California Doing California Things

[Elixir]

It’s baffling why the people vote for these extremists. Reality tv personality Spencer Pratt is running for LA mayor. The LA Times ran a hit piece on him, raising the question of his eligibility since he is currently residing in Santa Barbara at his parents house. The reason for this is because his house in the Palisades burned down thanks to the utter incompetence of the city of Los Angeles administration, under Karen Basura. (Not a typo).

Spencer is a bad guy extremist because Karen burned his house down.
Typical libtard living in his mom’s basement. Insufferable!

 

[TSwizzle]

Fourth largest economy in the word loses another business.

KB Home, a staple of the Southern California business landscape for decades, announced Tuesday that it will exit its Westwood headquarters next year. The move to Tempe marks a strategic shift for the developer as it seeks to streamline operations and capitalize on Arizona's lower cost of doing business. The company also highlighted the economic benefits of the shift, noting that the Phoenix area provides a "business-friendly operating environment that is expected to further enhance efficiency and support long-term profitability."

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[Politesse]

Fourth largest economy in the word loses another business.

KB Home, a staple of the Southern California business landscape for decades, announced Tuesday that it will exit its Westwood headquarters next year. The move to Tempe marks a strategic shift for the developer as it seeks to streamline operations and capitalize on Arizona's lower cost of doing business. The company also highlighted the economic benefits of the shift, noting that the Phoenix area provides a "business-friendly operating environment that is expected to further enhance efficiency and support long-term profitability."

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Oh noes! None of the others worked, but I'm sure THIS one will collapse the economy!!!

 

[Politesse]

Now KB owns or controls 60,000 lots, including around 13,000 homes in the 2025 fiscal year, together constituting a total revenue of seven billion dollars that year. A paltry sum obviously, I can see why they feel they can't make any money here anymore. I assume they'll be relinquishing ownership of all those highly lucrative properties, since they hate the state so much?

Or is it just the taxes they are dodging by "moving" to Tempe, as they continue to mine us for extraordinary wealth, the same as always?

 

[Politesse]

Also, is there any business skeevy enough that Republicans won't suck their cock just for existing? Are you forgetting KB Homes played a major role in collapsing the entire national economy in 2007, while they ran off with the bank? In the process, putting a hell of a lot of the "homeless" people you hate so much out on the street to begin with? THESE spineless motherfuckers are your heroes, your compañeros who you want to be neighbors with for all eternity? WHY? What did they ever do for you? They drive up home prices, con new home owners into bad decisions, profiteer from natural disasters, and contribute as little as they can to the state economy. You may think you are their friend, but they are not yours.

 

[TSwizzle]

so an investigative reporter exposes the mass fraud going on in California. The response from Sacramento is not to investigate further. Indeed, insufferable prick Newsom rails against such things by calling Dr Oz a racist and the attorney general's wife creates a bill to stop people investigating fraud.

California lawmakers were confronted at the state Capitol in Sacramento as independent journalist Nick Shirley filmed a video published this week questioning Assembly Bill 2624, a proposal California Republicans have dubbed the "Stop Nick Shirley Act," during interviews with Democratic and Republican legislators about the bill's scope and intent. "If this bill were to get passed, instead of going after the fraudsters, they’re trying to make it criminal to go after the people that are committing this fraud," Shirley said in the video posted to his YouTube page. The video centered on California Assembly Bill 2624, authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, which seeks to restrict the public posting of personal information of individuals connected to immigration support services, including nonprofit organizations, legal clinics and health care providers.

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California is corrupt af.

 

[Politesse]

so an investigative reporter exposes the mass fraud going on in California. The response from Sacramento is not to investigate further. Indeed, insufferable prick Newsom rails against such things by calling Dr Oz a racist and the attorney general's wife creates a bill to stop people investigating fraud.

California lawmakers were confronted at the state Capitol in Sacramento as independent journalist Nick Shirley filmed a video published this week questioning Assembly Bill 2624, a proposal California Republicans have dubbed the "Stop Nick Shirley Act," during interviews with Democratic and Republican legislators about the bill's scope and intent. "If this bill were to get passed, instead of going after the fraudsters, they’re trying to make it criminal to go after the people that are committing this fraud," Shirley said in the video posted to his YouTube page. The video centered on California Assembly Bill 2624, authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, which seeks to restrict the public posting of personal information of individuals connected to immigration support services, including nonprofit organizations, legal clinics and health care providers.

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California is corrupt af.

How is your comment related to your link? Nick Shirley did not demonstrate any corruption, and if he had, doxxing the individuals involved would not have helped him do so. Why would you need to publish someone's home address in order to demonstrate that they have done something fraudulent?

 

[TSwizzle]

Gavin Newsom wants to be president so badly that it is painful to watch. His struggles — and his desperation — flow in part from his many failures as California’s governor. But his biggest challenge could be growing revelations of welfare fraud in his state. Bogus hospice operations, stolen unemployment insurance, student aid scams, missing housing funds and a host of other lapses have reportedly cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, bringing federal investigations and embarrassing oversight to the Golden State. Newsom’s administration has responded by ramping up its own policing of the state’s welfare programs. In recent days, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced he was bringing charges against 14 hospice companies that had billed Medi-Cal and Medicaid for $267 million in nonexistent services. But that only happened after podcaster Nick Shirley and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz posted incriminating videos about the blatant fraud in his state. Fraud is not California’s only issue, to be sure. Newsom has overseen one financial disaster after another. Topping the list is the much-touted $126 billion high-speed rail project that is almost 20 years late and nearly 400 percent over-budget.

The Hill

Newsom running for president is going to be hilarious.

 

[Politesse]

The state assembly passed SB-97 today, a resolution denoting April 24 as a day of remembrance for the Armenian Genocide. While this is not a first for the state, globally there are still very few public recognitions of the tragedy, which was the first mass genocide of modern times and set the stage for many of the 20th century's worst horrors. Despite its checquered past in terms of recognition, the mas skilling of Armenian people by the Turkish government was actually the case study that pressed Raphael Lemkin to first define the term "genocide" and lobby for its treatment as a war crime under international law. For Californians, it is an especially poignant anniversary, as many Armenians fled here during and after the war, and did what they could to surpass the trauma and build a thriving community in the Los Angeles, San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys. In the "Little Armenia" neighborhood of Glendale CA, construction is currently ongoing for a Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center which is supposed to open later this year. My state assemblyman, Juan Alanis, co-sponsored the bipartisan bill, an infrequent instance of he and I seeing eye to eye on something.

CA - AR97

Relative to the Armenian Genocide.

www.billtrack50.com

 

[Politesse]

Here's an interesting fact: although California was frequently described as a "Blue State" following Bush Jr's election, a bit less than half of Californians are registered Democrats. But there are about twice as many registered Democrats as there are Republicans. So it's not so much that we are Blue so much as that we are pointedly not Red. This results in frequent electoral victories for the DNC, especially in presidential elections, but both Parties represent our state extremely poorly as a rule, and our most popular and longstanding state politicians are those willing to oppose the national parties' influence when it matters. I think that California's electoral legislative culture encourages people to be honest about their lack of trust in the partisan system generally. If polling were more honest, most states would, like us, have a vast pool of voters unsworn to any Party.

 

[Politesse]

Also in California news, Betty Yee has dropped out of the governor race. Although she would have been my second choice if credentials and policy were the only issues, her campaign was hopeless, and I'm glad to see the field consolidating. It seems most likely to me that Becerra and Steyer will be the main beneficiaries of "Boring Betty"s surrender, regardless of whom she endorses.

Lagging in polls and fundraising, Betty Yee drops out of California governor’s race

“'It was becoming clear that the donors were not going to be there,' she said. 'Even some of my former supporters just felt like they needed to move on as well.'

She did not immediately endorse another candidate, but said she would do so in the next few days. Six Democrats and two Republicans are leading in polling ahead of the June 2 election."

 

[Politesse]

I'm still hoping Xavier Becerra will rally a bit, perhaps after Wednesday's debate. Though I have many disagreements with the man on specific issues, he's seemingly scandal-proof and generally speaking the only non-clown left in the race, at least of the major candidates.

 

[Politesse]

It would be inconsequential but slightly funny and very California should we end up with Steve Hilton as Governor and Fiona Ma as Lt Governor...

 

[Colonel Sanders]

Fourth largest economy in the word loses another business.

KB Home, a staple of the Southern California business landscape for decades, announced Tuesday that it will exit its Westwood headquarters next year. The move to Tempe marks a strategic shift for the developer as it seeks to streamline operations and capitalize on Arizona's lower cost of doing business. The company also highlighted the economic benefits of the shift, noting that the Phoenix area provides a "business-friendly operating environment that is expected to further enhance efficiency and support long-term profitability."

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I wouldn't put a lot of worry in K&B moving. They still own massive tracts of land in California, so they'll still build there, which means they'll also have to keep the vast majority of their offices open.

As both a contractor when I was younger as well as a sales rep for a material supply business before going back to school, I can tell you that K&B is reviled by both. They're notoriously cheap and hold a 5-10% retainer which they use as leverage to make subcontractors come back and do a lot of work for free/that was never part of the contract. If the subs don't do it, then K&B can tie that retainer up for years and put subs out of business because getting the retainer is where the subs' profit is realized.

Supply houses hate K&B because they can take as long 90 days to pay each sub after completion for each phase, which means that the supply houses have to carry those subs while still having to pay manufacturers in 30 days.

K&B isn't the only major developer that does this (see Centex) but that doesn't make these practices ethical.

 

[Politesse]

I must say, after watching the gubernatorial debate tonight, I'm rather proud of my state. It was one of the most civil, orderly, consistently on topic political debates I've seen in years. No screaming, not much interruption or mugging for viral clips. Just politely debating the issues the state faces. I'll happily vote for any of these folks, aside from the fascisti of course.

 

[Tigers!]

I must say, after watching the gubernatorial debate tonight, I'm rather proud of my state. It was one of the most civil, orderly, consistently on topic political debates I've seen in years. No screaming, not much interruption or mugging for viral clips.

So what fun is that? I thought politics was a blood sport? or it seems like it at times.

Just politely debating the issues the state faces. I'll happily vote for any of these folks, aside from the fascisti of course.

What if the fascists are civil, orderly, on topic too?

 

[Politesse]

So what fun is that? I thought politics was a blood sport? or it seems like it at times.

If you want blood sport, try NASCAR or ice hockey. In government, we deserve at least some modicum of adult temperament from our elected representatives.

What if the fascists are civil, orderly, on topic too?

They were, in fact. Neither Bianco nor Hilton said anything beyond the acceptable bounds of polite debate.

I'm not voting for any Republican, though. There's good manners, and there's complicity in a conspiracy to unravel the democratic governance of the nation. Anyone who values their connection to Trump more than their loyalty to their own state and its citizens is not qualified to be governor. Bianco in particular directly admitted to the illegal seizure of election ballots, in this very debate. He was polite about it, but that's still illegal.

 

[Elixir]

That's not all mine, alas

Buck up. Life’s tough all over.

 

[bilby]

What if the fascists are civil, orderly, on topic too?

Fascists are Lawful Evil. Being "civil, orderly, on topic" is their MO, and a shockingly large number of suburbanites are happy to see their neighbours arrested for no good reason, if those arrests are done in the name of maintaining a polite and orderly society.

Nothing about being "civil, orderly, on topic" precludes being evil.

 

[TSwizzle]

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to expand immigrant legal defense and increase know your rights resources in partnership with the Mexican Consulate. The Mexican Consulate will formalize the partnership soon. In a statement, the consulate said in part: "The Memorandum of Understanding, currently under negotiation, aims to generate an effective synergy with the County of San Diego to facilitate access to reliable information on assistance and preventive protection to more Mexican Nationals."

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In other words, tax dollars are going to be given to attorneys so illegal aliens can get legal representation when it comes to deportation. Obviously Mexico doesn't want these people.

California doing California shit.