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San Francisco’s Antisemitism Problem: It’s Complicated

July 14, 2025 2:30 amJuly 14, 2025 2:31 am

It is barely summer 2025 and the just-completed San Francisco’s Pride Weekend became the setting for not one but two embarrassing and concerning incidents exposing Mayor Daniel Lurie’s difficultly in leadership. As one of several Jewish elected city officials (his...

Greenberg: No, Mayor Lurie, Twitter Didn’t Cause San Francisco’s Woes

May 22, 2025 11:20 amMay 22, 2025 11:20 am

San Francisco, once a shining beacon of innovation and culture, is grappling with a harsh reality: shuttered storefronts, rampant drug use, persistent homelessness, crime, and a fiscal mess. Previous Mayor London Breed and now Mayor Daniel Lurie have both pointed...

Violent Crime is Not Down in California Despite What Sanctuary State Governor Gavin Newsom Says

April 15, 2025 12:34 pmApril 15, 2025 12:34 pm

California’s Governor Gavin Newsom claims that crime is down. Spoiler alert – crime in California is not down. This is Gov. Newsom gaslighting, trying to look good to a national audience, and trying to get ahead of his budget which...

Is Healthcare a Human Right?

February 5, 2025 3:00 pmFebruary 5, 2025 3:01 pm

Is Healthcare a Human Right? My answer, having been a general surgeon for 45 years is hell no! My healthcare is a personal obligation, and I am 100% responsible for how I take care of myself. And that is your...

Haughty Gov. Gavin Newsom Takes Credit for ‘Recent Crack Down on Retail Theft’

December 28, 2024 11:25 amJanuary 1, 2025 6:59 am

The recent news stories of actual arrests for blatant crime and serial theft rings in California is thanks to voter’s overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 36 to reverse the state’s perverse lax theft laws. Most people are celebrating that...

We’re Making Crime Illegal Again in California

November 6, 2024 5:18 pmNovember 6, 2024 5:20 pm

California leads the nation in fentanyl deaths, homelessness and retail theft thanks to Proposition 47. For those who haven’t personally witnessed daily brazen theft in mom and pop convenience stores, Target, Walmart, Walgreens, grocery stores and high end retail stores,...

After Fighting Initiative, Gov. Newsom Taking Credit for Making Crime Illegal Again

August 18, 2024 2:55 amAugust 20, 2024 8:59 am

Nearly 50% of the stores in San Francisco have closed and residents are fleeing the city. Sacramento’s downtown still looks as if the 2020 riots just took place. Los Angeles is… well, it’s Los Angeles. And California Governor Gavin Newsom...