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LA City Council Socialists Launch Bid to Give Noncitizens Full Voting Rights in Local Elections

April 30, 2026 10:53 amApril 30, 2026 10:57 am

Los Angeles City Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martínez (CD 13) and Ysabel Jurado (CD 14) have introduced a proposal that would ask voters to greenlight noncitizen voting in city elections — including races for mayor, City Council seats, and Los Angeles Board...

Deliberate Erasure of Congressional Candidate Marie Hurabiell

April 30, 2026 6:00 amApril 30, 2026 6:01 am

In the crowded June 2, 2026, top-two primary for California’s 11th Congressional District—the seat long held by Nancy Pelosi—San Francisco voters deserve a full and fair contest. Yet one of the most interesting, centrist and just plain compelling candidates, Marie...

San Francisco’s Voters are Screwed

April 20, 2026 3:35 pmApril 21, 2026 2:23 pm

California’s 11th Congressional District, encompassing San Francisco has long been a safe Democratic stronghold held by outgoing Nancy Pelosi, voters here face a terrible choice this cycle. Primaries are June 2, 2026. The three leading candidates – Saikat Chakrabarti, Connie...

The Left Pushing Ranked Choice Voting Scheme in Sacramento Political Races

April 20, 2026 5:30 amApril 20, 2026 12:05 pm

Better Ballot Sacramento, a recent initiative of the League of Women Voters, is campaigning to bring ranked-choice voting to Sacramento’s mayor and city council races. They are now gathering signatures to get a ranked choice voting measure on the ballot....

The Bay Area’s $100 Billion Natural Gas Appliance Ban

April 15, 2026 3:00 pmApril 15, 2026 3:01 pm

On January 1, 2027, San Francisco Bay Area homeowners will awaken to an unwelcome reality: they can no longer buy or replace traditional natural gas water heaters. The Bay Area Air District (BAAD), an obscure regulatory agency, adopted zero-nitrogen oxide...

Newsom Dumps Another $145 Million in Homelessness Funding as Fraud, Waste, and Empty Shelters Plague His Record

April 8, 2026 3:13 pmApril 9, 2026 8:21 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that his administration is handing local governments an additional $145.4 million in taxpayer dollars to “drive forward our progress reducing homelessness,” touting “real results in real time” and wildly claiming the state has already transitioned...

Greenberg: A Novice Congressional Candidate Blows it on Energy Politics

March 25, 2026 7:16 amMarch 25, 2026 7:16 am

The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway separating Iran from Oman and the United Arab Emirates, is a critical global chokepoint. Roughly 25% of the world’s seaborne oil trade, about 20 million barrels per day, normally passes through it. Today...