Feature – Page 79 – California Globe

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...

The Globe Talks With Sacramento DA & Attorney Following Public Safety Lawsuits Against City

September 20, 2023 3:55 pmSeptember 20, 2023 3:56 pm

Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho announced Tuesday at a press conference that he filed a lawsuit against the City of Sacramento for failing to abate the homeless crisis in the Capitol city, and for failing to consistently following the...

Rep. Kiley Crosses the Su-Be-Gone

September 14, 2023 5:51 pm

This morning, the House Education and the Workforce Committee approved a bill authored by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) that would strip Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su of her position. The bill – which mirrors Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-Louisiana) legislation...

Senate Democrats Kill Attempt to ‘Make Crime Illegal Again’ With Reforms to Prop. 47

September 13, 2023 7:28 amSeptember 13, 2023 7:28 am

Make crime illegal again. Please. There have been numerous attempts since 2014 to repeal and/or reverse Proposition 47, passed by tragically misinformed voters in 2014, and flagrantly titled “The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,” which reduced a host of felonies...