Thomas Buckley – Page 43 – California Globe

About Last Week …Polls in the Hole for Dems

November 12, 2023 2:30 amNovember 12, 2023 2:31 am

For the first time since taking office, President Joe Biden has slipped into negative territory when it comes to his approval poll numbers in California. For only the second time since taking office, Governor Gavin Newsom has slipped into negative...

Better, But Still Blindspotted

November 9, 2023 6:05 pmNovember 10, 2023 11:14 am

With only five candidates – but still not the big one – on the Miami stage last night, the Republican debate seemed more orderly and focused. But – yet again – the culture war elephant in the room was largely...

Su’s Labor Department Sued Because of Su

November 9, 2023 5:35 pmNovember 9, 2023 5:35 pm

And so it begins. It what promises to be the first of many, a lawsuit has been filed against Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and her department stating that a new wage regulation is invalid, at least in part,...

LA Pays $1.8 Million to Garcetti Aide Victim

November 9, 2023 2:56 amNovember 9, 2023 2:57 am

Wednesday, the Los Angeles City council approved a $1.8 million settlement payment to the LAPD officer former Mayor Garcetti’s political fixer Rick Jacobs sexually harassed while the mayor sat by and did nothing. Jacobs repeatedly and explicitly harassed Mathew Garza...

EXCLUSIVE: SEIU Called Out for Mistreating Own Employees

November 8, 2023 3:29 pmNovember 9, 2023 6:19 am

One of the most powerful unions in the state appears to have a history of not treating its own employees very well. And in one case, possibly even leading to a death. From the state teachers spending $40,000 a day...

Call for DA Gascon Recusal

November 8, 2023 2:45 amNovember 8, 2023 6:26 am

Imagine you are a District Attorney and you are listening to a purportedly illegally obtained audio tape on which a fellow elected official says “F**k that guy – He’s with the Blacks.” Then imagine you are a District Attorney who...

Rick Caruso Switching Sides… Again?

November 7, 2023 3:15 amNovember 7, 2023 3:16 am

Billionaire Developer Rick Caruso, who spent $104 million last year in his failed campaign to become mayor of Los Angeles, appears to be politically reinventing himself once again: the former Republican donor and Trump appointee is now rebranding himself as...