Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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When the calendar turns over to 2025, parking in California cities will be even more of a hassle than it already is. Jan. 1 marks the day that cities can begin slapping tickets on cars parked too close to crosswalks. San Francisco is expected to lose nearly 14,000 street spaces. As many as 100,000 will be erased statewide. The California Road Diet, which has an insatiable appetite for chewing up useful concrete and asphalt, continues. Assembly Bill 413 passed and was signed in the fall of 2023,...
November 18, 2024 - The fleet of 82 buses used to transport prison inmates sank to a low of 36 buses by 2023. The buses, specially retrofitted for the safe transport of inmates, take prisoners to and from more than 90 different state and county facilities, including 35 state prisons or hospitals throughout California, 25 County courts, 18 Sheriff's stations, six Department custody facilities, and local scheduled medical appointments. 62 of those buses are supposed to operate in the Los Angeles...
1) These meetings started when the LA County Civil Grand Jury judged Santa Monica one of the most financially mismanaged cities in LA County. Today it's worse. 2) The original auditing firm Moss Adams should be replaced. They are still conducting "virtual" audits, and waiting 9 months to a year for answers from City Staff and City-funded non-profits. 3) We need a DIFFERENT firm with NO long term ties to the City, Council, or Staff. Staff should NOT be interviewing the candidates. THIS committee...
Recent speculation has erupted online regarding whether Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is expecting a baby. These rumors surfaced on social media following comments about a possible "baby bump" seen in photos, though there has been no official statement from AOC, 35, on the matter. The chatter reportedly began with right-wing activist Laura Loomer, who took to Twitter to taunt Ocasio-Cortez, saying, "Hey @AOC, the election is over. You can come out and finally admit you're...
Rumors have circulated for two years about alleged phone conversations between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Now, some critics suggest the connection may run even deeper. “The West’s wealthiest man is coordinating with the world’s most malevolent dictator,” claims The Bulwark, a left-leaning publication. Once praised as a progressive icon for advancing electric vehicles, Musk is now being accused of supporting xenophobic and divisive ideologies, similar to those i...
In a forceful 33 minutes speech, Robert F Kennedy Jr. suspended his third party candidacy to become the next US president. "I will appear on the ballot in 40 Red and Blue states. In those states, I invite you to vote for me as a protest to both parties. But voters in swing states should vote for Donald Trump, whom I endorse." RFK Jr says Donald Trump has asked him to join his administration to work with him on combatting chronic disease in America and that Donald Trump asked him to join forces...
Good evening. Thank you for being here with me, the Vice Mayor and City Manager David White for the annual State of the City event. On behalf of myself and my colleagues on the City Council, I want to thank you for your interest in staying informed about what's happening in this community we call home. I also want to thank the members of our Boards and Commissions, many of whom have joined us tonight. A special thank you to the Chairs and Vice Chairs who have joined my Mayor's Cabinet. Your...
In what the progressive LA Times called "a referendum on a more rehabilitative, less punitive approach to criminal justice," George Gascon won the primary election for Los Angeles County DA. However, he appears to have received only 24% of the vote, a record low for an incumbent D.A. He will face Republican Nathan Hochman in November, who received about 17% of the vote in the field of 11 candidates. Newcomer Jonathan Hatami finished third with around 14% of the vote, vowing to run for public...
A proposed ballot initiative that would reverse California's Prop. 47, has gathered 400,000 signatures, about 2/3rds of the number needed to put it on the ballot. "Proposition 47, was passed by tragically misinformed voters in 2014, and flagrantly titled "The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" by then Attorney General Kamala Harris," say the measures proponents. "It reduced a host of serious felonies to misdemeanors, including drug crimes, date rape, and all thefts under $950, even for repeat...
Tweeting pictures of 15,000 migrants on their way north in a caravan from Southern Mexico, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also tweeted: "While it is trivial to enter the United States illegally, it is insanely difficult for legal immigrants to move to the United States. This is madness! We should shut down illegal immigration and greatly increase legal immigration.” Musk also tweeted that "At This Point, There is No Question This Administration Is Facilitating Illegal Immigration.” While this is abs...
Combining two headlines from Tuesday morning, @Harrisonkrank posted that "Claudine Gay Accepts Leadership Position in Hamas Hours After Deputy Leader Passes Away." The Harvard Crimson newspaper reports today that President Claudine Gay has resigned. This following controversy over her apparent plagiarism of academic appers, and a disastrous testimony before Elise Stefanik at the house of representatives last month, in which Gay said whteher or not calling for the genocide of Jews violates...
Multiple reports from Hamas sources say that Hamas politburo members residing in Qatar, have been evacuated to Teheran. This after local officials said they could not guarantee their safety. Their families also moved with them, as well as important staff Osama Hamdan, Hamas spokesman who resides in Beirut, is now the most senior Hamas official in the forward area, i.e. anywhere near Israel. Ismail Haniyeh, the President of the Hamas Politburo, lived in a five star hotel in Qatar with personal...
A Turkish Member of Parliament suffered a heart attack seconds after shouting that Israel would "suffer the wrath of Allah." MP Hasan Bismet spoke out strongly against Israel, and shouted about Israeli suffering the "wrath of Allah". Seconds later, he had a heart attack, reports Visegrad News on Twitter. https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1734566904629428292?s=20 Making the story even more ironic, Turkey has occupied the Northern third of Cyprus, an independent Greek speaking country, since 1975....
Just South of Santa Monica City Hall is the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The historic building, where the Academy Awards were conducted in the 1950’s, is in derelict condiction as politicians debate what to do with it. "I took these photos in the link below and others,” writes John Alle, a local resident and business owner. "Addicts drinking, doing drugs, smoking and having sex between the building and the hedges...It is a fire hazard. No fencing and no exterior security cameras anywhere." Gle...
Media Matters, a left wing self appointed fact-checker that tries to turn the internet into a nanny-state, declared war on Elon Musk after a supposedly anti-Semitic tweet by Twitter’s CEO last week. “Media Matters is pure evil,” tweeted Elon Musk, who last week sued them in response to MM targeting X. "The media say X" tweeted Michael Shellenberger, "is placing Apple, IBM, and other ads near pro-Nazi content, but it's not. We tried various ways to replicate Media Matters' research and could...
Antifa and its progressive allies, conducted a pro-Hamas rally Monday evening outside a Brentwood home where Kamala Harris was to speak at a fundraiser. The Los Angeles Police Department was summoned to maintain order. Last Thursday, a group of pro-Hamas protestors bisected Wilshire Blvd at Granville Avenue, effectively closing LA’s main street to traffic in Brentwood for about an hour. On October 19th, pro-Israeli protestors conducted a protest outside Harris’ Brentwood home. They were wel...
At a debate in Santa Monica, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon denied that his progressive policies had lead to an increase in crime. sixteen candidates, mostly members of the District Attorney’s office, are competing to replace Gascon in November. Gascon called criticism of him "fake news." He denied that his progressive policies had lead to an increase in crime. He said that crime has risen nationwide since he was elected 3 years ago, “and violent crime is actually down in LA ove...
Argentina An illegal espionage scandal poisons the campaign for the presidency in Argentina According to the federal prosecutor's investigation, Zanchetta had links with two Peronist officials close to Kirchner: a national deputy and a current director of the State tax agency (AFIP), who was one of the leaders of the La Cámpora group, the militants most faithful of the former president....Read mor...
In unrelated incidents, dentists in Miami and in Boston have been fired for tearing down posters of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas in Gaza. Dr. Zena Al Adeeb, Endodontist has been relieved of her position at a dental office in Brookline MA. This after video circulated on social media of the dentist tearing down the posters of missing Israelis who have been kidnapped by Hamas, the terror organization that runs the Gaza Strip. After video posted to social media showed Zena Al Adeeb ripping down...
The State of Florida has banned Students for Justice in Palestine from campus, after SJP asked its members to assist a terror group in its terror attacks against Jews. Journalist Andy Ngo sent the following tweet Tuesday afternoon: "Gov. @RonDeSantis directed the chancellor of the State University System of Florida to deactivate the "Students for Justice in Palestine" group after it was revealed they sent out a "toolkit" inviting members to aid Hamas in their Operation Al-Aqsa Flood terrorist...
LOS ANGELES (10/6/23) – Law enforcement labor partners sponsoring the upcoming Los Angeles District Attorney Candidate Forum have been informed that current Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón will not be participating. The decision comes without any provided reason or explanation. The Candidate forum is sponsored by several significant law enforcement associations – including the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS), the Los Angeles Professional Peace Officers Asso...
Analysis: Last Saturday Hamas committed the worst terrorist attack in the Western world in 20 years. With no warning, Hamas’ Al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades slaughtered 1400 people, raped women and beheaded babies in their cribs, just for being Jewish. Hardly partners for peace. Israeli PM Netanyahu committed his country to total war. “Everyone in Hamas, you are all dead men” he said looking in the camera. The 300,000 men and 600 Merkava tanks the IDF assembled on the border of Gaza backed up his thr...
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy has been removed from his position, after a motion from Matt Gaetz (r) Florida. Gaetz accused McCarthy of being too soft on Democrats. Gaetz blasting members of Congress for being owned by "lobbyists and special interests" right before McCarthy was ousted. "I take no lecture on asking patriotic Americans to weigh in and contribute to this fight from those who would grovel and bend knee for the lobbyists and special interests who own our leadership."...
Laphonza Butler president of political advocacy group Emily's list, has been chosen as new California senator by Cal. Gov. Gavin Newsom. "Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Dem women who support abortion rights, per a person familiar," tweeted Politico Sunday night, Oct. 1, 2023. California's governor Newson chose someone not currently running for...
