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SFUSD just voted 6-1 to adopt a new ethnic studies curriculum validated by a process with no defined passing threshold—and is now facing a Brown Act lawsuit the same challengers used to win a similar fight in 2021. Across San Francisco, a pattern is hardening: SFMTA quietly buried 365 promised affordable housing units that were never funded, SFO engineered a policy to exile Waymo from the main rideshare garage while protecting 800,000 monthly Uber and Lyft trips, and a Berkeley court blocked homeless encampment cleanup for 16 months even after rats tested positive for a tropical disease. These stories share a through-line—government institutions making commitments they don't intend to keep, shielding incumbents from accountability, and leaving the public to absorb the costs.

Haney Wants Tree Investigation While Fentanyl Kills
Homelessness & Drug Crisis State Capacity

Haney Wants Tree Investigation While Fentanyl Kills

January 17, 2026 · 2 min read

SF's state legislator asks Attorney General to probe missing trees instead of addressing homelessness, drug deaths, or housing.

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California's Tech Industry Kill Switch
Asset Seizure Taxes State Capacity

California's Tech Industry Kill Switch

January 13, 2026 · 6 min read

A quiet amendment to the "Billionaire Tax" would force founders to go bankrupt or surrender control of their companies.

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California Tripled Spending. Did Your Life Get 3x Better?
Budgets & Fiscal Policy State Capacity

California Tripled Spending. Did Your Life Get 3x Better?

January 12, 2026 · 2 min read

Per capita spending jumped from $4,350 to $12,940 while population grew just 11%. Where did all that money go?

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Feds Expose California's $70 Billion Homeless Grift
Homelessness & Drug Crisis State Capacity

Feds Expose California's $70 Billion Homeless Grift

January 07, 2026 · 3 min read

First Assistant US Attorney promises 'massive' fraud prosecutions are just beginning. More arrests coming 'perhaps this month.'

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"Settler Colonialism": The NIMBY Grift Exposed
Housing & YIMBY State Capacity

"Settler Colonialism": The NIMBY Grift Exposed

January 04, 2026 · 2 min read

California's most powerful environmental justice group thinks your right to own a home is a colonial relic. They're killing housing to prove it.

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