Feature – Page 65 – California Globe

Capitol Rally: Parental Rights Don’t End at California’s Classroom Doors

August 28, 2023 8:15 pmAugust 29, 2023 10:42 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit Monday to immediately stop the Chino Valley Unified School District from “outing” transgender students to their parents. What is Bonta’s justification? He claims the policy “violates the California Constitution and state laws safeguarding civil...

More Than A Month’s Worth: That’s the Size of LA DA Gascon’s Case Backlog

August 27, 2023 2:32 amAugust 27, 2023 2:33 am

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón has been criticized – rightly – for any number of justice system reasons: soft on crime, does not add gun enhancements to charges, does not support victim’s families, does not oppose the parole of...

Under the Radar: How Gov. Newsom Uses Clemency to Engineer Parole for Recidivist Felons and Murderers

August 26, 2023 2:45 amAugust 26, 2023 2:50 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom is big on demanding transparency and accountability from others, such as school officials and social media companies. But from himself, not so much—and especially not when it comes to using his clemency powers to engineer the future...

Half Of All Americans View San Francisco As Unsafe New Poll Finds

August 25, 2023 12:38 pmAugust 25, 2023 12:38 pm

According to a new Gallup poll released this week, only 52% of Americans rate San Francisco as safe anymore, freefalling from a previous poll only 15 years ago when the city scored one of the highest ratings and was viewed...

WGA says Studios’ Latest Offer To Writers Was Designed to Get Them ‘To Cave’ On Demands

August 23, 2023 12:14 pmAugust 23, 2023 12:17 pm

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents producers and studios, unveiled their latest offer to the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Tuesday, less than an hour following their latest meeting in Los Angeles. The WGA...

Los Angeles and Oakland Get ‘F’ Grades for Charter Funding ‘Equity’

August 22, 2023 2:20 pmAugust 22, 2023 2:40 pm

The University of Arkansas study compared funding for regular public schools and charter schools in 18 cities across the country using 2019-2020 budget data. Historically, regular public schools have been funded more generously than charter schools, which are autonomous publicly...

Hilary Hits SoCal

August 20, 2023 7:15 pmAugust 20, 2023 7:24 pm

It rained pant suits and deplorables all over southern California as Tropical Storm Hilary moved through Sunday. Lake Elsinore – of which I was mayor and council member – was a few miles off the “eye” line, resulting in heavy...