Los Angeles – California Globe

The Illusion State: How Spectacle Replaced Leadership in California

February 9, 2026 3:00 amFebruary 9, 2026 3:01 am

California is entering its Nero moment — a state unraveling under crime, addiction, homelessness, and institutional decay while its leaders cling to spectacle, slogans, and Hollywood‑style theatrics. From Sacramento to Los Angeles to Oakland, the pattern is unmistakable: performance has...

New Fraud Uncovered in California: $8.6 billion COVID-era Relief

February 6, 2026 7:35 amFebruary 6, 2026 8:07 am

Earlier this week, the White House announced plans for a new anti-fraud task force targeting welfare abuse in California and other states, and assigned Vice President J.D. Vance, Andrew Ferguson of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Attorney General Pam...

California Will Lose at Least Two Seats in Congress After 2030

January 29, 2026 6:00 amJanuary 29, 2026 6:01 am

Despite a return to positive population growth, California will lose at least two (-2), and is at high risk of losing three (-3) seats in Congress, going from 52 to 49 after the census in 2030, and fourth overall since...

Come One, Cabal: How America Turned Affordable Housing into a Self-Protecting Industry

January 12, 2026 3:00 amJanuary 12, 2026 3:01 am

Good Intentions, Terrible Results American housing policy has become a blend of politics and profit, over people. In America’s most prosperous cities, taxpayers now routinely spend close to, and in some cases more than a million dollars to produce a...

Gilbert Police Ensnared In Widespread Pattern of Falsifying Crime Data

December 17, 2025 9:59 amDecember 17, 2025 9:59 am

A former Gilbert Town Councilman has accused the Gilbert Police Department of systematically manipulating crime statistics for over a decade by implementing a non-standard “Priority Zero” call classification system, allegedly to artificially lower reported crime rates and improve response time...

Rents Decline with Increased Border Security and Immigration Enforcement

November 4, 2025 2:33 pmNovember 4, 2025 2:38 pm

You don’t need to be an economics major to understand the cause and effect of Supply and Demand. The more Demand, the less Supply–which causes prices to increase. The less Demand causes more Supply, therefore prices decrease. This common sense...

48 Global Trips for CA Insurance Commish Ricardo Lara as Insurance Carriers Were Leaving California

October 2, 2025 5:03 pmOctober 4, 2025 7:29 am

Where’s Ricardo? He’s not in his office, that’s for sure. California’s elusive Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has built up a lot of frequent flyer miles while California homeowners have been getting hit with massive spikes in insurance premiums, or getting...