Garry's List is accepting nominations for its inaugural Civic Impact Awards, recognizing the people and platforms making California politics legible ahead of the June 2 primary. Recent coverage has focused on Bay Area accountability stories: BART's inability to locate invoices for a consultant it paid to argue fare enforcement was pointless, and the Bay Area Council's decision to hand its top job to former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf despite a legacy of police staffing collapse, business flight, and an indicted successor.
Business and labor unite for the largest construction agreement ever—now they're calling California's bluff to break ground in 2026.
The top 10% fund 76% of the state budget. Sacramento's answer? Chase them all away.
Private polls show 80-90% of billionaires already gone or leaving. This isn't about the rich—it's about California's survival.
The Governor touts a 9% drop in "unsheltered" homelessness. The actual numbers tell a very different story.
A quiet amendment to the "Billionaire Tax" would force founders to go bankrupt or surrender control of their companies.
Half of California's billionaire wealth has fled the state—and the wealth tax isn't even on the ballot yet.
One in 12 UCSD freshmen can't do middle school math—and 25% of them had perfect 4.0 GPAs in high school.