Calderon’s FBI Woes Hurt Other Politicians
With the ugly news coming from the FBI’s investigation into state Sen. Ron Calderon, you’ve got to feel sorry for California politicians. Not for Calderon, mind you. Remembering Joel Fox’s words in this space Thursday that the Montebello legislator is innocent until proven guilty, Calderon’s well-known penchant for testing the ethical edge had left plenty […]
New Boeing Line in California? We Can Do It.
It may be a longshot – but it’s worth the shot. The venerable Boeing aircraft assembly plant in Long Beach apparently is in the running to build the new generation 777X jetliner. Just the prospect of this development is astonishing, given that the plant had recently rolled off the line the final C-17 built for […]
Prop 13’s High Profile in Assembly Special Election
Thirty-five years after it passed, property tax reform Proposition 13 has taken a central role in one candidate’s attempt to win an assembly seat in what many consider the birthplace of the measure, Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. Republican candidate Susan Shelley running in tomorrow’s special election for the 45th Assembly district is promoting herself […]
Californians’ Love-Hate Relationship with Direct Democracy
Californians have a love-hate relationship with direct democracy. We love that we have the ability to set the politicians straight, either by getting a jump on them on the next big issue or reversing course when we think they’ve made a big mistake. But we’re not wild about reading through all those damn initiatives that […]