Mayors gone wild/corporate/AWOL

We begin today with a look at Californians' responses to ICE agents murdering Alex Pretti in the streets of Minneapolis. By and large, the Golden State is horrified by what it's seeing--even members of some of the Golden State's most right-leaning, rural Second Amendment rights groups. But not all of the state's mayors are living up to the population's standards. Down in California City, for example, Mayor Marquette Hawkins and his council are facing strong backlash for their lack of response to the atrocities taking place in the city's massive immigrant detention facility, which is run by for-profit agency CoreCivic (free link). Up here in Sacramento, where city council appears ready to take great strides to make life harder for ICE and DHS agents (free link), Mayor Kevin McCarty decided to skip the latest meeting--opting to join a national mayors conference rather than face over 800 of his constituents who commented both online and in-person to support council's decision. Speaking of bad mayors, San Jose's very own Matt Mahan thinks that--with the help of rich Bay Area pricks like Garry Tan--he can become California's next conservaDem governor. Don't forget to like, rate and subscribe to The Drain on your favorite podcast platforms. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/c/thedrain.  Questions? Comments? Pitches? Email us at [email protected]. We're still hanging about on Twitter: @sweetxpalma and @youknowkempa We're also on Bluesky: @thedrain.bsky.social, @palma.ltd, @yeshelloitskempa.bsky.social