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Stop California Absurd Hydrogen Car Subsidies Before Approving Federal Fire Aid

March 3, 2025 10:48 amMarch 3, 2025 10:48 am

Governor Gavin Newsom has requested $40 billion in federal aid to assist California in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires last month. As a Pacific Palisades resident, I can attest the devastation is catastrophic and funds are desperately needed....

LA Homeless Tower Cost as Much as 5-Star Hotel to Build

June 10, 2024 1:19 pmJune 10, 2024 1:19 pm

Gym, balconies, restaurant, soundproof music studio, business center, located in downtown Los Angeles, and it’s pet friendly! Sounds like a pretty good hotel, four-stars at least. Sounds like, but isn’t – it’s the new Weingart Center 19-story “Permanent Supportive Housing”...

California’s Homeless Hustle is a House of Cards

December 13, 2022 2:45 amDecember 14, 2022 4:00 pm

It is evident now that California’s homeless solutions and the billion$ in funding are just one giant hustle – and maybe even a house of cards. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Encampment Resolution Fund grant program, a $700 million two-year program to close...

LA Controller Questions Proposition HHH and High Homeless Housing Costs

February 23, 2022 4:45 pmFebruary 23, 2022 4:50 pm

Citing the high cost – both financially and in human suffering – Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin Wednesday took issue with the lack of results produced so far by the city in addressing homelessness. “Although Los Angeles has made...

Los Angeles City Council Unanimously Passes Legislation to Add 25,000 Homeless Housing Units By 2025

August 11, 2021 12:04 pmMarch 15, 2022 3:40 pm

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously 13-0 on Tuesday to create or add 25,000 housing units for the homeless by 2025. The new housing dictum, which is part of Councilman Kevin De Leon’s “A Way Home” initiative, would utilize...

Newsom’s California is Not a Model for America – Especially on Homelessness

April 22, 2021 2:17 amApril 21, 2021 9:11 pm

Last week, Gavin Newsom bragged that California set up a national model to “solve homelessness” by converting hotels into homeless housing. He went on to declare that the Biden administration was working to implement the Newsom model across the country....

California’s Mayors Split on Vacation Home Tax Bill Aimed to Aid Homeless

March 11, 2020 6:15 amMarch 11, 2020 7:37 pm

“More money is necessary. But it’s not sufficient. More money needs to be accompanied by some form of legal mandate for all of us to bring people indoors.” ~Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg On Monday, California’s Big City Mayors of...