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Sacramento City Manager Pushed for $20K Raise Before Delivering Bad News: $50 Million Budget Black Hole

January 25, 2024 10:40 amJanuary 26, 2024 6:36 am

The City of Sacramento is facing a budget deficit of more than $50 million this year – up from a $24 billion deficit last year – resulting in a hiring freeze, and a travel and office supply freeze, City Manager...

The Greenberg Brief: SF Supervisor Dean Preston Has a Challenger – I Won’t Support Him

January 25, 2024 2:55 amJanuary 26, 2024 8:58 am

San Francisco’s notorious, self-branded socialist Supervisor Dean Preston has been wreaking havoc for several years, garnering national headlines over claims capitalism is to blame for drug addiction and homelessness in The Tenderloin (his home district and jurisdiction, as member of...

2024 Los Angeles Official Homeless Count Begins

January 25, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 25, 2024 2:31 am

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) began their 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The count is expected to not just show if the number of homeless people increased in both Los Angeles County and the city of L.A....

Bill to Require Speed Limiters in California Cars Introduced In Senate

January 24, 2024 4:45 pmJanuary 24, 2024 4:47 pm

A bill to require all cars sold or made in California after 2027 to have devices limiting their top speed to only ten miles per hour above the speed limit was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday. Senate Bill 961,...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Gives Rare Early Endorsement For Assembly Candidate Rusty Hicks

January 24, 2024 12:28 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom gave a rare pre-Primary election endorsement on Wednesday to California Democratic Party (CADEM) Chairman Rusty Hicks, who is currently running for the Assembly in the crowded 2nd District race. Hicks, who has previously been a state...

Two Hollywood Stars Join Antisemitic Protest at Sundance Film Festival

January 24, 2024 7:33 amJanuary 24, 2024 7:33 am

As Hollywood elites flocked to Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival earlier this week, they were met with hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters. Among the shouting and chanting crowds in the street, at least two Hollywood stars stopped to...

Los Angeles Times Eliminates 20% of Staff – 115 Employees Let Go

January 23, 2024 6:37 pmJanuary 23, 2024 6:37 pm

Owners of the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest Newspapers in California, eliminated a little more than 20% of their workforce on Tuesday, with a total of 115 employees let go, in the largest culling of staff in the...