The Ballot Box Kiosk Merely Adds to Vote Safety Concerns
Los Angeles County is already responding to the controversary of mail-in ballots and possible slow or reduced post office service for the election by planting 123 vote collection kiosks in the county. The first boxes went up near libraries and around LA City parks. The mail-in ballots are coming to every citizen is part of […]
Small Businesses Look to Sacramento for Some COVID Magic
Mirror, mirror, on the wall—will I still be here in the fall? I may actually own a magic mirror events company here in Los Angeles, but I know I am just one of thousands of small business owners across the state asking themselves this same question. Going on five months now, the COVID-19 pandemic has […]
SB 1383 Seals the Fate of Most Small Businesses. Sad.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of Senate Bill 1383 came as little surprise to the state’s leading small-business association, which, along with more than 100 other business groups, warned against it. Tragically, previous vows from the governor and lawmakers to help devastated small business owners crawl out of this virus-ravaged economic recession have proven to be a […]
Trump and Newsom, Strange Political Bedfellows
We critique the meeting between Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump on the wildfires. And we examine the factor of fear in the election campaign–fear of fires, floods and climate change, fear of the pandemic and fear of violence provoked by protesters and police. Inside Golden State Politics podcast is here.