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California is Well Represented on List of US Cities With the Most Rats

September 21, 2024 5:44 pmSeptember 22, 2024 12:33 pm

Nobody wants to live around rats, yet the top 50 rodent-infested U.S. cities are unsurprisingly mostly Democrat-run cities. So the rats aren’t just dirty little furry creatures with long tails – the rats infest Mayoral chambers across the U.S. as...

Greenberg Brief: Mayor London Breed Fights to Remain In Office

September 21, 2024 11:42 amSeptember 21, 2024 11:42 am

Mayoral candidate front-runner Mark Farrel fired the opening salvo at incumbent London Breed, who’s already down in polls and fighting for re-election – amid a dismal track record of mounting city hall scandals, a defunding of our police department, downtown...

Sites Reservoir Project Appellate Court Victory Over Environmental Groups

September 21, 2024 3:00 amSeptember 21, 2024 3:01 am

The Sites Reservoir project moved forward on Friday following an appellate court agreeing with California and the Sites Project Authority, rejecting a CEQA lawsuit against the Sites Reservoir project. While the Sites Reservoir had been proposed off and on since...

Salesforce Announces Annual Dreamforce Conference Will Stay In SF For Next Three Years

September 20, 2024 12:35 pmSeptember 20, 2024 12:35 pm

Salesforce CEO and Founder Marc Benioff announced on Thursday that Dreamforce, one of San Francisco’s largest yearly conferences and the largest event for the software company, will be staying in the city for the next three years following a near...

Latest Garvey/Schiff Poll Shows Little Change

September 20, 2024 9:00 amSeptember 20, 2024 9:01 am

According to a new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) poll released on Thursday, former baseball star Steve Garvey (R) ticked slightly upwards in polls while Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) stayed around the same in the U.S. Senate race, 35%-63%,...

UC Board Of Regents Approve UC Police Requests For Non-Lethal Rounds, Weapons

September 20, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 20, 2024 2:46 am

The University of California Board of Regents approved the requests of ten UC campus police departments on Thursday for double the amount of pepper ball and sponge rounds, as well as new drones and projectile launchers, following a tumultuous 2024...

71% Of Likely Voters are in Favor Of Prop. 36

September 19, 2024 2:51 pmSeptember 19, 2024 2:51 pm

On the ballot this year in California is Proposition 36, which will make multiple changes to California drug and theft laws, including making significant changes to Proposition 47. Prop. 47, which passed by voters in 2014, not only changed California...