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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...

Another San Francisco Mayoral Debate Is Cancelled Due To Accusations Of Favoritism

August 9, 2024 4:14 pmAugust 9, 2024 4:14 pm

The next San Francisco Mayoral debate, which was due to be sponsored by the Commonwealth Club World Affairs next Wednesday, was cancelled on Friday following three candidates dropping out over the hosting groups, ConnectedSF and Voice of S.F., having endorsing...

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....