Here’s what Fife said at a recent town meeting: “I’m gonna go hard, 110%, to fight for people like you, and for people who have less than you. That’s what I was put on this planet to do. And I will say, when you’re trying to shift systems, especially systems that are intended to not work for people like you, it is like moving a mountain.”

Democrats object to work requirements for certain persons who benefit from public assistance, but really, what’s wrong with the idea? I’d argue that it’s unfair to us taxpayers not to impose such requirements. If people want government assistance for things they didn’t pay in to, fairness and equity require that they get up off their couches and do something to pay back the taxpayers for our largesse.

Carroll Fife, as readers know, has been pushing for Oakland to develop a 6-acre city-owned site at the old Army Base, to which homeless people could relocate. It’s an ambitious project, especially given the toxic soil that would have to be cleaned up, at huge public expense.

The left continues to push its fakest narrative, that any legal action against lawbreakers who are poor constitutes “criminalizing poverty.” I’ve dealt with this myth many times in this column, but the left keeps on trotting it out, practically begging me to slap it down again. I’m happy to oblige.

Cat Brooks is shocked, shocked by the shooting death of armed robber Jacob Harris, who violently invaded a fast-food burger joint in Phoenix, then held a gun to the head of an employee before making his getaway. When police tried to get Harris to stop, he led them on a high-speed chase before cops flash-grenaded his care, stopping it. Apparently still holding on to his gun, Jacobs attempted to run away, before one of the cops shot him in the back, killing him.