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A California bill that could let taxpayer-funded immigration nonprofits sue journalists investigating them just cleared committee and is one vote from the Assembly floor. Meanwhile, SFUSD rubber-stamped a $147,000 sham curriculum review, SFMTA admitted it never had funding for 365 affordable housing units it spent eight years promising, and former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf — whose tenure produced gutted police, fleeing businesses, and an indicted successor — was just rewarded with the Bay Area Council's top job. Across the state, the pattern is consistent: government agencies overpromise, cover their tracks, and face few consequences.

Exposing Nonprofit Fraud Could Come With a Price Tag
State Politicians Media & Narrative

Exposing Nonprofit Fraud Could Come With a Price Tag

May 01, 2026 · 5 min read

AB 2624 just cleared committee. It could allow taxpayer-funded immigration NGOs to sue the journalists investigating them.

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SFMTA Promised 465 Affordable Units. There Was Never a Plan to Pay for Them.
Housing & YIMBY State Capacity

SFMTA Promised 465 Affordable Units. There Was Never a Plan to Pay for Them.

April 17, 2026 · 5 min read

The Mission spent eight years in working groups designing housing that SFMTA admitted was only ever a future possibility — never a funded commitment. Then the city cut 365 units and called it a compromise.

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Libby Schaaf Failed Oakland. She Just Got Promoted.
State Capacity Public Safety & Policing

Libby Schaaf Failed Oakland. She Just Got Promoted.

April 15, 2026 · 4 min read

Her Oakland left behind gutted police, fleeing businesses, and an indicted successor. The Bay Area Council thinks that's a resume.

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SFO Is Trying to Bury Waymo
Tech Transit & Safety

SFO Is Trying to Bury Waymo

April 07, 2026 · 5 min read

Waymo cleared every safety bar and got exiled to the Rental Car Center. Meanwhile, Uber and Lyft keep 800,000 monthly trips.

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Oakland's Council Wants a 125% Raise. Here's Their Record.
Budgets & Fiscal Policy Public Safety & Policing

Oakland's Council Wants a 125% Raise. Here's Their Record.

March 29, 2026 · 4 min read

A $100M deficit, 509 cops, 48-minute 911 waits, a recalled-and-indicted mayor. And now the council wants more money.

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