by Josh Koehn : sfstandard – excerpt

Two state legislators representing Silicon Valley are ruffling feathers in their home districts after asking California’s aggressive auditing department to scrutinize the local response to two intractable issues: homelessness and transportation.

Senator Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, and Assemblymember Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, each confirmed to The Standard that they requested audits looking into San Jose’s homelessness response and operations at the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), respectively, in an effort to ensure taxpayer money is being used effectively.

The audits—expected to be completed around the end of the year—are almost certain to have broader political implications, as any shortcomings identified in the reports will likely set off a blame game that pits state and local officials against one another…(more)

The same may be said of Newsom, Wiener, Ting, and Haney. They are writing laws that remove the rights of their constituents to decide how the want to live. Attorney General  Bonta is suiting cities that do not follow these laws.

Politicians used to ask “How may I help make your life better”. Now they are say “I don’t care what you think. I am going to force you to live the way I think you should, and, by the way, please send money to my campaign fund, so I can continue to make your life miserable by removing more of your rights.”