There is a particular kind of political audacity required to spend $24 billion on a problem, watch it get worse, and then propose zeroing out the budget while running for […]
The $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 by the financial firm Alvarez & Marsal released its findings […]
California Homelessness Investigative Series
Sacramento keeps spending. California keeps failing. And somewhere in between, the money keeps disappearing. Over the past five years, California deployed more than $24 billion in state funds to address […]
The $1.8 Billion Slush Fund That Broke the Republican Senate Jose Navarro, MBA | Financial Controller & Public Policy AnalystSan Diego, California — May 2026
There is a lesson in this week’s Senate meltdown that has nothing to do with immigration and everything to do with institutional trust.Congress left Washington Thursday for a weeklong Memorial […]