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San Diego Democrat Marni von Wilpert Pushes Open Borders Agenda, Aligns With Defund-the-Police Activists

July 25, 2026 12:44 pmJuly 25, 2026 12:44 pm

San Diego City Councilmember and Democratic congressional candidate Marni von Wilpert has exposed her open-borders agenda, declaring that “We shouldn’t be cooperating with immigration enforcement in California.” The statement tracks with her explicit embrace of the California Values Act, the...

Street Homelessness Surges Nearly 8% in Los Angeles Despite $1 Billion Annual Budget

July 24, 2026 2:26 pmJuly 24, 2026 2:26 pm

Street homelessness in the City of Los Angeles jumped 7.9 percent in the latest annual count, even as the city continues to pour roughly $1 billion a year into homelessness programs. Overall homelessness rose 3.4 percent year-over-year, reversing two consecutive...

California Ranks #17 on CNBC’s ‘America’s Top States for Business 2026’

July 9, 2026 8:01 amJuly 9, 2026 8:06 am

To rank CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business in 2026, CNBC scored all 50 states on 138 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness. CNBC identifies the factors companies consider when making site selection decisions, and where states are focusing...

Spencer Pratt Launches The WAR Foundation to Battle Political Corruption, Communists, and Restore Common Sense

July 8, 2026 12:35 pmJuly 9, 2026 6:47 am

Former reality television star and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is doubling down on his mission to hold “crooked government accountable” with the launch of The WAR Foundation. In an announcement released Tuesday, Pratt declared that his insurgent campaign...

Fed Analysis: Illegal Immigration Surge Under Biden Jacked Up Home and Rental Prices by Double Digits

July 6, 2026 4:08 pmJuly 6, 2026 4:11 pm

A working paper (see below) released by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas finds that the unprecedented (and abetted) wave of illegal immigration during the Biden administration accounted for roughly 30% of home price growth and 20% of...

Marni von Wilpert’s Record on Immigration and Housing Faces New Scrutiny Amid Falling Rents

June 25, 2026 9:14 amJune 25, 2026 9:14 am

A new report from the Federal Reserve highlights the role unauthorized immigration played in driving up housing costs in recent years. The study found that unauthorized immigration accounted for roughly 30% of house-price growth and 20% of rent growth in...

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Stands Firm: Local Taxpayer Protection Act Stays on November Ballot

June 24, 2026 1:51 pmJune 24, 2026 2:03 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass claimed in a recent interview that a deal had been reached to keep the Local Taxpayer Protection Act off the November ballot. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) immediately pushed back, declaring it will not...