Sacramento killed two bipartisan lobbying transparency bills without a hearing, while a new Assembly bill could expose journalists who report on government-funded immigration nonprofits to $4,000-per-violation fines—with no press exemption. These aren't isolated failures: recent months have also surfaced a rigged curriculum review in San Francisco, $465 affordable housing units that were promised but never funded, and a tropical disease outbreak that courts kept cities from cleaning up for over a year. The throughline is a government that resists scrutiny, avoids accountability, and leaves the public to find out after the fact.
Joe Gebbia went from selling cereal to fund a startup to becoming the nation's first Chief Design Officer. Now he's fixing government.
Public sector unions collect nearly $1 billion a year to control Sacramento. Normal citizens? A trickle against a torrent.
Flock Safety just 7x'd what even the best homicide detective in America can do. The technology works. The question is whether your city will use it.
$30 billion stolen in unemployment fraud alone. California's gubernatorial candidate says fix it before raising taxes.
From the Panama Canal to parklet regulations—why it’s time for Americans to reclaim technology, growth, and the abundance that once defined it.
When 38% of students at America's most elite university claim disability status, the system isn't broken—it's working exactly as designed.
San Jose's mayor has cut homelessness 25% while Sacramento lets good policies die in bureaucracy. He's running for governor.
Film students can't finish movies. Professors curve the grades anyway. And states that 'lowered standards to be kind' betrayed their most vulnerable students.
Dean Preston championed Providence Foundation as a model partnership. Now two employees face fraud charges.
For years, the state bled $20M/month in EBT fraud using ancient systems. The fix took chip cards and AI—things we've had for a decade.