Legislature: Beat Up Trump if You Must, but Fix SB 1
In the California legislature, standing up for the environment while taking a shot at the Trump Administration is business as usual. But when business as usual casts a wide net that comes with consequences that can interfere with the state’s agriculture and the state’s economy then legislators should have second thoughts. Such is the situation […]
Newsom’s No Good, Very Bad Late Summer
How do you know when a politician is having a bad stretch? When he’s coming down in favor of measles outbreaks and utility bailouts, and against community newspapers. That’s where Gov. Gavin Newsom finds himself at the end of the legislative session. First, he has foolishly demanded last-minute changes in a well-crafted pro-vaccine bill that […]
Newsom wheels and deals
Gavin Newsom wasn’t born when the TV game show “Let’s Make a Deal” began its run but he’s channeling its host, Monty Hall, during the final days of his first legislative session as governor. Every few days, it seems, Newsom announces that he and legislative leaders have agreed on one of the session’s major issues, […]
Shocked! at Goings-on at LA City Hall
“I’m shocked, shocked to find gambling going on here.” Like Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) in the 1942 classic movie, Casablanca, City Council President Herb Wesson and his fellow members of the City Council were shocked, shocked when the FBI raided the offices and home of Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar in November looking […]