Photograph by David Becker—Getty In the wake of the recent atrocities in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton, Gov. Gavin Newsom convened a meeting of law enforcement and others and called for action. “Failure to act on gun violence is a damn disgrace,” he said. Given the...
A homeless man on the street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. Photo by Euan Slorach via Creative Commons Ronald Reagan emptied the psychiatric hospitals and Jerry Brown emptied the prisons, or so some people say. Although neither statement is completely true,...