Feature – Page 60 – California Globe

Useless, Clueless City Officials Destroying Sacramento with Homeless Crisis

October 5, 2023 8:24 amOctober 6, 2023 6:57 am

In early September we reported on a national study which found that Sacramento placed second only behind Baltimore for the dirtiest cities in America. With 39,186 complaints per 100k population; the Sacramento zip code of 95818 had 48,864 complaints per...

Laphonza Butler to Replace Feinstein

October 2, 2023 6:30 amOctober 2, 2023 6:30 am

Well, at least we got the initials right. Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newson tapped Laphonza Butler to fill Dianne Feinstein’s senate seat. Butler, 45, is currently a resident of Maryland but plans to register to vote in California – where she...

Whamm, Zwap, Bam! Lawsuits Already Filed Over California’s Newest Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 12:02 pmSeptember 28, 2023 2:21 pm

UPDATE below: Senate Bill 2 by Senator Anthony Portantino’s (D–Burbank), which is California’s response bill to New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, was signed into law Tuesday. SB 2 enacts numerous “sensitive locations” where guns are banned, and changes...

Will SF Bay Area Voters Make the Politicians They Elected Pay for Crime Explosion?

September 27, 2023 8:35 amSeptember 27, 2023 8:39 am

Will Bay Area residents and business owners realize the politicians they voted in are responsible for the staggering crime they are now protesting? Target just announced it is closing its Bay Area stores. Walgreens has closed at least 11 stores...

Ending Pay for Play in California Newspapers

September 23, 2023 7:36 amSeptember 23, 2023 7:36 am

Newspapers are broke. Broke broke. I’ll smoke just half this cigarette tonight so I’ll have half left for the morning broke. The internet evaporated classified ad sales – once about half of a newspaper’s income – and it turns out that giving...

Ins. Commissioner Lara, Gov. Newsom Announce Sweeping New State Insurance Plan

September 22, 2023 12:11 pmSeptember 22, 2023 12:12 pm

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Governor Gavin Newsom announced major insurance changes late on Thursday designed to improve insurance choices and keep plans affordable amidst numerous insurance companies recently saying that they would either take no new home insurance policies...

We need more housing, not more rent control

September 21, 2023 2:23 pmSeptember 22, 2023 7:21 am

A progressive economist once said that “rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city — except for bombing.” But California is flirting with this policy wash-up nonetheless: An initiative that would sweep aside...