Spencer Pratt Declared War on Karen Bass. Here's What the Fire Budget Actually Shows.
California UndergroundJune 30, 202600:00:00

Spencer Pratt Declared War on Karen Bass. Here's What the Fire Budget Actually Shows.

Spencer Pratt says Karen Bass let Boyle Heights burn for a week — and the documented $17.6 million fire department budget cut he's pointing to is real, even if his rhetoric isn't. This week on California Underground, we dig into the receipts behind the rage: the same warehouse roof that caught fire twice in two years, the permits that were never pulled, and the firefighters' union now bypassing City Hall to ask voters directly for funding.

Then: Gavin Newsom wants a national billionaire tax as part of his "economic reset for America" — in the same week he's voting no on the billionaire tax already qualified for California's own November ballot. We break down why, what his own state's nonpartisan analyst says about billionaires leaving, and why members of his own party are already calling his national plan watered down.

Plus: a fast rundown of the California laws taking effect July 1 — from minimum wage hikes to a real fight over who controls high-density housing near transit stops.

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