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Greenberg Brief: Harris and Breed, Similarities and Failures

September 16, 2024 6:00 pmSeptember 16, 2024 6:01 pm

Some interesting parallels are emerging with Kamala Harris and San Francisco’s incumbent mayor London Breed, beyond both women having dated former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. After watching several debates in which Breed had participated, and the televised Trump/Harris debate...

The Greenberg Brief: APEC Summit Won’t Bring Real Change to San Francisco – ‘Clean for Xi, but not for thee’

November 14, 2023 2:45 amNovember 16, 2023 1:49 pm

Every San Francisco resident and business owner is skeptical. Is the cleanup of the streets for the twenty-one nations’ heads of state summit this week politically-driven? Of course! APEC is here. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit comes to San Francisco this...

San Francisco’s Richmond District Demands Change, Not a New Face of Failed Leftist Policies

September 26, 2023 1:43 pmSeptember 27, 2023 7:47 am

Did you receive a postcard in the mail from Marjan Philhour recently? I did, and I was quite surprised, since she hasn’t officially filed paperwork as a candidate for District 1 Supervisor, the norhwest corner of San Francisco, namely The...

Despite New District Attorney, SF Police Commission Operates Like Boudin Agents

July 8, 2023 2:30 amJuly 8, 2023 8:46 am

“Crime hasn’t fallen, I told you so.” Such is the oft-repeated criticism by loyalists of ousted former District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Across the city, not a day goes by that I haven’t heard claims to the effect that the recall...

Unions Are Behind California’s Latest Wealth Tax Proposal

February 13, 2023 2:32 pmFebruary 14, 2023 5:35 pm

If at first you don’t succeed, try again. This adage applies well to ideas for new ways to tax Californians. Every election cycle we see new ways to be taxed, and higher tax rates, but rarely will we see a...

Former Los Angeles Teacher’s Stand Against Union Push to ‘Defund the Police’ Reaches 9th Circuit

January 10, 2023 3:15 pmJanuary 10, 2023 3:30 pm

Former high school teacher Glenn Laird, who two years ago shook the pillars of one of the largest and most powerful teachers’ unions in the United States, United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), has now elevated his case to the...

San Francisco’s Failing Political Policies Should Forewarn the Country

December 7, 2022 9:09 amDecember 9, 2022 7:40 am

It’s not a secret that San Francisco is a “dumpster fire,” as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently called it. San Francisco was once named the most beautiful city in America. The city is utterly calamitous today with decades of Democrat...