Ballot measure madness: How California lawmakers are scrambling the November list
Last week I noted that 15 measures qualified for the November ballot. Then the Supreme Court voted to end Democracy in California—said that a measure with over 1.2 million signatures was not allowed on the ballot. That means your right
California’s largest landfill is about to become a massive park
Sometimes good things happen. “Before the area was a landfill, it supported a thriving ecosystem that officials now hope can be restored. The WCB grant, along with other regional funding, will help convert a 142-acre section of the property into
Trump Indicted For Murdering Elderly Man On CNN
Is this satire or will some crazy DA charge Trump with elder abuse? “Tonight’s presidential debate ended abruptly when Donald Trump was served with papers notifying him that he had been indicted for the murder of an elderly man on
Downtown Santa Barbara Property Owners Agree to Assess Themselves to Pay For Services
How poorly run is the city of Santa Barbara? Areas of downtown need to tax themselves to provide the basic services government is supposed to provide. “The assessment is a funding tool that allows property owners to pool their financial
Union Station revamp plans call for bridge over 101 Freeway
They want to build a 700 bridge to go over a freeway in downtown LA, to help the Amtrak and Metro trains. Note the environmental report was finished in 2019, five years ago. Anybody heard of this project, testified about
260 home burglaries unsolved in San Fernando Valley Wi-Fi jamming scheme
Who says crime is being decreased? So, you bought a security system, to protect you. In fact, it put you to sleep. Criminals can now jam your security device, rob you and until you got home, not know you were
Listen to Kamala: Apple admits V.P.’s wariness justified, says AirPods vulnerable to hackers
Apple admits that the lowly AirPods can be hacked. Why doesn’t the media admit that voting machines can be hacked? “Vice President Kamala Harris was right to be concerned. Tech giant Apple acknowledged this week that its AirPods wireless headphones are vulnerable to hackers,
Shuttered California LTL carrier files for bankruptcy
Another California business has gone under. I wonder what place the cost of diesel fuel and the impending Newsom demand to get rid of diesel trucks, to be replaced by electric trucks played in this? Expect many more freight companies
State Farm seeks ‘seismic-level’ rate hike as insurance crisis becomes ‘perfect storm’
Here is another reason California is in a DOOM LOOP. Even if you own a home, because you bought it years ago, you might not be able to keep it. Energy and water rates have skyrocketed. Now the cost of
LAUSD faces a dramatic, ongoing loss of students and that harms the budget
Los Angeles Unified School District is in a Doom Loop. “The district expects to see 403,000 students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, losing 83,000 students since the pre-pandemic 2018-19 school year when 486,000 students attended. Because funding for schools