@LorenaSGonzalez Government unions fund the campaigns of politicians & then a quidproquo is established - to the detriment of regular citizens
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Helene
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Daily Reminder:
Organized Labor and our Unions in California represent millions of working people in every industry in the state. We also advocate on behalf of all working Californians.
Big tech billionaires advocate for themselves.
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@LorenaSGonzalez Public Sector unions are helping bankrupt cities & then no one can get fired in gov't because there are so many union protections, lots of waste in govt.
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Just out here making claims that are totally false because she thinks you won’t read the article.
By the way, about 15% of CA workforce are in the public sector. You know how many are tech billionaires?
Maria Davidson@MariaDavidson
Interesting how openly groups like public sector unions talk about how they own California politics. Even though 97% of Californians aren’t public sector union members. Permanence is extremely powerful. And @politico is right - it’s why we’re focused on permanence too.
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Interesting how openly groups like public sector unions talk about how they own California politics.
Even though 97% of Californians aren’t public sector union members.
Permanence is extremely powerful. And @politico is right - it’s why we’re focused on permanence too.
POLITICO@politico
‘Many have tried. Few have succeeded’: Tech, labor brace for years-long war in California dlvr.it/TRkV7z
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@tomassidenfaden It's also because the mayor approved billion+ dollar pay raises for govt workers. The city can't afford these raises so they are raising all sorts of taxes and fees to fund the pay raises.
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The LA City Council voted to saddle property owners with a new fee because they can’t stop thieves from stealing the copper wire that keeps the street lights on.
dailynews.com/2026/03/18/la-…
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@MayorOfLA How much extra in property tax assessments will this cost Angelenos? We feel like we are being taxed, fee'd, & assessed to death & the city is still in horrible shape.
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We’re making history and paving a path toward a brighter Los Angeles by installing 60,000 street lights citywide.
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Mayor Karen Bass has signed an executive order for 60,000 solar-powered street lights in Los Angeles to improve safety and prevent copper wire theft. foxla.com/news/los-angel…
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Where is everyone going for brunch after the No Kings protests/parades?
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@spencerpratt She's planning on raising street lighting assessments on our property tax bills to fund these streetlight repairs - higher taxes once again
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Karen Basura has given up on going after copper thieves, and is installing solar powered lights. That’s fine. But that doesn’t fix the problem. HP and AT&T had $87M in copper wire theft losses in ONE year, in South LA, alone. We need the heavy metals task force to crack down, immediately.
Los Angeles Magazine@LAmag
Los Angeles plans to repair 60,000 broken streetlights, with @MayorOfLA targeting a backlog that has left streets dark and raised safety concerns across the city. Full story ⬇️ lamag.com/news/los-angel…
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@CohenSite Is this really a threat if LA is already sitting on almost a half a billion of unspent city homeless funding per City Controller?
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Woah, Newsom is threatening to withhold homelessness funding because of LA's SB 79 implementation
Eytan Wallace@EytanWallace
“I am not asking — I am begging.” Big city California mayors were in Sacramento today urging Gov. @GavinNewsom and lawmakers to approve $1 billion for homelessness programs (HHAP)—warning shelters could close without it. Newsom’s budget proposes $500 million. He suggested he’s holding there for now, citing frustration with cities like LA not complying with SB 79, the state law requiring more high-density housing near transit. "You don't build, we're not going to fund," Newsom said. Watch below:
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@spencerpratt This was already predetermined due to the quidproquo relationship b/w LAPPL and the Mayor who approved big pay raises for them. This endorsement was the 'payback' because she approved the pay raises. That's all the union leaders care about.
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Big scandal at LAPD. Karen Basura apparently strong-armed the union for an endorsement, despite the protest of nearly every sworn officer in the LAPD. A lot of sergeants are pissed and threatening to leave the department, entirely. The Karen Mayor is a straight up mafia boss. Have you ever seen a more corrupt city?
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@TheKevinDalton @TonyBrunoShow @grok is the city allowed to raise property taxes? I thought there was a max per year?
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The Democrat supermajority in the Los Angeles city Council found an ingenious way to cover the costs of the millions of dollars worth of copper wiring that has been stripped from the city’s infrastructure.
They are simply going to raise property taxes $125 million
Kevin Dalton@TheKevinDalton
Shocked this large amount of stolen wire was discovered blocks away from the sixth street bridge in downtown Los Angeles
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@TheKevinDalton They wouldn't have to increase taxes if Mayor hadn't recently approved budget busting labor agreements with the gov't unions.
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@mikehtrujillo Don't forget those 25% pay raises Villaraigosa supported during the Great Recession that the city has still never recovered from & is a huge reason why the city is falling apart today.
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Crying!?! You should tell the story about the crying you did after Villaraigosa got elected Mayor in 2005, he called you to work together on behalf of the City. YOU literally cried like a kid whose toy was taken and hung up like a petulant child. So don’t come here talking about baseball buddy.
Rick J. Caruso@RickCarusoLA
There’s no crying in baseball. The Democrat Party needs to wake up and toughen up. Candidates who’ve been campaigning for two years, can’t raise money, and remain in the low single digits need to step aside or be pushed aside by the Democratic Party. Propping up candidates like Antonio Villaraigosa, who clearly can’t read tea leaves, only helps Republicans win the Governor’s mansion. The debate should be rescheduled quickly & fairly. Lead, follow, or get out of the way. latimes.com/california/sto…
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@JohnKobyltRadio @KFIAM640 @RoyalOakes @AlexVilanueva33 @MichaelMis66417 Don't forget - they also wasted money on pay raises the city couldn't afford so they cut city services
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LA wasted homeless $ so they’re taxing us for street lights
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@JohnKobyltRadio @KFIAM640 Or waste it on billion+ pay raises for govt workers that Bass approved
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John says the city of LA wouldn’t be in the position to raise taxes on property owners to pay for damaged street lights in LA if the city didn’t waste all the money they did on the homeless! @KFIAM640
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@jonathanhatami If she didn't approve billion+ dollar pay raises recently for all city employees, there would be more funding for basic city services like streetlights without raising taxes/fees once again. How does this support affordability in LA? It doesn't.
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The Sixth Street Bridge in Los Angeles cost taxpayers $588 million. Because of repeated copper wire thefts, it no longer lights up at night.
The City now admits it takes them sometimes up to 270 days to fix one streetlight.
Also, instead of punishing the criminals who are committing these thefts and forcing them to pay restitution, the City today just voted to increase everyone’s taxes with a new fee hike.
Our LA government at work.
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You don’t earn the trust of 40,000 workers with words. You earn it with results.
Grateful to have LIUNA in our corner.
We’re just getting started.
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@DailyBreezeNews Mayor Basd doesn't care about affordability and these fees wouldn't have to be increased if she didn't approve billion+ pay raises for govt workers
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L.A. City Council looks to increase assessment fees for property owners to maintain streetlights dailybreeze.com/2026/03/25/l-a…
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@DailyBreezeNews Funded by more tax increases -that should be the headline!
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Mayor Bass announces initiative to install 60,000 solar-powered street lights citywide dailybreeze.com/2026/03/25/may…
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@ladailynews The headline should read - The Mayor is asking Angelenos to pay more in taxes to fund streetlight repairs because she doesn't know how to manage a budget by giving billion+ pay raises the city couldn't afford in the first place.
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Mayor Bass announces initiative to install 60,000 solar-powered street lights citywide dailynews.com/2026/03/25/may…
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