Sacramento lawmakers killed two bipartisan bills that would have made lobbyist influence letters publicly available in real time—joining a separate push to shield taxpayer-funded immigration nonprofits from journalistic scrutiny under threat of $4,000-per-violation fines. Together, the moves illustrate a persistent pattern: California government resisting the basic accountability tools that less self-congratulatory states already take for granted, while broken promises (465 affordable units that were never funded), rigged review processes, and court-blocked public health responses pile up beneath the surface.
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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