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The Greenberg Brief: Holding Out Hope for Prop. 47’s Survival

May 13, 2024 2:45 amMay 14, 2024 6:21 am

It’s now 10 years since the passage of the Safe Neighborhoods & Schools Act. How could voters not have been in favor of it back then? Well, we can now blame the deceptive ballot measure name in hindsight, as it...

Los Angeles Times Tells Angelenos They’re Wrong About Crime, Everything Is Fine

April 15, 2024 9:00 amApril 15, 2024 9:01 am

My family moved to Los Angeles during the 1984 Olympics. “I Love L.A.” was on the radio and the city was the envy of the world. I loved everything about L.A. I immediately became a Dodgers, Lakers, Rams, and Kings...

Infective Maltruism: From SBF to ZuckBucks, California is at the Forefront of Selfish Charity

January 2, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 1, 2023 4:16 pm

Is charity still charity when it is performed for uncharitable reasons? Looking beyond the “aw, neat, what a great person” façade of “effective altruism,” (see HERE, with a grain of salt…) one clearly finds a level of narcissistic cynicism and...

Hollywood Declines to Donate to Gavin Newsom

August 19, 2021 8:00 amMarch 29, 2022 6:54 am

With 28 days before California votes to keep or oust Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom, Hollywood social media activists have mostly held back their considerable means from the embattled French Laundry frequenter. Press play to hear a narrated version of this...

The Newsom Recall is Nonpartisan; Here’s Why

August 1, 2021 6:05 pmAugust 1, 2021 2:25 pm

If you’re searching for an accurate term to describe the Newsom recall effort, it’s not easy. With 48 percent of the electorate planning to vote for Newsom’s retirement according to the latest poll, and only 24 percent registered Republicans in California, characterizing the...

Gov. Newsom Increases Ads and Candidate Stops To Fight Falling Poll Numbers in Recall

July 28, 2021 9:40 pmMarch 23, 2022 11:53 am

In the wake of multiple polls showing Gavin Newsom now being within the margin of error in being recalled, the Governor increased both his visibility and created more ads with fellow Democratic leaders in turning the tide against him this...

It’s Not a ‘Republican Recall,’ Mr. Hastings

July 28, 2021 12:09 pmJuly 28, 2021 2:25 pm

Consumers of broadcast television were treated to a barrage of ads over the past week lambasting the “Republican Recall.” Revealed at the close of these ads was the source of major funding for the ads, Netflix founder and billionaire Reed Hastings. Compared...