Plus: Spencer Pratt got 25% of the Los Angeles vote as a reality TV star with zero political experience. He lost. The anger didn't — and Karen Bass heads into a November runoff with a 50% unfavorable rating. Then: San Francisco rejected a CEO tax AND a business tax cut on the same night. San Diego voters overruled their own City Council on a vacant home tax. Both cities are staring at budget deficits. Neither has a plan B.
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— following the audits, the contracts, the budgets, and the officials responsible
for outcomes that aren't matching the promises. No team. Just receipts.
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