Garry's List is accepting nominations for its inaugural Civic Impact Awards ahead of the June 2 primary, recognizing the newsletters, reporters, and creators making California politics understandable. Recent posts have also put Bay Area institutions under the microscope — from the Bay Area Council handing its top job to former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf despite her city's policing collapse and indicted successor, to BART commissioning a consultant report arguing fare enforcement was pointless while failing to produce the invoice for it.
SEIU-UHW's asset seizure tax has already cost the state $16.4 billion per year in lost revenue—and it hasn't even passed yet.
Instead of fixing endemic graft, overtime abuse, and union-protected waste, they're holding your commute hostage for a November tax bailout.
A Seattle frontline worker exposes what we all see in the encampments—and why California banned the cure.
Public sector unions collect nearly $1 billion a year to control Sacramento. Normal citizens? A trickle against a torrent.
Berkeley economists calculated the exact cost of housing cartels. The receipts are in—and they're devastating.
A landmark study proves what YIMBYs knew: zoning boards in SF and NYC cost the entire country trillions.
The bill's architects say founders can fight the state for their money back. With interest. On hard mode.
The numbers prove SF is the undisputed capital of innovation. So why are California politicians hellbent on driving it away?
We didn't stumble into the housing crisis—we legislated it. The cities we love would be banned under today's rules.
Archival footage reveals the 2020 board meeting where Regents admitted they were ignoring faculty data to appease one woman.