Daily Business Report: Friday, August 29, 2025
Redistricting’s Prop 50 is a Shameful, Power-Grabbing Unconstitutional Scheme
By Richie Greenberg | The California Globe
If the latest power-grabbing action from Governor Newsom and the California state legislature does indeed go forward this November, we must stand firmly against the proposition, now known as Prop 50.
This proposal is a blatant attack on the democratic principles Californians have already voted on and upheld for over a decade. It’s not just bad policy—it’s a costly publicity stunt designed to boost their national political ambitions with an insane $250,000,000 price tag. Worse, while California reels from a budget crunch, mismanaged finances, and a long list of social issues like crime, homelessness, drug addiction and unemployment, the hundreds of millions in costs to administer the special Prop 50 vote will provide no benefit to hard-working Californians.
In 2008 (Proposition 11) and 2010 (Proposition 20), California voters established the Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) creating and entrusting a bipartisan panel of fourteen citizens to guarantee fairness with drawing electoral maps every ten years. The CRC’s transparent process, guided by strict rules like equal population distribution and Voting Rights Act compliance, ensures voting districts reflect our communities, not state legislators’ agendas.
Lack of Local News Tied to Government Secrecy, New Report Says
By John Volk | Volk Maps
The Medill Local News Initiative has tracked a net loss of more than 3,300 local newspapers and 45,000 newspaper journalists in the US since 2005. Those losses represent drops of about 33% and 60%, respectively.
The researchers did not find a significant connection between the density of digital-only local news sites and government transparency. Cuillier argued that these typically small start-ups can’t be expected to replace the work once done by large newspaper teams.
“They’re stretched so thin in trying to produce content that they often don’t have time to pursue public records, let alone sue for them,” Cuillier said of digital-only local news sites.
Shelter-in-Place! ‘Covid Rising Fast in California’ LA Times Warns
By Katy Grimes |The California Globe
The Los Angeles Times warns that “COVID-19 is once again climbing to troubling levels in California.”
Pray tell, is California Governor Gavin Newsom scheming on another lockdown?
But this is the real story lede:
“The rise in COVID comes as the Trump administration has delayed the rollout of the updated vaccine for the fall.”
“There is a lot of COVID out there,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UC San Francisco. “COVID is coming a little bit later than last year.”
Dr. Peter Chin-Hong might show more concern over California’s latest epic fail – a Government-Created Rodent Plague. Rodent populations are exploding because California politicians outlawed the most effective tools to control them.
YOU DRIVE. WE DONATE.
By Hello Mazda San Diego
Hello Mazda of San Diego is hosting a test drive event next Thursday, September 4, at James Madison High School as part of it Be Moved Drive Program. The program is designed to deliver substantial donation to individual schools and their unique programs through dealer-hosted test-drive events. The program runs from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The San Diego community ages 18 and above with a valid U.S, driver’s license are invited to drive a Mazda to earn a $50 donation to James Madison High School up to $10,000. The funds will benefit the school’s Automotive Technology Program, helping students discover what inspires them so they can do more of what moves them. Education plays a crucial role in encouraging students, and this program is one way Mazda is investing in students and uplifting the community.
James Madison High School focuses on preparing students for a specific trade or occupation . The students in this pathway can apply and expend concepts studied in their math and science classes to the automotive technology industry in the school’s state of the art eight bay automotive shop. The Mazda Be Moved funding will help pay stipends for student internships with their local dealers . They will also use the funds to purchase shop shirts and a series of patches for each certification that students can earn.
Walk-ups are welcome , and can register on site. The high school is located at 4833 Doliva Drive, San Diego 92117.
