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The Greenberg Brief: When Building Leads to Destroying

July 10, 2024 8:00 amJuly 10, 2024 8:01 am

We’ve heard that the cure to San Francisco’s ails like homelessness, record high costs to buy or rent a home, will be magically cured by unleashing massive building efforts, building in every neighborhood across the City. Whether we like it...

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Issues Feeble Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Homeless Camp Bans

July 8, 2024 1:00 pmJuly 9, 2024 8:37 am

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which found that local laws limiting encampments on public land does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment, allowing for local civil and criminal...

From the Cheap Seats: Liberating Local Government

July 8, 2024 6:32 amJuly 8, 2024 10:19 am

A recent decision of the United States Supreme Court has important implications for localities in California trying to address the problem of homelessness. With a 6-3 majority in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson the high court...

LA Homeless Report Finds City Has Been Actively Making People Lose Shelter

July 6, 2024 2:25 amJuly 6, 2024 2:26 am

A new report unveiled at the Los Angeles City Council meeting earlier this week found that the city impounded 555 vehicles in which homeless people lived in while only offering shelter to 186 in the pat two years, going directly...

Bass Ackwards: LA Mayor Wants Another Term

July 5, 2024 8:52 amJuly 5, 2024 8:52 am

Just a few days ago, you may have noticed an odd little ripple in California politics. Or – considering the megaphoney grifty cowardly lunacy taking place in the state house taking place in the state house – you probably didn’t....

Gov. Newsom Cancels Plan for Competing Reform Prop. 47 Crime Measure on Nov. Ballot

July 2, 2024 10:14 pmJuly 3, 2024 6:23 am

“Gov. Gavin Newsom is scrapping his plan to put another crime question on the California ballot, three sources involved in the effort confirmed Tuesday night,” KCRA Capitol Correspondent Ashley Zavala reported Tuesday evening. This news comes at an interesting time...

California Democrats Scheming on Last Minute Alternative to Prop. 47 Reform Initiative

June 30, 2024 8:08 pmJune 30, 2024 8:10 pm

Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water, California Democrats are now calling session for late night Wednesday, July 3rd to enact an alternative to the Proposition 47 reform initiative. Capitol Staffers received that message...