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Taxpayer-Funded Gang Murderer Hired as ‘Peace Ambassador’ in DSA-Run MacArthur Park

May 29, 2026 2:06 pmMay 29, 2026 2:18 pm

Los Angeles taxpayers are once again footing the bill for a convicted gang murderer’s lifestyle, this time as a city-hired “Peace Ambassador” embedded in the very neighborhood his gang has turned into an open-air drug market. This morning, FBI agents...

Sacramento Democrats Push Bill to Gut Prop 36, Advance ‘Criminals-First Agenda’

May 28, 2026 2:22 pmMay 28, 2026 2:23 pm

Just months after voters approved Proposition 36 to restore felony penalties for repeat theft and drug crimes, Democrats in the Assembly passed AB 2108, a bill authored by Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-La Mesa) that creates a pretrial diversion program for...

Newsom Signs SB 73 to Block Ballot Seizures and Election Oversight

May 28, 2026 11:59 amMay 28, 2026 12:12 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 into law on Wednesday, just days before the June 2 statewide primary. The legislation, authored by Sen. Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) with co-author Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Orange County) and Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz),...

Arizona Squatter Crackdown Bill Heads To Governor With Broad Bipartisan Support

May 28, 2026 10:49 amMay 28, 2026 10:52 am

Legislation designed to speed the removal of unlawful occupants from private property has cleared the Arizona Legislature and now heads to Governor Katie Hobbs for consideration following broad bipartisan support. Arizona Senate Bill 1426, sponsored by Senator Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff),...

WeHo Pride Arts Festival: Taxpayer-Funded Ghost Town at the Wrong Address – Late May, Wrong City, and Zero Crowd

May 28, 2026 7:00 amMay 28, 2026 7:01 am

Leave it to the City of West Hollywood to throw a “free” Pride Arts Festival in late May—weeks before actual Pride month and host it at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza in Hollywood, which is...

ICE Detainee Who Died From Dental Infection Repeatedly Declined Recommended Treatment, Autopsy Report Shows

May 27, 2026 2:44 pmMay 27, 2026 2:44 pm

A Haitian man who died after months in federal immigration custody in Arizona succumbed to complications stemming from severe dental disease, according to an autopsy report released this month, which also found that he had declined recommended tooth extractions prior...

DOJ Sues UCLA: ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Antisemitic Hostile Environment at University of California

May 27, 2026 10:12 amMay 27, 2026 10:18 am

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit (see below) against the University of California Los Angeles, targeting UCLA for fostering and tolerating a pervasive antisemitic hostile educational environment in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights...