Sacramento lawmakers killed two bipartisan bills that would have required lobbyist position letters to be posted online in real time—blocking a reform already standard in ten other states. Meanwhile, a bill moving through the Assembly could expose journalists who report on taxpayer-funded immigration nonprofits to $4,000-per-violation fines, with no press exemption. Across California, from SFUSD's rigged curriculum review to SFMTA's phantom affordable housing to a leptospirosis outbreak courts blocked cities from cleaning up, the pattern is the same: government agencies making commitments they can't keep, obscuring accountability, and insulating themselves from oversight.
They are accused of harvesting grandma's ballot, pocket $777K salaries, and wield incredible political power in San Francisco. All on your tax dollars.
BART knew about the encampment, had legal authority to clear it, and asked Oakland nicely. Then it burned.
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The Robinhood CEO says he loves this state. That's why his warning should terrify Sacramento.