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Greenberg: San Francisco’s Latest Failed Social Programs

September 5, 2025 2:45 amSeptember 5, 2025 3:40 am

San Francisco, a city under uninterrupted and total Democratic control for decades, is a cautionary tale of progressive policy failures. Despite pouring billions of taxpayers’ money into social programs and city departments annually, City Hall has overseen a cascade of...

San Diego’s Students Sacrificed in the Charter Lawsuit

September 3, 2025 4:51 pmSeptember 3, 2025 4:51 pm

In 2015, San Diego Unified and Grossmont Union High School District decided the best use of their time and taxpayer dollars was not more books, more student resources, or higher teacher pay — but a lawsuit. Their target was charter...

Israeli Dance Researcher/Sociologist Denied Rehire Because She is Jewish, Suing UC Berkeley

September 3, 2025 2:57 pmSeptember 3, 2025 2:57 pm

This July, University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons told a congressional committee that he is committed to fighting anti-Semitism at the school, which is fighting multiple lawsuits and federal discrimination complaints for mistreatment of its Jewish students. Now,...

Washington DC Sparkles Once Again; Sacramento is a Perpetual Disaster

September 2, 2025 5:50 pmSeptember 2, 2025 7:45 pm

I was just in Washington D.C. over the Labor Day holiday. I didn’t just fly in to Dulles International Airport and wait for an Uber, I took the Metrorail train from Dulles into Alexandria, VA. It was fabulous. It was...

‘Paint It Black’ — Exactly How Hot is the Border Wall Going to Get?

September 2, 2025 12:36 pmSeptember 2, 2025 1:09 pm

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made headlines with the announcement, complete with video footage of Noem wielding a paint roller, that the full length of the steel bollard border wall between the U.S....

Governor Newsom Announces Surge in Law Enforcement To Fight Crime

August 28, 2025 2:54 pmAugust 29, 2025 2:05 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom, flanked by law enforcement, announced in today’s press conference that he will be introducing new and expanded crime-fighting efforts by increasing law enforcement teams and operations throughout the state to fight crime in cooperating cities, counties, and...

Redistricting’s Prop 50 is a Shameful, Power-Grabbing Unconstitutional Scheme

August 26, 2025 3:00 amAugust 27, 2025 8:13 am

If the latest power-grabbing action from Governor Newsom and the California state legislature does indeed go forward this November, we must stand firmly against the proposition, now known as Prop 50. This proposal is a blatant attack on the democratic...