener, the progressive darling, self-proclaimed champion of the marginalized, and frontrunner to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress, stepped into a political trap of his own making. What...

KitKat’s Untimely Death vs San Francisco’s 500 Overdoses Citywide

November 7, 2025 9:58 amNovember 7, 2025 9:58 am

In San Francisco’s Mission District, a tabby cat named KitKat met its demise last week, struck by a Waymo autonomous vehicle pulling away from a curb. Autonomous vehicles aren’t flawless; their sensors and algorithms could (rarely) falter in the chaos...

Nancy Pelosi Retiring: A Legacy of Elitism, Hypocrisy and Partisan Power

November 6, 2025 7:51 amNovember 7, 2025 6:10 am

For nearly four decades, Nancy Pelosi (now 85) ruled as the iron-fisted queen of the Democratic Party, wielding her gavel with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. She’s finally leaving. Now, as she today announced she won’t run for re-election next year...