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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.

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

The Golden Exit: $2.5 Trillion Fleeing California

January 15, 2026 · 4 min read

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%

January 12, 2026 · 2 min read

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

January 12, 2026 · 6 min read

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

January 10, 2026 · 3 min read

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

January 05, 2026 · 2 min read

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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