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DA Gascon Tried to Side-Step California’s Three Strikes Law

December 13, 2023 6:47 amDecember 13, 2023 6:47 am

California’s “three strikes” law is widely popular and widely credited with cutting crime. It is also the bete noir of the progressive prosecutor and the “justice reform” movement, being blamed for excessive incarceration and arrest and sentencing racial disparities. The...

Former SJ Mayor Sam Liccardo Officially Announces Candidacy For Congressional Seat

December 8, 2023 7:19 pmDecember 8, 2023 7:19 pm

Former San Jose Mayor and current Stanford professor Sam Liccardo announced on Friday that he is officially running for Congress, joining an already crowded field for the 16th House District seat covering part of the Southern Bay area. For months,...

Effort Grows To Have Former SF Mayor, Supervisor Mark Farrell Run For Mayor In 2024

November 30, 2023 2:26 amNovember 30, 2023 2:27 am

Former San Francisco Mayor and Supervisor Mark Farrell received a large boost of support in the past few weeks to enter the 2024 San Francisco Mayoral race, despite Farrell having shown no prior interest in the position. The 2024 Mayoral...

One Week After APEC: San Francisco Reverts To Its Old Gross Self In A Matter Of Days

November 22, 2023 2:30 amNovember 22, 2023 2:31 am

Last week, the world’s eyes were on San Francisco as the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit was held in the city. San Francisco, which has been characterized as crime-ridden, dirty, and filled with homeless people and people taking drugs on...

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper Chastises Target’s Crime Policy In Weekend Tweet

November 13, 2023 5:36 pmNovember 13, 2023 5:36 pm

A growing rift between Target corporate crime policies and law enforcement was highlighted by Sacramento County Sheriff and former Assemblyman Jim Cooper during the weekend, who said that Target has been asking law enforcement not to arrest people in stores...

Build the Wall! …Around San Francisco for Asian-Pacific Economic Summit

November 12, 2023 8:42 amNovember 12, 2023 2:29 pm

This surely must be from the “you can’t make this stuff up” department: San Francisco is building walls around the area where the the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit is going in – for security. “The sidewalks in the APEC zone,...

Los Angeles, San Francisco Mayors Clean Up Cities for Visiting Dignitaries But not for Residents

November 10, 2023 11:08 amNovember 13, 2023 8:59 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who ludicrously chairs the U.S. Conference of Mayors’s Homelessness Task Force, is hosting a two-day U.S. Conference of Mayors gathering to discuss the challenges in addressing homelessness. At the same time, San Francisco Mayor London...