News For Reasonable People

A year after the LA wildfires turned entire neighborhoods into ash, fewer than a dozen homes are actually rebuilt while politicians throw confetti over issuing 1,600 permits out of 16,000 destroyed structures. That's a whopping 10% permit rate—truly lightning speed by California standards! Governor Newsom brags about "historic pace" while the median permit time sits at 51 days compared to Texas's 8 days, and survi...

Seattle's downtown office vacancy just hit a record 39.1%—nearly four out of every ten commercial spaces are empty. But sure, let's keep blaming remote work instead of the real culprits: sky-high taxes, a millionaire tax driving out wealth, America's highest minimum wage killing restaurants, and a mayor who's never successfully run anything now experimenting with socialist grocery stores. Meanwhile, Amazon and Micro...

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has banned over 1,000 firms from receiving no-bid contracts after they failed to provide anti-fraud documents. These firms, participating in the 8(a) program intended for disadvantaged businesses, received over $5 billion in federal funds in the last four years. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler stated the action aims to dismantle discriminatory practices and combat fraud within DEI programs. ...

Seattle just elected a socialist mayor while simultaneously pushing a statewide millionaire's tax AND a corporate payroll tax—as Amazon and Meta announce thousands of layoffs. What could possibly go wrong? This is the perfect storm of economic suicide: tech companies already bleeding jobs due to AI disruption, a downtown core that's been obliterated, and politicians who think boycotting hometown companies like Starbucks is ...

New York City's new socialist mayor just announced his brilliant solution to a $12 billion deficit: tax the rich into oblivion and hope they don't notice. Mayor Zoran Mdani wants to slap a 2% tax hike on millionaires while promising $10 billion in freebies—universal childcare, free buses, the whole progressive wishlist. Meanwhile, he's citing a study claiming wealthy New Yorkers leave at one-fourth the rate of other inc...

King County Parks just admitted they can't track where $100 million in taxpayer grants actually went. The funding exploded from $3 million to $20 million—seven times larger—but somehow nobody thought to update their oversight systems. Sound familiar? This is the same playbook we saw with California's $24 billion homeless spending black hole and the Minnesota Somali daycare fraud scandal. When auditors say they can't ver...

https://www.wethepeopleradio.us/gas.htmlhttps://californiaglobe.com/articles/has-californias-oil-and-gas-industry-hit-the-point-of-no-return/California is about to learn what happens when virtue signaling meets reality. Two major refineries—Phillips 66 and Valero—are shutting down thanks to California's crushing regulations and "sustainability concerns," cutting the state's gasoline production by a staggering 42% ...

California is boasting about raking in over $1 billion from its 'mansion tax' on high-end property sales, specifically in areas like Los Angeles. However, critics are questioning where the vast majority of the money is actually going. While the funds were earmarked for homelessness and rental assistance, a mere fraction of the revenue is clearly accounted for in related programs. This lack of transparency is fueling concern...

San Francisco spent $5 million a year—$20 million total—delivering booze to homeless alcoholics. Yes, you read that right. The city's "Managed Alcohol Program" cost taxpayers $454,000 per client over four years, all in the name of "harm reduction." As usual, progressive policies prioritize keeping people comfortable in their addiction rather than actually helping them recover.We break down how this pandemic-...

San Francisco's largest mall just closed its doors—a day early, no less—after nearly 20 years of slow-motion collapse. What started as a 1.5 million square foot retail destination plummeted from $1.2 billion in value to a pathetic $133 million credit sale that nobody even wanted to bid on. We're talking about a mall so bad that human waste in the elevators increased 400%, Panda Express was literally sued to leave, and shoppers chos...

Alexander Soofer, the director of an L.A. charity, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) of $23 million. Soofer is accused of using the funds, intended to combat homelessness, for personal expenses, including a $7 million house and luxury vehicles. The DOJ is cracking down on this abuse of funds, with officials calling California a "poster child" for waste and fraud...

Washington's state auditor just casually mentioned they're "questioning" $415 million in federal daycare program costs because—whoops—they don't actually know where the money went. No adequate documentation. No provider records for four years. But don't worry, the attorney general assures us fraud allegations are "baseless" while simultaneously admitting complaints are flooding in. Here we go aga...

Seattle Democrats promised affordability and delivered the exact opposite—rents skyrocketing to $3,695 for a three-bedroom while housing permits hit their lowest level since 2011. Shocking, right? As usual, progressive policies like rent control caps, millionaire taxes, and a proposed payroll tax are doing what they always do: pushing out landlords, developers, and businesses while constricting housing supply. Meanwhile, the new so...

Portland passes an urban camping ban with arrests but zero convictions. Shocked? You shouldn't be. Let's break down this masterclass in government theater: 21 people arrested, but thanks to public defender shortages, no-show defendants, and prosecutors who dismiss charges faster than you can say "progressive policies," not a single person has faced consequences. Meanwhile, Washington State is sprinting in the oppo...

Washington state lawmakers want to make it virtually impossible to clear homeless encampments—ever again. House Bill 2489 sets the bar so absurdly high that no shelter in the state could meet the requirements: must accept pets, partners, unlimited personal possessions, AND cannot mandate any behavioral health treatment. Translation? Taxpayers foot the bill while addicts and mentally ill people slowly die on sidewalks, and police ca...

Washington state Democrats just decided to make homelessness permanent. House Bill 2489 sets such impossible standards for shelter—pets, partners, belongings allowed, no sobriety requirements—that cities will never be able to sweep another encampment again. Meanwhile, Portland and San Francisco are actively clearing camps and seeing results, but Washington? They're going full speed in the opposite direction.This bill strips loc...

Seattle now boasts the highest minimum wage in America at $21.30 an hour, and as usual, the socialist utopia experiment is backfiring spectacularly. Local restaurants are shuttering left and right—Belgato, Jackson's Catfish Corner, BBOP Waffle Shop, and more—because Democratic Socialist dreamers forgot one tiny detail: businesses need to actually make money to survive.We break down how Seattle's progressive wage mandates ar...

Gavin Newsom is desperately touting a 9% drop in unsheltered homelessness as his presidential audition begins—conveniently forgetting that homelessness exploded 34% under his watch since 2019. That's 50,000 more people living on the streets, but sure, let's celebrate a tiny dip at the end and call it a win. After spending $24 billion with no accountability and using volunteer counts we know are wildly inaccurate, the Govern...

Valero just axed 237 good-paying jobs in California, and you can thank Gavin Newsom's war on affordable energy for that. The refinery is idling now, permanent closure coming soon, and Governor Newsom is out here spinning it like he's actually protecting consumers while gas prices climb to the highest in the nation. Meanwhile, the rest of America is paying under $2 a gallon while Californians—and Washington state residents—a...