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Newsom Dumps Another $145 Million in Homelessness Funding as Fraud, Waste, and Empty Shelters Plague His Record

April 8, 2026 3:13 pmApril 9, 2026 8:21 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that his administration is handing local governments an additional $145.4 million in taxpayer dollars to “drive forward our progress reducing homelessness,” touting “real results in real time” and wildly claiming the state has already transitioned...

Nick Shirley Uncovers Over $170 Million in Alleged Fraud Across California Daycare and Hospice Operations

March 17, 2026 4:28 pmMarch 19, 2026 8:12 am

Independent journalist Nick Shirley has released a devestating 40-minute investigative video that exposes what appears to be massive waste and potential fraud in California’s hospice, Medi-Cal and daycare programs. His report, now viewed more than 7.7 million times on X,...

Nevada Democrats Welcome Gavin Newsom to Vegas: Importing California’s Failed Policies and Woke Agenda

March 3, 2026 3:10 pmMarch 8, 2026 1:02 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been invited by Nevada Democrats to visit southern Nevada, specifically Las Vegas, amid reports that he may meet with Aaron Ford, the state’s Democratic candidate for governor and current Attorney General. Reportedly, Newsom’s trip is...

A Second Grader Should Not Have to Ask, ‘Is He Dead?’

March 3, 2026 11:06 amMarch 3, 2026 11:08 am

Every morning, parents walk their children to school past people shooting up on the sidewalk. Men. Women. People slumped over on the curb. Some are so still you can’t tell if they’re breathing. And then comes the hardest part: the...

Gov. Newsom to Spend Another $1 Billion on Homeless

March 3, 2026 8:38 amMarch 4, 2026 12:56 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans Monday to allocate an additional $1 billion to support his homelessness programs, focusing on expanding housing and behavioral health services. Newsom now claims he is “Repairing California’s behavioral health system,” which he says he...

Governor Newsom’s 2026 Budget has New Homeless Agencies & Increases Homeless Spending: $37 Billion Wasn’t Enough?

February 16, 2026 9:28 amFebruary 17, 2026 3:22 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills in 2024 that would have created actual transparency and auditing for the tens of billions that was spent and lost on homeless programs. One bill would have required annual reporting on state-run homelessness...

CA State Controller: The Most Powerful and Consequential of California’s Constitutional Offices—and the Key to Fixing California

February 10, 2026 5:00 amFebruary 10, 2026 5:01 am

California boasts the fourth-largest economy on Earth (GDP exceeding $4.1 trillion, behind only the U.S., China, and Germany), yet the state hemorrhages billions to fraud, waste, and mismanagement. In this broken system, the California State Controller stands as the most...