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Street Homelessness Surges Nearly 8% in Los Angeles Despite $1 Billion Annual Budget

July 24, 2026 2:26 pmJuly 24, 2026 2:26 pm

Street homelessness in the City of Los Angeles jumped 7.9 percent in the latest annual count, even as the city continues to pour roughly $1 billion a year into homelessness programs. Overall homelessness rose 3.4 percent year-over-year, reversing two consecutive...

Facing a $91M Budget Deficit, Alameda County Passes Reparations Plan

July 24, 2026 6:00 amJuly 24, 2026 6:01 am

Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pass a reparations plan in the county. “For centuries, Black residents of Alameda County have endured economic exclusion, housing discrimination, educational inequities, criminal injustice, and systemic harm that continues to ripple across...

Soros Cash Flows to Newsom-Endorsed Aaron Ford, Architect of Failed Criminal Justice Reforms

July 23, 2026 3:10 pmJuly 23, 2026 3:12 pm

A California Globe review of campaign finance records has identified recent maximum contributions to Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s gubernatorial campaign from members of the Soros family. Ford’s latest quarterly contribution report lists two $10,000 donations—totaling $20,000—from two relatives of...

Former Republican Official Risa Lombardo Claims Arizona Green Party Governor Nomination Despite Party Opposition

July 23, 2026 1:38 pmJuly 23, 2026 1:40 pm

Former Republican precinct committeewoman Risa Lombardo appears to have secured the Arizona Green Party’s nomination for governor despite a months-long campaign by party leaders urging Green voters to reject her and write in Carlos Melendez, their endorsed candidate Unofficial returns...

5th Circuit Blocks Release of Detained Illegal Immigrants

July 22, 2026 3:57 pmJuly 22, 2026 3:59 pm

In a major development strengthening federal immigration enforcement and public safety, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday issued an order staying district court judgments that had directed bond hearings or releases for certain detained illegal...

‘Intermittent AT&T Connectivity Issues’ At Maricopa County Polling Sites as Federal Monitors Deployed To Three Arizona Counties

July 22, 2026 10:57 amJuly 22, 2026 10:57 am

The U.S. Department of Justice deployed election monitors to three Arizona counties during Tuesday’s primary election as Maricopa County officials reported brief connectivity problems affecting a small number of electronic poll books at voting locations. The Justice Department said personnel...

Stockton Already Told Us How This Ends

July 22, 2026 6:00 amJuly 22, 2026 6:01 am

Stockton’s 2012 bankruptcy filing gets taught as a morality play about municipal excess. It wasn’t excess. It was a fiduciary breach, and the record proves it. In 2007 the city council voted to sell $125 million in pension obligation bonds...