California's legislature killed two bipartisan bills that would have made lobbyist influence letters public — the same basic transparency standard already met by at least ten other states — while a separate bill moving through committee could expose journalists who report on government-funded immigration nonprofits to $4,000-per-violation fines. Meanwhile, the state's own nonpartisan analysts confirm what critics have argued for years: spending has outpaced revenue by 10 points since the pandemic, producing structural deficits of $20–$30 billion annually that Sacramento has yet to seriously address.
The numbers prove SF is the undisputed capital of innovation. So why are California politicians hellbent on driving it away?
The progressive politician who blocked 495 homes now wants to run California's insurance market into the ground.
Founders are already planning their escape routes. YC's strategy: leave after Series B, go distributed. "Suboptimal, but we know how to do this."
She wants to seize private property, calls homeownership 'white supremacy,' and ran crying when asked about her mom's $1.6M home.
San Jose's mayor is weighing a run—and his track record of actually fixing homelessness has founders begging him to go statewide.
The Governor touts a 9% drop in "unsheltered" homelessness. The actual numbers tell a very different story.
Half of California's billionaire wealth has fled the state—and the wealth tax isn't even on the ballot yet.
San Jose's mayor goes on national TV to warn Sacramento that their wealth tax scheme will backfire spectacularly.
The YIMBY ringleader is running for Congress on housing wins, tough-on-crime bills, and a decade of fighting for algebra.