Newsom’s newest survivor-protection bills are real relief on paper. Our reporting this year on insurer penalties and stalled deadlines raises the same question once more: who makes sure the promises […]
Nobody Owns the Bill: How Los Angeles Lost Track of Who Pays for Its Mistakes
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | Los Angeles Affairs | Investigation Los Angeles is currently running two separate experiments in what happens when a government takes on […]
DOJ and FBI Seize Chinese State Hacking Platform That Reached the Fed, NASA and the Senate
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | National Affairs The Justice Department and FBI announced court-authorized domain seizures last month that disabled two hacking platforms built by a […]
LA Is Building a Billion-Dollar Olympics Plan on an Assumption Nobody Can Guarantee
By Jose Navarro, MBA | San Diego | The Navarro Report Los Angeles is two years from hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics, and its transit build-out, public safety staffing, and […]
Nobody Can Tell You What California’s Bullet Train Actually Costs — And That’s the Real Scandal
By Jose Navarro, MBA | San Diego | The Navarro Report Ask the California High-Speed Rail Authority what its project costs, and you will get a different number depending on […]
Nearly $5 Billion, No Brakes: LA County’s Abuse Settlement Payouts Proceed Over a District Attorney’s Fraud Warning
Some settlements close a chapter. This one is opening a new line item in Los Angeles County’s budget for years to come. Beginning in July, the county started cutting checks […]
The Warnings Were Written Down: California’s $20 Billion Habit of Not Reading Its Own Audits
Somewhere in Sacramento there is a filing cabinet’s worth of solved problems. Not hypothetical solutions — actual, specific, state-auditor-drafted recommendations, tested against real fraud and real spending, sitting unread by […]
High-Speed Rail’s Inspector General Says the Authority Is Hiding the Real Numbers — And Newsom Can’t Afford to Ignore It
California’s Office of the Inspector General for High-Speed Rail has done something the California High-Speed Rail Authority itself has resisted for years: put a hard date on the project’s cash […]
California’s Budget Hit $351.7 Billion. Here’s Where the Money Actually Went.
Six years, $150 billion in new spending, and a fiscal story that no longer runs through the classroom. By Jose Navarro | The Navarro Report | September 8, 2026 California […]
Obscured Facts: The Inspector General’s Verdict onCalifornia High-Speed Rail’s 2026 Business Plan
California’s high-speed rail project has produced a fresh document that should have settled thedebate over its finances. Instead, the state’s own watchdog says the document itself can’t betrusted at face […]