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San Diego, California — May 29, 2026 The United States Congress has formally asked the nation’s top federal auditing agency
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The phones sat in storage for years. Some were still in their original packaging. Ninety-nine of them were never activated
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California is staring down a $3 billion budget deficit for 2026-27. The Legislative Analyst’s Office has warned that structural shortfalls
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Read MoreZero Dollars, Zero Plan: Sacramento Zeroed Out Homelessness Funding Then Called It Responsible Governance
There is a particular kind of political audacity required to spend $24 billion on a problem, watch it get worse,
Read MoreThe $2.3 Billion Question: How LAHSA Lost a Fortune No One Was Watching
The number that should have ended careers didn’t make the news cycle it deserved. In March 2025, a court-ordered audit
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Sacramento keeps spending. California keeps failing. And somewhere in between, the money keeps disappearing. Over the past five years, California
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