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San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer Announces Plan for Ballot Measure to Combat Homelessness

January 21, 2020 8:49 amJanuary 22, 2020 12:42 pm

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced last week his goal of taking a ballot initiative to combat homelessness in California, directly to the voters. Faulconer is the only big-city California Mayor who has successfully reduced homelessness in his city using...

California City Imposing Curfew During Power Outages To Prevent Crime

October 10, 2019 12:05 pmOctober 11, 2019 9:03 am

The City of Morgan Hill imposed a curfew on its residents lasting from 8 p.m. through 6:30 a.m. Wednesday evening, due to the PG&E power shut offs, KRON4 reported. City officials on Facebook said the curfew was intended to crack...

The Housing Crisis Part II: Los Angeles

September 23, 2019 4:22 pmSeptember 24, 2019 9:21 am

Walking down East 3rd Street in Los Angeles, on the border of the neighborhood known as “Skid Row,” a man in his late 40s wearing a faded Los Angeles Raiders t-shirt pointed to a bank of condos. “I used to...

CA Democrat Lawmakers Releasing Violent Criminals From Prison, While Imposing Gun Control Laws on Citizens

September 8, 2019 2:06 amSeptember 10, 2019 2:27 pm

The purpose of prison and jail is to separate the criminals from society through incapacitation so they are not able to harm innocent people, and to make them pay for their crimes through retribution. Rehabilitation is supposed to assist with...

Criminal Diversion Program for Primary Parents May Violate Constitutional Rights

August 26, 2019 1:00 pmAugust 28, 2019 11:16 am

A bill will be read for the third time on Monday August, 26 in the California Legislature that would allow parents who commit a drug crime, theft, or sex crime to avoid conviction. Under Senate Bill 394, a primary parent...

Rather Than Tough-on-Crime Policies, Sacramento Sues 7 Transients For Harassing Businesses

August 17, 2019 2:42 pmAugust 19, 2019 7:14 am

If Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg or any other member of the City Council committed the same crimes the transients are – assault, dealt drugs, committed robbery, masturbated in public, or pooped on the sidewalk in front of a business –...

Homeless man with sign reading "Homeless Anything Helps"

While Cities’ Homeless Populations Surge, California’s Homeless Industrial Complex Grows

July 30, 2019 9:39 amJuly 31, 2019 10:22 am

Cities throughout the state of California saw their homeless populations surge in the last two years. Yet, Democrat politicians try to normalize homelessness, while at the same time, try to make California residents accept epidemic levels of homeless as a...