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It’s Time to Look to Sacramento County for Responsibility of Region’s Growing Homeless Crisis

October 28, 2022 10:38 amOctober 30, 2022 2:57 pm

Sacramento County’s 2022 homeless count reported a 67 percent rise in the unsheltered population since 2020. The numbers, not experienced by our neighbors in Yolo (13.9 percent) or Placer counties (under 1 percent), reflect policy failures. Even Los Angeles (4.1...

California Truthtellers Face Woke Crybullies

October 25, 2022 9:54 amOctober 26, 2022 8:41 pm

One of the reasons problems seems so uniquely unfixable in the Golden State is that those who tell the truth about them are instantly and angrily silenced. Two recent examples have caught our eye. As California Globe’s Evan Symon has...

Gov. Newsom’s Blatant Dishonesty on California Public School Test Scores

October 24, 2022 12:35 pmOctober 25, 2022 9:55 am

In a brazenly political move, California Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education announced they would not release statewide student test scores until after the November election, the Globe reported in September. “If California’s state test...

Why Do So Many Californians Still Wear Masks?

October 20, 2022 11:22 amOctober 21, 2022 6:49 am

The other day I saw a women in her late teens or early twenties walking her dog in a park near my home. She was fit and healthy-looking, getting some exercise on a lovely fall day in a quiet bayside...

Gov. Newsom Announces Eventual End To COVID-19 State Of Emergency

October 18, 2022 2:30 amOctober 19, 2022 1:23 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an eventual end date of February 28, 2023 to the COVID-19 state of emergency on Monday, stopping the statewide order just short of three years. In late August, the Globe reported California, Washington State, and...

Sacramento Shelters for the Homeless ‘Not Accessible Yet’ But Million$ Spent

October 17, 2022 7:33 amOctober 18, 2022 7:01 am

How is Sacramento doing with its shelters for the homeless? In April, the Globe reported, “The City of Sacramento is spending more than $44 million to provide eight homeless shelters and camping options, most not yet built or ready, and...

Why Haven’t LA Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo Resigned?

October 14, 2022 2:30 amOctober 16, 2022 1:13 pm

LA City Councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo continue to resist the overwhelming calls to resign on Thursday, despite pressure coming everywhere – from local citizens to President Joe Biden, amid the ongoing racist recording scandal that has put...