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@FOXLA So, instead of doing anything about the people committing theft, your plan is to make it harder to steal. why not more police ?

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…

@TomSteyer Tom, calm down. nobody on a state level can do anything about federal agencies. you would do well to take a high school civics class. I would suggest college level, but I don't think you could handle it.

A governor's job is to protect their citizens against bad actors. ICE is a bad actor, and I believe it should be abolished.

@FastbreakHoops5 not a travel.....in basketball now, one is allowed 23-1/2 steps on the way to the basket.

Is this a travel 🤔

@TomSteyer Tom, say what you will, but anyone with a brain can see that there is no way Biden got 81 million votes. many of the conspiracy theories have been proven to be right.

Sheriff Bianco’s back must be hurting from carrying Trump’s water. Take your election fraud conspiracies to Arizona, bud. latimes.com/california/sto…

@Milajoy me thinks chad is the better candidate....has handled budgets and a large number of employees. steveo is an ex brit movie star with lotsa money. no thanks.

California may just turn red. If Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco end the primaries #1 and #2 then there will be no Democrats in the runoff. Pray for this. Steve Hilton would be able to turn California around.

@BettyYeeforCA truth is you just wanted some free publicity and exposure because you haven't raised enough money to buy ads and nobody knows who you are.

We refuse to be overlooked and pushed aside. We will fight to be heard in the California governor’s race. Voters deserve it and democracy depends on it.

@Scott_Wiener senator, we agree. abolish the TSA.

U.S. airports are now apparently ICE dragnets. It turns out ICE didn’t bring the woman they grabbed to SFO. Instead, TSA narc’d on her by alerting ICE she was planning to fly. ICE then grabbed her at security. It’s despicable that TSA is doing this. ICE must be abolished & TSA needs serious reform.

@fawfulfan matt, according go california, an "unmarked crosswalk" is anywhere

So many people angrily replying to this apparently forgot basic driver's ed. An "unmarked crosswalk" is still a legal pedestrian crossing. It's not jaywalking. They have the right of way. You should be stopping for them regardless of whether the LAPD is doing an op.

@WallStreetApes Oh My !! This guy figured it out ! now the government and healthcare providers will change the rules.

American is a healthy 28 year old, he decided to skip paying for health insurance this year because the cheapest plan was $900 per month with a high deductible He had to spend 2 nights in the ER without insurance, he breaks down the bill “This is my receipt from spending 2 days in the hospital: - It totaled about $24,000 - My CT scan alone was $8,300 - Laboratory, 6,000 - IV therapy, $1,020, $4,000 in total And while $24,000 seems like a lot of money, let me show you something. This is what I'm actually paying, $2,478 because when you don't have insurance, these hospitals give you a discount. They discounted $22,000 off of this bill” “But if I had insurance, I wouldn't have gotten that discount. So it would've been a $24,000 bill billed to my insurance, and then my insurance would've said, ‘Hey, you have a $5,000 deductible. You need to pay $5,000 for this last emergency room visit.’ Then you tack on the $900 a month that I'd be paying for that insurance. I'd be paying $20K this year for healthcare. So the craziest part about this is even if I have another hospital visit, by the end of this year, I'm still gonna be paying less than I would if I had insurance. At minimum, my cost for healthcare this year would've been $20,000 with insurance. Right now I'm at $2,400.” US Health Insurance is a scam

@LoveCodeTrade and with the increased longevity of today's population, taxpayers will be funding government employees retirement for a very very long time. calpers is full of crooks, as are most fire and police unions

California's pension fund pays its biggest check to its own former investment manager: $𝟰𝟱𝟯,𝟲𝟵𝟱 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. The state's pension systems owe $𝟮𝟲𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 more than they have, and taxpayers are covering the tab. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟵 𝗟𝗶𝗲 In 1999, CalPERS told the legislature that SB 400, a massive retroactive pension boost, would cost "not a dime of additional taxpayer money." They gave cops and firefighters 𝟯% 𝗮𝘁 𝟱𝟬, meaning 90% of final salary as a pension at age 50 with 30 years of service. CalPERS's own actuaries used fantasy investment returns to justify it. The result in FY2024: - 𝗖𝗛𝗣 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲: $915.6M in annual pension payouts, average full-career pension $99,832 - 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲: $426.5M in payouts, average $97,626 - 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆: $841.6M in payouts, average $100,061 "Not a dime." Now cities pay 𝟱𝟬-𝟳𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 just to cover pension contributions. That's money not going to roads, parks, or actual public safety. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 Before PEPRA reforms in 2013, employees gamed the system to inflate their pensions for life: - 𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀: One sanitary district manager cashed out 17 weeks of unused leave, spiking his pension by 37% to $217,216/year - 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: Safety employees maxed overtime in their final year to inflate the salary their pension is calculated on - 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Housing allowances, car stipends, bilingual pay, education bonuses, all counted as pensionable income - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗺: That $551,688 pension from the hook? A city administrator serving 112 residents. CalPERS eventually slashed it to ~$115,000 after finding most of it was based on non-pensionable pay The top legitimate CalPERS pension in 2024: $𝟰𝟱𝟯,𝟲𝟵𝟱/𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 to a former CalPERS investment manager. The fund's own employee gets the biggest check. You can't make this up. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗞 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 Those spiked pensions add up. The number of CalPERS retirees collecting $100,000+ pensions: - 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟮: 14,650 - 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲: 22,826 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬: 40,060 - 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵: 173% in eight years These 40,000 retirees are 5.5% of all CalPERS pensioners but collect 19.5% of total payouts. Statewide across all pension systems, an estimated 𝟴𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬-𝟵𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 California government retirees pull six figures annually. 𝗣𝗘𝗣𝗥𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 The 2013 reform only applies to employees hired after January 1, 2013. Every "classic" employee hired before that date keeps the old formula. The $100K club tripled 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 PEPRA passed because the reform doesn't touch existing employees or retirees. The spiking-era pensions will keep paying out for decades. It gets worse: CalPERS returned 𝟲.𝟴% 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 while the S&P 500 returned 𝟭𝟬.𝟰%. If they'd just bought an index fund, the unfunded liability wouldn't exist. Instead they plow 37% of assets into "alternative investments" and rank 𝟯𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟱𝟬 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 in 5-year returns. And that $265 billion hole? That's using CalPERS's own rosy assumptions. A private-sector discount rate makes it far worse. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘅 Every private-sector worker in America funds their own retirement through a 401(k). If the market drops, they eat the loss. Government employees get a 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 regardless of market performance, and when CalPERS comes up short, taxpayers cover the gap. The answer is simple: move new government employees to defined-contribution plans like 401(k)s. Match their contributions generously. But end the guaranteed-benefit structure that forces cities to choose between pensions and potholes. The "public employees accepted lower pay for better benefits" argument doesn't survive contact with the data. California state workers already earn 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 than private-sector equivalents in most categories, collect massive health benefits, enjoy job security private workers can only dream of, and then retire on six-figure pensions funded by people who will never see one. $𝟮𝟲𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁. $𝟱𝟭 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀. 𝟰𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘅-𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝟰𝟬𝟭(𝗸)𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀?

@spencerpratt LA......homeowners build whatever they want and play the "i hope i don't get caught game" builders are waiting.

This is the DTLA permit department at 2PM on a Thursday. Ghost town. Karen Basura and Nithya Raman have turned LA into a dystopian Kafka-esque sci-fi movie where everyone has given up. We need inspired leadership.

@allenanalysis deport the parents too. perhaps they can explain to their son why they never got him legal.

Joe Rogan just said the quiet part out loud: A man brought here as a baby. Lived in the U.S. for 20 years. Can’t speak Spanish. No criminal record. Deported anyway. That’s not “border security.” That’s ripping someone out of the only country they’ve ever known and dumping them in a place that isn’t home.

@ThrillaRilla369 The US lost an average of 100 men a week for the 10 years we were in Viet Nam. Stupid war. We didn't fight to win. I said then that it didn't matter who won..... 90% of the people will grow rice and go fishing. and now 50 years later my t-shirts say "Made in Vietnam" go figure.

Does anyone actually remember the Vietnam War? Was it as bad as the stories my uncle used to tell us

@ChefGruel because california legalized jaywalking !!

Why wouldn’t the city (public works) just add flashing lights and make the crosswalk more apparent? This is the LA way.

@conservaknitter @CollinRugg not in commiefornia

@CollinRugg Aren't they jaywalking which is a ticket offense?

NEW: The LAPD is setting up drivers by having someone walk across the street in an "unmarked crosswalk" so they can then give tickets to people who don't stop. "Recently, LAPD Van Nuys division conducted a Pedestrian Enforcement Taskforce," they shared online. The LAPD says the trap was made to "promote education" after they've "had a string of accidents that have resulted in fatal or severe injuries related to pedestrians."

@DK3OffTheT @CollinRugg @BeAccountable4u you forget this is california.

@CollinRugg @BeAccountable4u Isn’t that considered “Jay Walking” Jaywalking is the act of crossing a street illegally, usually outside of a designated crosswalk or against traffic signals The Cops should get a ticket 🧐

@bourbonB4people @Mr_Pendulum_ @CollinRugg if california hadn't made jaywalking legal that dozen people may be alive today. so then there's that.

@Mr_Pendulum_ @CollinRugg A dozen people got run over on that stretch of road last year because people practically speed up for pedestrians. Also immigrantion enforcement is a federal matter not municipal

@CollinRugg California es mucho Laymo

@gotrice2024 cook your own food.

This woman is trying to order Chinese food from her local restaurant. She claims she has celiac disease and insists on gluten free items only. She even requests that the food be prepared separately from where the normal food is prepared, and that all surfaces including the woks be scrubbed with soap and water before they cook her food separately. The restaurant replies that they can make her a gluten free meal but they don’t have the time to thoroughly scrub down everything just to make one meal. You can tell she’s irritated they said no, but is her expectations to accommodate her condition realistic?