Los Angeles voters approved Measure ULA in 2022. The law adds a real estate transfer tax on sales above about $5.3 million to fund housing and homelessness programs. The city’s housing department says most revenue flows to an affordable housing program, plus preservation and prevention efforts. Supporters say the measure raised more than $1 billion, which they hail as a major win for tenant aid and future construction. Those dollars, however, must still turn into homes people can live in.

The Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group reported that Biden administration officials looked for ways to prosecute parents and protesters who addressed school officials during the pandemic. The report says these actions chilled parental speech and targeted people who lawfully objected to policies. It also describes internal concerns about a federal basis for cases. The report’s findings revive questions about how far Washington reached into local debates, and where protest ends and crime begins.

Moshe Feiglin, leader of the Zehut party, has allied with Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party for the upcoming elections

By Dave De Camp, antiwar.com

Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin, the leader of Israel’s Zehut party, who has a clear path to a seat in the Knesset in the upcoming election, has said in a new interview that it would be “moral” to kill babies in Gaza.