SEIU – California Globe

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....

Swalwell’s Gubernatorial Campaign Collapses as Explosive Sexual Assault Allegations Trigger Mass Democratic Defections

April 10, 2026 5:13 pmApril 12, 2026 2:35 pm

This story has been updated with breaking developments related to Eric Swalwell’s donation and endorsement pages on his campaign website (see below) In a stunning development that has rocked California’s Democratic establishment just weeks before the June primary, Rep. Eric...

California’s Wealth Creators Flee to Nevada as Proposed Billionaire Tax Sparks Exodus

April 9, 2026 3:22 pmApril 9, 2026 3:27 pm

As the SEIU-backed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act gathers signatures for the November 2026 ballot, a growing number of California’s most successful residents are relocating or expanding their footprint across the border in Nevada. Whether the initiative qualifies for the ballot...

Gov. Newsom Touts Misleading UC Berkeley Study on California’s $20 Fast Food Wage

April 8, 2026 3:10 pmApril 8, 2026 3:20 pm

California has such an absurdly high cost of living that some misguided lawmakers think increasing the minimum wage will offset nearly $1 million median home prices, $7.00-per-gallon gas prices, and $500 – $1,000 monthly electricity bills. The minimum wage was...

Taxpayer ROI: How Many California Cities are Running Huge Budget Deficits

April 6, 2026 5:00 amApril 6, 2026 10:39 am

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett announced the March jobs report – the U.S. saw 178,000 jobs added and a 4.3% unemployment rate. But not in California. According to the California Employment Development Department, California’s unemployment rate came in at...

Eric Swalwell Demands FBI Halt Release of Chinese Spy Files

March 31, 2026 3:28 pmMarch 31, 2026 3:33 pm

California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Livermore) escalated his war with the Trump administration’s FBI on Monday, dispatching lawyers with a cease-and-desist letter to Director Kash Patel demanding the bureau immediately cease any effort to release decade-old investigative files...

Mamdani Proposes ‘White Homes’ Estate Tax; California Pushes Billionaire Tax

March 24, 2026 8:12 amMarch 24, 2026 12:22 pm

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is attempting to increase the estate tax “by lowering the exemption to $750,000 from its current value of $7.1 million” and massively raising the “top rate from 16% to 50%,” proclaiming his own apartheid. $750,000...