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Newsom Dumps Another $145 Million in Homelessness Funding as Fraud, Waste, and Empty Shelters Plague His Record

April 8, 2026 3:13 pmApril 9, 2026 8:21 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that his administration is handing local governments an additional $145.4 million in taxpayer dollars to “drive forward our progress reducing homelessness,” touting “real results in real time” and wildly claiming the state has already transitioned...

Gov. Newsom Touts Misleading UC Berkeley Study on California’s $20 Fast Food Wage

April 8, 2026 3:10 pmApril 8, 2026 3:20 pm

California has such an absurdly high cost of living that some misguided lawmakers think increasing the minimum wage will offset nearly $1 million median home prices, $7.00-per-gallon gas prices, and $500 – $1,000 monthly electricity bills. The minimum wage was...

ACLU of Nevada Appeals Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging LVMPD’s Agreement with ICE

April 8, 2026 11:55 amApril 8, 2026 11:55 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada filed a notice of appeal with the Nevada Supreme Court, seeking to revive its legal challenge against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s (LVMPD) 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

California Hands Out Diplomas, But Only Prepares a Few

April 8, 2026 11:35 amApril 8, 2026 11:35 am

California’s education system keeps highlighting a key figure politicians love to promote: graduation rates. Despite the fact that graduates have not increased over the last few years, that number alone hides a much more important truth. Graduating from high school...

‘Taxing Greed to Pay for What We Need:’ LA Hotel Worker Union Hemorrhages Members

April 8, 2026 11:05 amApril 14, 2026 11:01 am

Last week marked the deadline for labor unions to file their 2025 LM-2’s, the report by labor unions that detail how they spent funds in the past year. LM-2’s are filed with the Office of Labor and Management Standards, and...

Classrooms First: California Must Stop Feeding Bureaucracy and Start Funding Teachers and Students

April 8, 2026 9:00 amApril 8, 2026 9:01 am

California pours enormous resources into public education from Transitional Kindergarten through community college, the TK-14 system. Proposition 98 guarantees roughly $125.5 billion in recent years for TK-12 and community colleges, with total TK-12 spending (all sources) approaching $149 billion annually....

The Inconvenient Truth About Fraud in Los Angeles

April 8, 2026 7:22 amApril 8, 2026 7:29 am

I first set foot in Los Angeles in 1990 with a fresh degree from Northeastern University and a level of optimism that only a kid from Stamford, Connecticut could carry. The city felt electric and the economy was humming along....