Garry's List is accepting nominations for its inaugural Civic Impact Awards, recognizing the creators, journalists, and tools helping Californians navigate the June 2 primary. Meanwhile, BART is under fresh scrutiny after a public records request revealed the agency can't locate the invoice for a consultant report it commissioned — one that argued fare enforcement doesn't work — even as it pursues a new tax measure. The region's accountability deficit is on full display: from BART's "leave them be" encampment policy that shut down the Transbay Tube for 12 hours, to LA spending $625,000 per unit on homeless housing that sits empty four years later.
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.
Business and labor unite for the largest construction agreement ever—now they're calling California's bluff to break ground in 2026.