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Author: Thomas Buckley

Thomas Buckley is the former mayor of Lake Elsinore, CA, a Senior Fellow at the California Policy Center, and a former newspaper reporter.  He is currently the operator of a small communications and planning consultancy and can be reached directly at planbuckley@gmail.com. You can read more of his work at his Substack page.

Paying the Accused: DA Gascon’s Top Aide/Potential Felon Still on Payroll

August 15, 2024   4:19 pmAugust 15, 2024   6:09 pm
Despite her status as a suspected felon, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s “Ethics and Integrity Assistant District Attorney,” Diana Teran is still on the public payroll and getting paid – a lot, in fact. Since she was charged with...
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SF Housing Finance Authority Drops $20 Billion Bond Effort

August 14, 2024   4:52 pmAugust 14, 2024   4:52 pm
The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) today dropped its campaign to pass a $20 billion so-called affordable housing bond. Facing the almost certain loss at the polls, the BAHFA board met in closed session and unanimously decided that – on...
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One Weird Walz

August 13, 2024   3:55 pmAugust 13, 2024   3:55 pm
It was  a decade ago on the internet. Cats was hazzin cheeburgs, Risk Astley was popping up when least expected, and everyone was clicking on “one weird trick” ads. Since the internet is both immortal and ages in dog years...
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Tow No! New Fees, New Costs for State Towing Biz

August 13, 2024   9:34 amAugust 13, 2024   9:34 am
The towing and vehicle storage business may not be the most glamourous, but it is indispensable.  Helping clean up after wrecks, moving nuisance vehicles out of the way, responding to emergencies, storing impounded cars, clearing the freeways as quickly as...
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The Kamala-Su Connection

August 12, 2024   2:29 pmAugust 12, 2024   2:29 pm
Kamala Haris has some interesting friends, and one of those is Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. Sorry – Kamala refuses to call her “acting, ignoring the fact that the Senate that is technically in charge and controlled by Democrats...
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SF Housing Finance Authority Bungles Boondoggle Bond: $12 Billion Dollar ‘Mathematical Error’

August 12, 2024   2:30 amAugust 12, 2024   2:31 am
Sometimes, government agencies and the concept of math are not the best of friends. The state’s high speed rail program budget to complete the entire project has ballooned to upwards of $180 billion dollars. It was supposed to cost $33...
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Labor Sec. Julie Su Forgives $32.6 Billion in EDD Debt

August 8, 2024   2:53 pmAugust 8, 2024   9:11 pm
As Acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su has a very big eraser and she just used it wipe out her own $32.6 billion dollar mistake. While she was California’s Secretary of Labor, Su oversaw the California Employment Development Department –...
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