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.
Los Angeles emptied a building that was already housing people. Four years and $625,000 per unit later, it still houses nobody.
SF's 540-page city charter is the longest in the country, and it was built to protect insiders. Lurie is finally tearing it apart.
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.
Fareed Zakaria just said the quiet part out loud: blue cities are out of control. But San Francisco might actually be charting a different course.
Forbes celebrates her as history's greatest giver. But without stewardship, the outcomes are spotty at best.
We proved local politics is winnable. Now we're recruiting the next wave—and you need to apply to get in.
We’re starting a citizen’s union for people who care about what works
Instead of fixing endemic graft, overtime abuse, and union-protected waste, they're holding your commute hostage for a November tax bailout.
Teachers and parents have a common enemy—and it isn't each other. It's a pension system running a 20-year scam.