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High-Speed Rail Shuffle: Bay Area Cronies Board the Boondoggle While the Central Valley Gets the Shaft

May 15, 2026 8:00 amMay 15, 2026 8:01 am

Fresno developer Tom Richards spent sixteen years trying to steer California’s high-speed rail project toward something resembling a real outcome. Last week he stepped down as board chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Governor Gavin Newsom’s response: appoint two...

Nevada AG Aaron Ford Pledges to Force Workers into Unions by Repealing Right-to-Work

April 28, 2026 11:27 amApril 28, 2026 11:28 am

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, the Democratic frontrunner challenging Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in the 2026 gubernatorial race, has explicitly pledged to repeal Nevada’s 1953 right-to-work law if elected—signing legislation on day one of his term. The vow, delivered during...

Tom Steyer Campaigning on Blowing up Prop 13

April 14, 2026 9:04 amApril 15, 2026 6:38 am

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced Sunday they had reached a tentative labor agreement with United Teachers Los Angeles labor union, potentially easing concerns over a looming strike that threatened to disrupt classes for hundreds of thousands of students....

Gubernatorial Rivals Agree: California Got This Farmworker Law Wrong

April 2, 2026 6:30 amApril 2, 2026 12:54 pm

Political agreement is rare. What happened this week at Fresno State demands attention. On April 1, 2026, Republican and Democratic candidates for governor shared the stage and acknowledged a hard truth: California’s elected leaders got it wrong. The Legislature and...

CalPERS Still $153 Billion Underwater Despite Near Record Returns

March 12, 2026 8:06 amMarch 12, 2026 8:06 am

Thirty years of running hedge funds, private equity deals, and now outsourced CIO roles for ultra-high-net-worth family offices taught me one ironclad rule. Optimistic assumptions in a spreadsheet are just fraud wearing a tie. I watched markets crash in 2008...

Gov. Gavin Newsom: How to Destroy California in Two Terms

February 4, 2026 11:10 amFebruary 5, 2026 11:21 am

If I was the leftist governor of the largest state in the U.S. and my unspoken goal and unholy plan was to destabilize and destroy my state, there are certain policies I would impose, and executive orders I’d make, while...

Mayor Lurie’s State of the City: A Critical Examination

January 16, 2026 3:00 amJanuary 16, 2026 3:04 am

San Francisco’s Mayor Daniel Lurie, in this morning’s State of the City address, painted a picture of a city on the cusp of a triumphant economic resurgence, touting 2025 as a pivotal year for our recovery in the retail and...