Richie Greenberg – Page 3 – California Globe

Greenberg: Gavin Newsom Could Choose AOC as 2028 Running Mate

September 27, 2025 3:30 amSeptember 27, 2025 10:50 am

As the faltering Democratic Party looks toward the 2028 presidential election, California Governor Gavin Newsom currently stands as the frontrunner for the party’s nomination, bolstered by his national profile and handling (controversially) of high-stakes issues like immigration and gerrymandering. With...

Greenberg: Nextdoor Violated Campaign Finance Laws in SF Recall Election

September 20, 2025 2:48 amSeptember 20, 2025 10:50 am

Community online network Nextdoor, a publicly traded company based in San Francisco, has become central to local discourse including being a place to list second-hand items for sale or to give away, to post government agency safety alerts and to...

Greenberg: San Francisco’s Contribution to Reckless Rhetoric

September 14, 2025 10:36 amSeptember 14, 2025 10:37 am

San Francisco’s reckless-mouthed political leaders Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsom, Scott Wiener, David Chiu (and a gaggle of others) have long positioned themselves as the moral bulkhead, a wall against “right-wing extremism.” Yet, beneath this facade of virtue lies a troubling...

Greenberg: San Francisco’s Insanely High Per Capita Spending

September 10, 2025 2:55 amSeptember 10, 2025 2:56 am

It’s hard to believe but our new mayor, Daniel Lurie, who campaigned on accountability as a main talking point, is now proposing a tax, a parcel tax, to be put to the voters next year, to close the gap in...

Greenberg: San Francisco’s Latest Failed Social Programs

September 5, 2025 2:45 amSeptember 5, 2025 3:40 am

San Francisco, a city under uninterrupted and total Democratic control for decades, is a cautionary tale of progressive policy failures. Despite pouring billions of taxpayers’ money into social programs and city departments annually, City Hall has overseen a cascade of...

Redistricting’s Prop 50 is a Shameful, Power-Grabbing Unconstitutional Scheme

August 26, 2025 3:00 amAugust 27, 2025 8:13 am

If the latest power-grabbing action from Governor Newsom and the California state legislature does indeed go forward this November, we must stand firmly against the proposition, now known as Prop 50. This proposal is a blatant attack on the democratic...

Greenberg: California is Not the Global Powerhouse Newsom Claims

August 22, 2025 2:45 amAugust 23, 2025 7:49 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom never misses the chance to boast that California is the “4th largest economy in the world,” a claim that has become a staple of his administration’s narrative. In 2024, with California’s nominal Gross State Product (GSP),...