Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting, according to Mark Twain. In California we are always fighting over water—and with the 2025 cut of 30% of available water—right AFTER the election, it will get worse. “The California Supreme
Category: Stephen Frank’s California Political News And Views
Newsom deals new blow to progressive DA Pamela Price over Oakland crime
Oakland is the Wild West. No cops. No DA. At least in the old West citizens were allowed weapons to protect themselves—not in Oakland of 2024. “Gov. Gavin Newsom is rescinding an offer to dispatch attorneys to help prosecute drug
California Fast Food Franchisees Forced to Cut Employees’ Hours due to $20 Minimum Wage
This is how you kill jobs, tax revenues and businesses—you have government determine wage and benefit rates. “Lawrence Cheng, whose family owns several Wendy’s restaurants in southern California, has had to fill in behind the register to make up for
San Fran not alone in facing school-closure conundrums
The Bay area is dying. San Fran and Oakland are dead—they are in a DOOM LOOP. San Jose has begun the process of dying—50% more people have put their homes on the market than a year ago. The tech companies
Valencia bike lane debacle becomes obstacle to new SF biking network
San Fran is a dying city. Crime, drugs, illegal, homeless, gangs, bullies and corrupt politicians. For several years, part of the economic collapse has been caused by the restrictions on where cars are allowed to drive—closed streets, slow streets, high
Plan to connect California’s 2 high-speed rail projects moves forward
How do you create thousands of high paying jobs and finance unions so they have more money to own politicians? You connect a scam, the train to nowhere, to a project meant to get people to Vegas to lose their
Plan to add 4 LA County supervisors may head to voters in November
Every county in California has five members of the Board of Supervisors—except for San Fran—but that is because it is both a city and county. Los Angeles is about to decide to increase from five to nine—and elect a County
Sacramento City Attorney Threatens Target it Will Face Fines for Reporting Retail Theft ‘Nuisance Calls’
If you are a convenience or retail store in Sacramento (a war zone) you have a good chance of being robbed. But the City Attorney does not care about the theft—she is going after you for REPORTING a crime. This
San Frans’ office-vacancy rate just inched to a new record high
The collapse of San Fran continues. Between firms leaving the town—and companies allowing workers to work from home instead of going into a war zone, the office vacancy rate continues to grow. As it grows, that makes fewer customers for
Duke Medical School claims ‘timeliness,’ ‘individualism’ is part of ‘White supremacy culture’
Duke university should be named after David Duke, the infamous Klan leader. They have a professor in the medical school—this is not a joke—that claims blacks being on time is a sign of “white supremacy culture. “Duke Medical School claims