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Reformer Rosen Says Gascon Has to Go: Santa Clara DA Endorses Hochman

June 14, 2024 2:55 amJune 14, 2024 2:56 am

When is a progressive district attorney actually regressive? It’s when the DA in question in question is Los Angeles County’s George Gascon, says Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen. This week, Rosen endorsed Nathan Hochman in his effort to...

UCLA Gets New Chancellor: Dr. Julio Frenk to Take Over

June 12, 2024 4:34 pmJune 12, 2024 4:34 pm

The University of California Board of Regents today named Dr. Julio Frenk to be the new UCLA chancellor. Frenk had been president of the University of Miami since 2015, where he led an ambitious fund raising drive that netted the...

A ‘Gascon Special’

June 11, 2024 2:13 pmJune 11, 2024 2:45 pm

When does a 75 years to life prison term not really mean 75 years to life? When Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is involved. In 2018, peripatetically homeless woman Nancy Jackson eradicated a family in Leimert Park – in...

LA Homeless Tower Cost as Much as 5-Star Hotel to Build

June 10, 2024 1:19 pmJune 10, 2024 1:19 pm

Gym, balconies, restaurant, soundproof music studio, business center, located in downtown Los Angeles, and it’s pet friendly! Sounds like a pretty good hotel, four-stars at least. Sounds like, but isn’t – it’s the new Weingart Center 19-story “Permanent Supportive Housing”...

Wither Crime Stats?

June 7, 2024 11:16 amJune 7, 2024 11:16 am

“Blob not found.” That’s what the Los Angeles Police Department’s web pages read when trying to access city crime statistics. For the past couple of months, finding crime rates and statistics has been difficult for the general public as the...

Is It Racist: A Look at State Agency Anti-Racism Plans

June 7, 2024 2:45 amJune 7, 2024 2:46 am

Thanks to the good people at the State Water Resources Control Board, we all know now that California’s water is not racist, or at least as racist as it supposedly used to be. That’s all well and good –...

Mission: Political – California Endowment Goes All In on ESG

June 6, 2024 1:53 pmJune 6, 2024 1:53 pm

One of the state’s most powerful, most woke foundations is getting even woker, and even more powerful…maybe. The California Endowment, which now has about $4 billion dollars in assets, was created in 1996 when the then-non-profit Blue Cross health insurer...