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Garry's List is accepting nominations for its inaugural Civic Impact Awards ahead of the June 2 primary, recognizing the newsletters, creators, and reporters helping Californians make sense of their ballots. Meanwhile, BART is under scrutiny on two fronts: a public records request revealed the agency can't locate the invoice for a consultant report it commissioned arguing fare enforcement was pointless — even as encampment fires it knew about shut down the Transbay Tube for 12 hours in February.

The Golden Exit: $2.5 Trillion Fleeing California
Asset Seizure Taxes CA Ballot Measures

The Golden Exit: $2.5 Trillion Fleeing California

Private polls show 80-90% of billionaires already gone or leaving. This isn't about the rich—it's about California's survival.

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Newsom Claims Victory While Homelessness Surges 26%
Homelessness & Drug Crisis Budgets & Fiscal Policy

Newsom Claims Victory While Homelessness Surges 26%

The Governor touts a 9% drop in "unsheltered" homelessness. The actual numbers tell a very different story.

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California's Tech Industry Kill Switch
Asset Seizure Taxes State Capacity

California's Tech Industry Kill Switch

A quiet amendment to the "Billionaire Tax" would force founders to go bankrupt or surrender control of their companies.

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California's $1 Trillion Self-Own
Asset Seizure Taxes Budgets & Fiscal Policy

California's $1 Trillion Self-Own

Half of California's billionaire wealth has fled the state—and the wealth tax isn't even on the ballot yet.

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UC's SAT Ban Created a Math Illiteracy Crisis
Merit & Excellence CA Ballot Measures

UC's SAT Ban Created a Math Illiteracy Crisis

One in 12 UCSD freshmen can't do middle school math—and 25% of them had perfect 4.0 GPAs in high school.

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