Richie Greenberg – Page 6 – California Globe

Greenberg: Kamala Harris Decides Against Run for Governor in 2026

July 30, 2025 5:02 pmJuly 31, 2025 7:38 am

Today, former Vice President Kamala Harris announced she would not run for California governor next year, a decision that echoes Joe Biden’s 2015 choice to forego a presidential run in 2016, only to reverse course and win the presidency in...

Greenberg: The Anti-Car Crusade Hurts Seniors, the Disabled, and Families

July 22, 2025 3:10 amJuly 22, 2025 3:11 am

San Francisco’s relentless push to eliminate cars and parking, championed by City Hall and emboldened by rabid YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) activists, is strangling the mobility of our most vulnerable residents: seniors, people with disabilities, and families with children....

San Francisco’s Antisemitism Problem: It’s Complicated

July 14, 2025 2:30 amJuly 14, 2025 2:31 am

It is barely summer 2025 and the just-completed San Francisco’s Pride Weekend became the setting for not one but two embarrassing and concerning incidents exposing Mayor Daniel Lurie’s difficultly in leadership. As one of several Jewish elected city officials (his...

Greenberg: Sen. Scott Wiener’s Shockingly Reckless Nazi Analogy

July 7, 2025 6:30 amJuly 11, 2025 6:36 am

We stand for principled debate and fairness in women’s sports, but a recent statement by San Francisco’s Senator Scott Wiener, a lightning-rod of an elected official in the State Legislature, who recently compared America’s efforts to regulate transgender participation in...

Mayor Bass’s Resistance to California’s Film Industry

July 4, 2025 8:20 amJuly 4, 2025 8:21 am

Los Angeles, the epicenter of California’s film and television industry, faces a crisis of “runaway production,” with projects fleeing to states like Georgia and countries like Canada and the UK, for better tax incentives. Governor Gavin Newsom’s expansion of the...

Making the Case for Denaturalizing and Deporting Zohran Mamdani

July 1, 2025 7:35 amJuly 1, 2025 7:35 am

Zohran Mamdani, lightning rod candidate for New York City mayor who’s a naturalized U.S. citizen (2018), originally from Uganda, has drawn intense scrutiny for his political activism, past incendiary artistic expressions, and affiliations with extremist causes. Many in New York...

Greenberg & Grimes: Inappropriate Books at the Golden Gate Bridge Visitors Bookshop

June 30, 2025 2:55 amJune 30, 2025 7:50 am

It’s assumed the National Park Service objective is preserving America’s natural and cultural heritage, offering visitors a sanctuary to connect with iconic parks and landmarks. The Warming Hut, the bookstore and visitors shop at the doorstep of the world-famous Golden...