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Democrat Running For State Controller Studied Socialism in Venezuela on a Trip in 2006

September 13, 2022 5:23 pmSeptember 14, 2022 9:19 pm

Malia Cohen, a Democrat running for California State Controller, the state’s fiscal watchdog, traveled to Venezuela in 2006 to learn about Hugo Chavez’s socialist revolution, Fox News reported Tuesday. Cohen, who currently is a member of the California State Board of Equalization, made...

SF Police Commissioner John Hamasaki Resigns Following Multiple Failed Actions

March 9, 2022 3:59 pmMarch 9, 2022 4:00 pm

A member of the San Francisco Police Commission, John Hamasaki, resigned on Monday following several failed actions of the commission. Hamasaki, a criminal defense and civil rights lawyer, has been known as the SFPD’s biggest critic on the commission since...

Longtime Republican Policy Advisor Lanhee Chen Announces 2022 State Controller Run

July 6, 2021 10:47 am

Longtime Republican policy advisor, Stanford Professor, and Hoover Institution Fellow Lanhee Chen announced that he would be running for state Controller on Tuesday after months of speculation. Chen, who has also served in advisory roles for former President George W....