Gavin Newsom Has A New Problem - $1 Billion Fraud Scheme Discovered
Los Angeles has a homeless crisis. Everyone knows this. What California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton’s walk through Skid Row just exposed is something considerably darker than simple government incompetence: there is an organized, well-funded operation actively working to make sure the crisis never ends.
Meet LA CAN — the Los Angeles Community Action Network. While Karen Bass holds press conferences about her commitment to solving homelessness and Gavin Newsom crisscrosses the country pretending California is fixable, LA CAN has been in the courts blocking every attempt to actually clear encampments, remove drug users from public sidewalks, and restore basic safety to neighborhoods that have been abandoned by the government supposedly responsible for them.
Their legal theory is breathtaking in its cynicism: homeless individuals camping illegally on public sidewalks have personal property rights that police cannot violate by enforcing the law. The courts, remarkably, have entertained this argument long enough to give LA CAN repeated injunctive wins against cleanup operations. When Hilton walked through Skid Row and asked why police weren’t clearing the encampments he was stepping around, the answer was simple: LA CAN had obtained legal orders preventing it.
Here is the economic reality that explains everything you need to know about LA CAN’s actual incentives. The city of Los Angeles is spending nearly $1 billion annually on homelessness — and the problem keeps growing. LA CAN has positioned itself as the indispensable advocacy organization standing between the homeless population and whatever the city is trying to do about it. Money flows to LA CAN because homelessness exists. The moment homelessness is meaningfully reduced, the money stops. So does the relevance. So does the organizational purpose.
This is not speculation. It’s the inevitable logic of activist organizations that have confused their existence with their mission. LA CAN was supposedly founded to help homeless people. It now deploys lawyers to prevent the city from removing homeless people from sidewalks where they are actively dying of drug overdoses. It has a choral group — the Freedom Singers, composed of formerly homeless individuals — that has appeared on national television to raise the organization’s profile and drive donations. The formerly homeless members are now raising money for an organization legally fighting to keep people in the condition they escaped.
You genuinely cannot make it make sense. Unless you follow the money. Then it makes perfect sense.
Karen Bass’s office, according to reporting from Hilton’s walkthrough, actively coordinates with LA CAN — the same organization blocking her own city’s cleanup efforts. This is the California Democratic machine in perfect miniature: politicians who campaign on solving a crisis, nonprofits that fundraise off the crisis, lawyers who litigate to preserve the crisis, and residents who live with the consequences of all three.
One billion dollars a year. Skid Row looks exactly like it did a decade ago.
California doesn’t have a homelessness problem. It has a corruption problem. The homelessness is just the most visible symptom.
FBI Assisting After Graham’s Sudden Death As Questions Continue
The sudden death of one of Washington’s most influential Republicans continues to generate questions, with a new announcement from the FBI adding another development to an already closely watched story.
While many public figures have speculated about what may have happened, federal officials have so far limited their comments to confirming they are assisting authorities as the investigation into Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death continues.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting local authorities following the unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died Saturday at the age of 71 after what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness.”
“Our FBI is assisting local authorities and has made every necessary resource available,” Patel wrote on X.
Patel did not elaborate on the nature of the FBI’s assistance, and neither the bureau nor local authorities have indicated that foul play is suspected.
Graham’s office announced his death early Sunday morning but did not disclose an official cause of death.
According to multiple reports, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from Graham’s Washington, D.C., residence at approximately 8:30 p.m. Saturday for a person experiencing cardiac arrest.
Authorities have not publicly released the findings of any medical examination, and no official cause of death has been announced.
The longtime South Carolina senator had just returned from a trip to Ukraine, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and visited Ukrainian military facilities while reaffirming his support for continued U.S. backing in the country’s war against Russia.
Graham had also been one of the Senate’s most outspoken advocates for strong action against Iran and other U.S. adversaries.
Following news of his death, Iranian state television aired comments from a presenter celebrating Graham’s passing because of his outspoken positions on Iran and U.S. foreign policy.
The combination of Graham’s high-profile national security role, his recent overseas travel and the absence of an official cause of death has prompted widespread public speculation online.
Megan Mobbs, director of the Center for American Safety and Security at the Independent Women’s Forum, argued that a cardiac arrest call alone does not explain what caused Graham’s heart to stop.
“Cardiac arrest tells us how his life ended. It does not tell us why his heart stopped,” Mobbs wrote on X.
She said the circumstances warranted “a complete forensic autopsy, preservation of all relevant biological specimens, comprehensive toxicology and histology, and consultation with federal law enforcement and counterintelligence authorities.”
Conservative commentator Matt Van Swol questioned the timing of Graham’s death, pointing to recent video showing the senator appearing healthy during his trip to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, conservative activist Laura Loomer called for a full investigation, citing past threats made against Graham by individuals associated with Russia.
Others urged caution against jumping to conclusions.
Townhall columnist Dustin Grage wrote that a source told him Graham had dealt with blood pressure issues for decades and noted that the senator’s father also died from cardiac arrest at age 69.
“I know the conspiracy theories won’t stop, but sometimes life just happens. Not everything is a conspiracy,” Grage wrote.
Radio host Dana Loesch echoed that sentiment, saying sudden cardiac events often occur without warning.
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For now, the confirmed facts remain limited: Graham died following what his office called a brief and sudden illness, the FBI has confirmed it is assisting local authorities, and officials have not announced an official cause of death.
Until additional information is released by investigators or the medical examiner, questions surrounding the circumstances of Graham’s death are likely to continue.
