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Greenberg: Kamala’s Defeat – We Dodged A Bullet

May 17, 2025 2:55 amMay 18, 2025 8:09 am

San Francisco still stumbles under the weight of progressive policies run amok. Homeless encampments, though greatly diminished, clutter its streets, crime still erodes public safety, and surprisingly empty downtown storefronts signal economic decay. Confidence continues to wane. The 2024 presidential...

Top Two Oakland Mayoral Candidates Have Raised $550,000 Combined So Far

March 25, 2025 1:38 pmMarch 25, 2025 1:38 pm

According to the latest campaign filings reported over the weekend, around $550,000 has been raised so far by the top two candidates in the Oakland mayoral special election so far, on track to set a new record for mayoral election...

Greenberg Brief: Harris and Breed, Similarities and Failures

September 16, 2024 6:00 pmSeptember 16, 2024 6:01 pm

Some interesting parallels are emerging with Kamala Harris and San Francisco’s incumbent mayor London Breed, beyond both women having dated former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. After watching several debates in which Breed had participated, and the televised Trump/Harris debate...

‘Emerge’ With Kamala

September 16, 2024 2:00 pmSeptember 16, 2024 2:01 pm

Unless you are an active politically progressive woman, you most likely have not heard of Emerge America or its local (actually, it’s founding group) Emerge California. But you should know about them, in part because they – along with Willie...

Teen OPINION: 90 Days to the Most Important Election of our Lifetime

August 11, 2024 8:52 amAugust 11, 2024 8:52 am

The ticket to destruction. We are less than 90 days to the most important election of our lifetime, I think the most important election of our country. You have to choose to repair our country or watch it fall forever....

CA Assembly: Monday Becomes ‘Willie Brown Day’ Instead of Voting on Crime Bills Day

June 24, 2024 8:20 pmJune 26, 2024 6:31 am

It’s Monday June 24 2024, and the California State Assembly and State Senate were supposed to be voting on 14 crime bills. Instead, today was Willie Brown Day in the California Assembly, celebrating the Former Speaker of the Assembly’s 90th...

Tenure of California Assembly Speakers

July 6, 2023 4:56 pmJuly 6, 2023 5:02 pm

With Speaker of the California Assembly Robert Rivas being sworn into office on June 30, 2023, the following is a look back over the past four decades of legislators holding this powerful position. 67 persons have held this position during...