# wealth tax (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover wealth tax. Page: Feed: --- ## [Krasnov is a criminal](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/krasnov-is-criminal.html) _2026-08-20 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ "While Trump makes love to Kim Jong Un and betrays U.S. ally South Korea, North Korean ballistic missiles are slamming into Kyiv . "Trump blocks Ukraine from buying or making missile interceptors for Patriot air defence systems, helping the Russian/North Korean attacks get through." ~ Michael McKay \[cartoon by "KT"\] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with… ## [Government Failure](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/government-failure.html) _2026-08-20 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ “ W hen government engages in a losing venture, it gets doubled in size. But in a market system, if somebody engages in a losing venture, he has to go out of business.” ~ Milton Friedman Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution. ## [A Curriculum Called 'Voices' That Wouldn't Hear Ours](https://garryslist.org/posts/a-curriculum-called-voices-that-wouldn-t-hear-ours) _2026-08-20 · Forrest Liu · Garry's List_ SFUSD quietly doubled its ethnic studies mandate, adopted a contested "Liberated" curriculum parents weren't allowed to read, and funded it with money voters restricted to arts and enrichment, all while the state's own version of the requirement isn't even in effect. A lawsuit now argues the district hid the vote, blocked public review, and misused restricted funds to push through a course that… ## [Interest Rate Surge?](https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/interest-rate-surge) _2026-08-20 · John H. Cochrane · The Grumpy Economist_ US long term interest rates are surging. ## ["Postmodernism has created a generation of semi-psychotic, semi-neurotic, ignorant, and hostile whim-worshippers."](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/postmodernism-has-created-generation-of.html) _2026-08-19 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ P hilosopher Stephen Hicks writes on the long reach of postmodern philosophy , its insistence on the social construction of reality, and its practical results in the Arday tragedy. If influential philosophers teach that “reality” is merely a social construct, then what happens to us in the next, taught generation? We focus primarily on the social — on doing whatever we can to construct social… ## [Wealth Tax 2.0](https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/wealth-tax-20) _2026-08-19 · John H. Cochrane · The Grumpy Economist_ Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna just introduced a bill proposing a permanent national 5% wealth tax on billionaires, along with an ambitious spending program for the results. ## [Three news items and a lesson](https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/three-news-items-and-a-lesson) _2026-08-18 · John H. Cochrane · The Grumpy Economist_ Today, a few small recent economic news items add up to a bigger picture. ## ["What's far worse than the Arday tragedy is the philosophical state of higher education that erodes all of this."](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/whats-far-worse-than-arday-tragedy-is.html) _2026-08-17 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ "\[ W \] omen, men, of all backgrounds discover, invent and create in ways that uplift themselves and others, thousands, millions ... applying reason, thought, research, enquiry and philosophy to humanity, the world and the universe. ... "\[W\]hat's far worse than the Arday tragedy is the philosophical state of higher education that erodes all of this." ~ Liberty Scott from his post ' The real tragedy… ## ["Your needs don't automatically become claims on somebody else's effort"](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/your-needs-dont-automatically-become.html) _2026-08-17 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " C apitalism says inequality can exist, but your needs don't automatically become claims on somebody else's effort. You produce, trade, improve yourself, or persuade others to help voluntarily. "Socialism teaches the opposite moral lesson: need itself creates an entitlement and someone else's success creates the corresponding obligation. Follow that premise far enough and failure never teaches… ## [Wealth taxes](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/wealth-taxes.html) _2026-08-16 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ "Defenders of a billionaire tax need to show that government officials would better allocate the relevant resources than billionaire entrepreneurs themselves," says Chris Freiman , "but I’ve yet to see any of them make that case." Discuss. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution. ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3FWtOJSfJdkT) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [The Forum: Now You're All Watching](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-forum-now-you-re-all-watching) _2026-08-14 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Our new community forum puts every Californian in the same room, so what one of us catches, all of us know. Your first job is to help us build this cycle's voter guide. ## ["Freedom of speech includes the freedom not to agree, not to listen and not to support one's own antagonists." But not to ban them.](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/freedom-of-speech-includes-freedom-not.html) _2026-08-13 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ "\[ T \]he substantive issues of the case \[are\] whether four blog posts Bradbury made on his site, 'The Daily Blog,' about O’Brien breached the Harmful Digital Communications Act. ... The details of the posts can still not be publicised. ... She \[O'Brien\] said she had never sought to 'prevent Martyn Bradbury from criticising my politics, opinions, or public work'." ~ STUFF: ' ‘Not a free speech… ## [The New Gatekeepers, Part Two: Scarcity by Design](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-new-gatekeepers-part-two-scarcity-by-design) _2026-08-13 · Forrest Liu · Garry's List_ San Francisco's affordable-housing nonprofits block the market-rate housing they don't control, ration the subsidized housing they do, and have already raised half a billion dollars without a clear account of where it went. The Affordable Housing Guarantee Act on November's ballot doesn't fix that model. ## [Poverty](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/poverty.html) _2026-08-12 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." ~ Benjamin Franklin from his 1766… ## [The New Octopus](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-new-octopus) _2026-08-12 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Every company you rely on, from Airbnb to Stripe, started as a little startup that got a chance to grow, and that chance depends on open access to the platforms everyone builds on. The path forward is simple and pro-growth: open APIs, real interoperability, and fair placement, so the next generation of founders gets the same shot. ## [A Shift In Residence: Why High Net-Worth Individuals Are Moving Beyond Traditional Jurisdictions – And Why Barbados Stands Out](https://www.ifcreview.com/2026/08/a-shift-in-residence-why-high-net-worth-individuals-are-moving-beyond-traditional-jurisdictions-and-why-barbados-stands-out/) _2026-08-12 · editorialteam@ifcreview.com · IFC Review_ Recent global tax and residency changes are prompting high net-worth individuals (HNWIs) to fundamentally rethink where they establish their primary residence. For decades, traditional jurisdictions offered a compelling mix of stability, access, and favourable tax treatment for internationally mobile wealth. However, as these jurisdictions evolve and tighten their fiscal frameworks, the… ## ["Sometimes both institutions and people pick up a firearm and blow both feet off. Cambridge University has done so with its gross mismanagement of the Jason Arday affair."](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/sometimes-both-institutions-and-people.html) _2026-08-11 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " S ometimes both institutions and people pick up a firearm and blow both feet off. "Cambridge University has done so with its gross mismanagement of the Jason Arday affair . ... “The idea that historically disadvantaged groups are entitled to extra civil rights – coupled with social preferment – over and above those held/enjoyed by people considered their oppressors is inimical to the rule of… ## [Economic regulation: coercive rule by political appointees vs. freely negotiated prices](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/economic-regulation-coercive-rule-by.html) _2026-08-10 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ "\[ M \] ost people hold, explicitly or implicitly, that without regulation, markets could, and sometimes would, spin off into disastrous excesses of one form or another. "The operative image of economic regulation is that of a huge truck without steering or brakes. 'We have to have those instruments of control, or the truck will go careening off the side of a cliff.' "The truth is that government… ## [The Environmental Law That Became a Housing Veto](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-environmental-law-that-became-a-housing-veto) _2026-08-10 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ For fifty-three years, NIMBYs have used and abused CEQA to stop housing everywhere in California. AB 130 and SB 131 exempted most urban infill homes from it last June, but voters have a chance to finish the job with Proposition 45 this November, expediting review for housing, transportation, water, health, and clean energy projects. ## ["Children in households with the same low income suffer hardship disproportionately if their parent is on a benefit."](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/children-in-households-with-same-low.html) _2026-08-10 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " T he source of income matters. A lot. "Children in households with the same low income suffer hardship disproportionately if their parent is on a benefit. ... "\[The so called Ministry for Social Development\] publishes a Child Poverty Report by Bryan Perry and has done so for many years ... The latest edition features a section on Children in 'working' and 'beneficiary' households. ... "For… ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/f5RW0i4tYGVJ) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## ["He builds elaborate Keynesian models that treat consumer spending as the engine of prosperity..."](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/he-builds-elaborate-keynesian-models.html) _2026-08-09 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ Paul Krugman : " He builds elaborate Keynesian models that treat consumer spending as the engine of prosperity, ignores the capital structure of the economy, and then acts surprised when manipulating aggregate demand produces distortions in real production. " P aul Krugman has spent three decades telling you that government spending cures recessions, that deficits don't matter when interest rates… ## ['How to Lose $35 Billion with Philosophy'](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/how-to-lose-35-billion-with-philosophy.html) _2026-08-07 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ "What are the odds that the clueless young bro who created the biggest financial fiasco of the year is connected to the clueless young bro who created the biggest financial fiasco of the decade?" " I n the last few days, you may have heard about Leopold Aschenbrenner —the wonder kid hedge fund manager who lost tens of billions over the course of a few days. It’s the biggest financial fiasco of the… ## [How Oakland's Leadership Produced the Worst Property Crime Rate in the Nation](https://garryslist.org/posts/how-oakland-s-leadership-produced-the-worst-property-crime-rate-in-the-nation) _2026-08-07 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Oakland's leaders built their brand on progressive values—equity, reform, community-first justice—while quietly presiding over the nation's highest property crime rate and a clearance rate near zero. The costs of that failure have landed almost entirely on the Black and working-class neighborhoods progressive politics claims to champion. ## [Daimler to close Portland truck plant](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/daimler-to-close-portland-truck-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daimler-to-close-portland-truck-plant) _2026-08-07 · Don McIntosh · NW Labor Press_ For 387 workers and their families, the news landed like a sucker punch. Daimler is closing its Portland truck plant effective Oct. 30. The post Daimler to close Portland truck plant appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [Oregon and Washington sue Hegseth’s Pentagon over refusal to approve wind turbines](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/oregon-and-washington-sue-hegseths-pentagon-over-refusal-to-approve-wind-turbines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oregon-and-washington-sue-hegseths-pentagon-over-refusal-to-approve-wind-turbines) _2026-08-07 · Don McIntosh · NW Labor Press_ The war on windmills is no joke. Oregon building trades unions are preparing to support the lawsuit. The post Oregon and Washington sue Hegseth’s Pentagon over refusal to approve wind turbines appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [New federal law will limit investor-bought homes](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/new-federal-law-will-limit-investor-bought-homes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-federal-law-will-limit-investor-bought-homes) _2026-08-07 · Don McIntosh · NW Labor Press_ The new law will also promote pre-reviewed housing designs and eliminate a requirement that manufactured homes have a permanent chassis. The post New federal law will limit investor-bought homes appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [Washington labor backs construction jobs, farmworker rights, and a public sector right to strike](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/washington-labor-backs-construction-jobs-farmworker-rights-and-a-public-sector-right-to-strike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=washington-labor-backs-construction-jobs-farmworker-rights-and-a-public-sector-right-to-strike) _2026-08-07 · Don McIntosh · NW Labor Press_ Washington State Labor Council’s annual convention also honored labor heroes. The post Washington labor backs construction jobs, farmworker rights, and a public sector right to strike appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [New contract at five Northwest newspapers draws a line on AI](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/new-contract-at-five-northwest-newspapers-draws-a-line-on-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-contract-at-five-northwest-newspapers-draws-a-line-on-ai) _2026-08-07 · Conor Kelley · NW Labor Press_ The new contract with McClatchy Media improves wages and bans AI fakery. The post New contract at five Northwest newspapers draws a line on AI appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [A new aristocracy of wealth?](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/a-new-aristocracy-of-wealth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-aristocracy-of-wealth) _2026-08-07 · Don McIntosh · NW Labor Press_ Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (D-Oregon) floated a wealth tax at a recent conversation with Indivisible Oregon. The post A new aristocracy of wealth? appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [Jobs is the message when Senator Merkley visits trades](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/jobs-is-the-message-when-senator-merkley-visits-trades/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jobs-is-the-message-when-senator-merkley-visits-trades) _2026-08-07 · Don McIntosh · NW Labor Press_ Leaders of Oregon Building Trades Unions pressed the senator on the need for major projects to get moving soon. The post Jobs is the message when Senator Merkley visits trades appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/D82Z7Z9KVYW4) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [More homeless shelter layoffs](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/more-homeless-shelter-layoffs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-homeless-shelter-layoffs) _2026-08-07 · Don McIntosh · NW Labor Press_ Do Good Multnomah is implementing its fourth round of layoffs in a year, even as the the number of homeless on Portland streets increases. The post More homeless shelter layoffs appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [Portland police staffing initiative falls short](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/portland-police-staffing-initiative-falls-short/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portland-police-staffing-initiative-falls-short) _2026-08-07 · Don McIntosh · NW Labor Press_ City elections officials disqualified 498 signature sheets for reasons like sloppy circulator signatures or dates having been overwritten. The post Portland police staffing initiative falls short appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [Oregon wealth tax initiative campaign stalls](https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/08/oregon-wealth-tax-initiative-campaign-stalls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oregon-wealth-tax-initiative-campaign-stalls) _2026-08-07 · Don McIntosh · NW Labor Press_ The prospective initiative proposed a tax of 2% a year on the assets of Oregon taxpayers who have $30 million or more in net worth. The post Oregon wealth tax initiative campaign stalls appeared first on NW Labor Press . ## [Universities do not exist to engage in social justice activism."](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/universities-do-not-exist-to-engage-in.html) _2026-08-06 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " U niversities do not exist to promote 'marginalised voices.' They do not exist to promulgate social engineering experiments. "They do not exist to engage in social justice activism. "A university exists to expand the boundaries of human knowledge, to defend truth, and to create an ecosystem for intellectual enrichment. Once a university optimises the wrong variables, we end up with the… ## ["One wonders whether the point of the Harmful Digital Communications Act, in the view of some MPs, is to silence critics.”](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/one-wonders-whether-point-of-harmful.html) _2026-08-05 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ “ N ew Zealand MPs are so keen to be seen to be 'doing something' about cyber-bullying that they are about to pass a poor piece of law that will do something terrible. If the Harmful Digital Communications Bill passes, MPs who feel sad because of a media story can have the publisher jailed.” ~ composite quote from 2015 from No Right Turn and Tim Watkin “\[Given\] that defamation would \[otherwise\]… ## [The New Gatekeepers](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-new-gatekeepers) _2026-08-05 · Forrest Liu · Garry's List_ The left coined "non-profit industrial complex" to warn of the co-optation of its causes. Ironically, San Francisco has since built the fullest working example of it, where ideological purity substitutes for outcomes and dependency substitutes for delivery. The result is a coalition that claims to speak for the poor, while its own constituents, given an actual vote, keep voting it out. ## [We Can Agree on the Problems. Democratic Socialism Is Not the Answer.](https://www.ronbeitler.com/2026/08/05/we-can-identify-the-same-problems-while-proposing-different-solutions/) _2026-08-05 · admin · RonBeitler.com_ Over 12 years of public service, I’ve supported candidates from both parties. I hold views considered right of center: limited government, local control and skepticism that the answer to every problem is throwing more money at it and expanding government. … Continue reading → ## [More on those envy taxes](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/more-on-those-envy-taxes.html) _2026-08-04 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " T hose who claim our tax system is unfair and fosters inequality typically quote Scandinavian countries as operating superior tax systems. The interesting thing is the top 10% of taxpayers in New Zealand pay a bigger share of the tax burden than their equivalents in the Nordic countries, at over 45%. Our northern counterparts have their top 10% shouldering less than 40% - even as low as 35% - of… ## ['It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.'](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/it-is-not-from-benevolence-of-butcher.html) _2026-08-04 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " A dam Smith’s most famous sentence remains one of the clearest statements in all of social science: "'It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.' "The point is simple and profound. We do not rely on the kindness of strangers to put food on the table. We rely on their self-interest. "The butcher… ## [The Democratic Party Endorsed the Wealth Tax. Its Doctors, Teachers, Nurses, and Firefighters Didn't.](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-democratic-party-endorsed-the-wealth-tax-its-doctors-teachers-nurses-and-firefighters-didn-t) _2026-08-04 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ California Democrats endorsed Prop 40's wealth tax by just two votes, but the doctors, teachers, clinics, and construction unions the measure is supposed to help all voted no, warning it makes the state's budget more volatile, not less. The party made its statement, and now voters decide whether a one-time tax on a few hundred people is worth the risk to the funding schools and healthcare already… ## [Who actually carries NZ’s tax burden?](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/who-actually-carries-new-zealands-tax.html) _2026-08-04 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ "\[ W \]ho actually carries their share of New Zealand’s tax burden. \[Let's see\] how unfair and disproportionate New Zealand’s tax system is on higher earners. "The top 20 percent \[of income earners\] pay nearly two-thirds of all personal income tax. The top 10 percent pay more than the bottom 80 percent combined. And the top 1 percent contribute more \[tax\] than the entire bottom half of \[income… ## [Raise rates? Warsh's conundrums](https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/raise-rates-warshs-conundrums) _2026-08-03 · John H. Cochrane · The Grumpy Economist_ Inflation is stubbornly high, and the Fed mulls whether to raise rates. ## [Q: Is there a recipe for success?](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/q-is-there-recipe-for-success.html) _2026-08-03 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ "Q: S ixty million American readers here fascinated by one thing—success. That is the aim of every American. Is there a recipe for it? "A: ... I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.... "\[N\]atural feelings are never enough. You have got to marry those natural… ## [The Caucus to Watch as California's Legislative Session Closes](https://garryslist.org/posts/the-caucus-to-watch-as-california-s-legislative-session-closes) _2026-08-03 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ A 26-member bipartisan California caucus has quietly built a real track record on affordability, housing, and energy, most visibly with AB 30, a bill that cut gas prices 20 cents a gallon after regulators failed to for 8 years. Co-chair Anamarie Ávila Farías embodies the group's independent, results-over-party approach, one of the Legislature's few genuine "mavericks." ## ["The 'AGI-is-near' community keeps committing the same logical fallacy over and over. Every time there’s an advance, I see the same error."](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-agi-is-near-community-keeps.html) _2026-08-03 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " A stra, a new model that OpenAI is testing internally, is amazing. No denying that: "But at the same time, a whole raft of people, some fairly prominent, are running around making a deeply flawed argument about the implications. ... "\[One\] tweet went so far as to claim that “ the species just crossed a one-way threshold ”; Elon Musk took it as evidence that we had reached The Singularity . "Each… ## [Even people \*with\* a sense of humour should be barred](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/even-people-with-sense-of-humour-should.html) _2026-08-02 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " I don’t think people without much of a sense of humour should be allowed to determine what people with a sense of humour are allowed to laugh at.... "If you don't like something, don't watch it." ~ John Cleese Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Permission to republish is granted, with link and attribution. ## ["Universities are, today, the most dangerous institution in this country.”](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/08/universities-are-today-most-dangerous.html) _2026-07-31 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ “ I feel that this country is being destroyed by its philosophy. Specifically, by its universities: the most dangerous thing in this country today are the universities, because they are teaching the kind of ideas that would necessarily have to lead to the destruction of this country.... "\[T\]oday, when all those institutions ... are preaching collectivism, mysticism, and above all altruism --… ## [RAK ICC’s Evolution As A Global Wealth Structuring Hub](https://www.ifcreview.com/2026/07/rak-iccs-evolution-as-a-global-wealth-structuring-hub/) _2026-07-31 · editorialteam@ifcreview.com · IFC Review_ Global private wealth is undergoing a period of geographic and structural realignment. As high-net-worth families increasingly diversify both their assets and wealth structures, demand is growing for jurisdictions that combine sophisticated legal frameworks and structuring solutions with international connectivity. At the centre of this transformation is Ras Al Khaimah International Corporate… ## ["Next they will be open to an Army without guns!'](https://pc.blogspot.com/2026/07/next-they-will-be-open-to-army-without.html) _2026-07-30 · Peter Cresswell · Not PC_ " The Post reports : "The Labour Party is open to the idea of a frigate-less Defence Force, saying it’s yet to take a position on replacing the ageing Anzac-class fleet. "Next they will be open to an Army without guns! "O’Connor said Labour hadn’t completely ruled out upgrading the frigates, though it was worth considering the technological advancements – and steep cost. "'We will have to maintain… ## [Billions of Dollars in, Homelessness in LA Continues to Rise](https://garryslist.org/posts/billions-of-dollars-in-homelessness-in-la-continues-to-rise-65c4756e) _2026-07-30 · Garry Tan · Garry's List_ Los Angeles has poured billions into homelessness programs —Prop HHH, Measure ULA, Inside Safe, LAHSA—and a federal audit found the city "doesn't know how much it is paying, and for what," with nearly zero financial oversight anywhere in the chain. Now homelessness in the city is rising again, and the pattern underneath every failure is the same: money moves, programs run, and no one's job ever…