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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

HHS Secretary Xavier Baccaria for California Governor?

April 11, 2024 8:00 amApril 11, 2024 8:17 am

Biden Administration Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra let slip this week that he is considering leaving the administration to run for California Governor, Politico reported. “I miss California,” Becerra said at the start of a talk at Manny’s...

California State Auditor’s Scathing Homeless Report: Where Did the Money Go?

April 10, 2024 7:41 am

The California State Auditor yesterday issued a scathing report on how very broken are the state’s homeless programs. In the last five years, the state has spent about $24 billion dollars trying to eradicate – or at least lessen –...

SEIU and Wealthy Donors Trying to Kill California’s Retail Theft Reform Bills

April 7, 2024 11:31 amApril 7, 2024 12:15 pm

The SEIU has thrown down its cards and is now trying to kill retail theft reform bills – even the bills authored by Democrats. And they are joined by the wealthy spouses of real estate developers, tech billionaires and daughters...

California’s Bad April Fools Joke: $20 Minimum Wage For Flipping Burgers

April 5, 2024 10:57 amApril 5, 2024 11:05 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom didn’t learn anything from PaneraGate. When his long time friend billionaire Greg Flynn called him to complain that the $20 minimum wage would hurt his fast food franchises, instead of working to overturn the new minimum...

The Depersonalization of Reporting

April 3, 2024 2:24 pm

The news is not made in the newsroom. That is a true statement. A former editor worried when he saw too many reporters at their desks in the middle of the day and, like a mother telling her kids to drop...

San Francisco Needs a Political Revolution

March 31, 2024 10:26 amMarch 31, 2024 10:26 am

It’s election season once again, and San Francisco’s politicians are once again clamoring for your attention. The dust of March 5th’s Super Tuesday has pretty much settled and indications are it was actually a mixed bag for San Francisco. Local...

The Empty Storefronts of Downtown San Francisco

March 30, 2024 2:30 amMarch 30, 2024 7:56 am

Whenever an article on companies leaving San Francisco or more reports on office vacancies in the city come out, there will always be a few e-mails saying that it isn’t actually that bad. That empty storefronts aren’t abundant. A lot...