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New Golden Fleece Award Goes to BART for ‘Crime, Grime, and Greed’

January 25, 2022 7:11 am

The Bay Area Rapid Transit system has just received the California Golden Fleece® Award for its excessive employee compensation, reckless financial mismanagement, poor on-time performance, unsanitary conditions, and failure to prevent the system from becoming a magnet for criminals, the...

Gov. Newsom Shocked California Looks Like ‘a Third World Country’

January 21, 2022 7:35 amJanuary 23, 2022 5:45 pm

Californians have recently been treated to images of mountains of trash along the Union Pacific rail line in Los Angeles. CBS-LA reporter John Schreiber went to the site and took video of looted packages from Amazon and UPS, prescription drugs,...

The California Governor’s Pardon Power

December 28, 2021 9:45 amDecember 28, 2021 9:54 am

Both the U.S. President and California’s Governor have the power to pardon. The President’s pardon power is contained in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides that “The President … shall have Power to grant...

Rescue California Tells Gov. Gavin Newsom to Call Special Legislative Session over Crime Wave

December 21, 2021 7:39 amDecember 21, 2021 7:56 am

Rescue California held a recent press conference calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to call a special session of the California Legislature to address the crime wave and smash-and-grabs taking place across the state. As the Globe has reported, Proposition 47,...

With Crime in California Out of Control, is Newsom Now the Law and Order Governor?

December 19, 2021 2:24 amDecember 21, 2021 6:22 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced he will seek more than $300 million in state funding over three years to in an effort to provide more support to law enforcement efforts to combat retail theft. This is in response...

Sacramento Mayor Wants More Youth ‘Programs’ Following Shooting Murder of 8-Year Old

November 18, 2021 5:11 pmNovember 22, 2021 11:52 am

Tuesday night, a little girl, only 8 years old, was killed in Sacramento on the 2600 Block of 5th Street. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg posted this reaction on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mayor_Steinberg/status/1461389935194169348 The Sacramento Police Department reported: When officers arrived on scene,...

SacBee Calls Parents ‘Angry, Violent, Toxic’ While Touting City’s New Community Organizer Hire

November 16, 2021 9:42 amNovember 17, 2021 12:02 pm

The Sacramento Bee recently published a news article calling angry and frustrated California parents “violent” and “toxic extremists.” Within days the Bee published another article touting Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s latest hire: a former Community organizer to run Sacramento’s new...