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Reform CA Files Ethics Complaint Against Lorena Gonzalez Over ‘Employment Negotiations’ as Next Labor Leader

November 24, 2021 2:05 pmNovember 25, 2021 7:20 am

The California Labor Federation, one of the largest and most influential union groups in California, voted to recommend Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) as their next leader on Tuesday in a non-binding vote, the Globe just reported Wednesday. Politico ran...

New Report on San Francisco Homelessness Provides Real Policy Solutions

November 23, 2021 7:47 amNovember 24, 2021 6:20 am

Why is homelessness growing in California, but declining in every other state in the country? California is home to more than 151,000 people now experiencing homelessness across the state – a 31% increase from 2015 – according to the Independent...

California’s Alarming Cocktail of Criminal Justice ‘Reforms’ Responsible for Major Crime Wave

November 22, 2021 2:18 amNovember 21, 2021 8:51 pm

The house that Californians built and Democrats cheaply remodeled is on fire. Some of the headlines from this past weekend prove this: ABC7: Video shows empty SF Louis Vuitton store ransacked by thieves SFC: Union Square leaders vow not to...

Sacramento Mayor Wants More Youth ‘Programs’ Following Shooting Murder of 8-Year Old

November 18, 2021 5:11 pmNovember 22, 2021 11:52 am

Tuesday night, a little girl, only 8 years old, was killed in Sacramento on the 2600 Block of 5th Street. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg posted this reaction on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mayor_Steinberg/status/1461389935194169348 The Sacramento Police Department reported: When officers arrived on scene,...

SacBee Calls Parents ‘Angry, Violent, Toxic’ While Touting City’s New Community Organizer Hire

November 16, 2021 9:42 amNovember 17, 2021 12:02 pm

The Sacramento Bee recently published a news article calling angry and frustrated California parents “violent” and “toxic extremists.” Within days the Bee published another article touting Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s latest hire: a former Community organizer to run Sacramento’s new...

Proposed Ballot Initiatives Raise Corporate Taxes to Pay For Climate Change Mitigation

November 16, 2021 2:22 amNovember 15, 2021 7:48 pm

Submitted to the California Attorney General in early November, two similar ballot measures (21-0037 and 21-0038) would address the reduction and mitigation of major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, paid for by major tax increases. Both measures have the same...

School Walkout: ‘Government Is Not A Co-Parent’ rally At State Capitol Monday

November 15, 2021 2:19 pmNovember 15, 2021 7:12 pm

The “Government Is Not A Co-Parent” rally At California’s State Capitol Monday was vast. The “Statewide School Walkout” rally was exactly what it professed it would be: moms, dads, children, grandparents, teachers, and concerned citizens, showed up en masse at...