Richie Greenberg – California Globe

Gov. Newsom FOIA: Personal Defense at Public Expense

June 16, 2026 7:00 amJune 16, 2026 7:00 am

Governor Gavin Newsom did it once again – demonstrated that rules are for little people. His office fired up the official state machinery, complete with taxpayer-funded staff, legal pit bull, and fancy letterhead, to file a Freedom of Information Act...

SF’s Absent Supervisor Fielder: Compassion, or Convenient Evasion?

June 13, 2026 6:30 amJune 13, 2026 6:31 am

Jacqueline “Jackie” Fielder, one of San Francisco’s youngest elected officials (31 yrs.), took office as District 9 Supervisor/City Council member on January, 2025 last year, after election victory. Representing constituents ranked among the most liberal (Mission District, Bernal Heights, and...

Pamela Price Is Wrong: County Voters Don’t Want Recalled DA Back

June 8, 2026 6:30 amJune 8, 2026 6:31 am

In last week’s special primary election for Alameda County District Attorney, voters delivered a resounding verdict that underscored a continuing rejection of progressive criminal justice reforms, yet apparently, some lessons require multiple reminders. Incumbent DA Ursula Jones Dickson, appointed after...

Greenberg: Massie’s Ouster No Mystery

May 20, 2026 12:32 pmMay 20, 2026 12:32 pm

Thomas Massie, libertarian maverick from Kentucky, finally went down to Trump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein in the Republican primary. After more than a decade in Congress, Massie’s quirky brand of fiscal scolding and foreign policy contrarianism proved too much for the...

Nancy Pelosi’s Endorsement of Connie Chan: Keeping the Rolodex Warm

May 19, 2026 6:35 amMay 19, 2026 6:44 am

Monday, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally dropped the hammer and endorsed San Francisco Supervisor (City Councilmember) Connie Chan for California’s 11th Congressional District. After months of teasing, this wasn’t just a polite pat on the back, it was Pelosi’s very...

Mayor Lurie’s Hollow Victory: Optics Over Substance in San Francisco’s Homelessness Numbers

May 15, 2026 6:00 amMay 15, 2026 6:01 am

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie stood before cameras this week at the city’s first sober shelter, Hope House, and declared victory. Preliminary results from the 2026 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, he announced, showed “incredible progress”: unsheltered homelessness had plummeted 22 percent...

Reed Hastings: Bankrolling California’s Progressives… and Now, He’s Eyeing Newsom’s White House Run

May 13, 2026 3:13 pmMay 13, 2026 3:13 pm

Reed Hastings, the billionaire co-founder and former CEO of Netflix, and his wife, philanthropist Patricia “Patty” Quillin, have emerged as two of California’s most generous – and ideologically consistent – political donors. Hastings built a fortune transforming a humble DVD-by-mail...