LA’s Most Corrupt City Council: No Reforms Despite Jose Huizar Indictment
On Thursday, a federal grand jury threw the book on Councilman Jose Huizar, returning a 34-count indictment on “charges that he lead a criminal enterprise where he used his powerful position at City Hall to enrich himself and his close associates, and unlawfully gave favorable treatment to developers who financed and facilitated bribes and other […]
Proposition 15 and the Tug-of-War over Gov. Newsom
You’d have to forgive Gov. Gavin Newsom if he’s feeling like the rope in a classic tug-of-war between those on the opposite sides of the Proposition 15 property tax increase measure, each grabbing an arm and pulling him in their direction for an endorsement. Yesterday, numerous small business owners and representatives of small business organizations […]
Fair Housing Door-to-Door Sweep Dead, for Now
The federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has withdrawn its controversial regulation subjecting landlords to invasive local reviews of their rental properties to see whether there are “any barriers to fair housing, housing patterns or practices that promote bias.” Suspension of the regulation, dubbed the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, will also […]
California loses thousands of jobs and crucial fuel as Marathon Martinez refinery goes idle
California just experienced a catastrophic loss from the COIVD-19 impact on the economy, as one of its major refineries, Marathon Martinez has just announced it will be idled indefinitely. With airlines and cruise ships virtually shut down, and vehicle transportation at an all-time low, the demand for fuels and petroleum derivative products manufactured from petroleum, […]
Complying with the Oath of Office for an Elected Los Angeles City Official
Some of us have witnessed an elected L.A. City Officials sworn-in to serve in public office. Either in person or via media. There is all the pomp and circumstance that follows the election and then the work begins. I remember my entry into the political arena and the Oath I truly believed in and with […]
California’s Choice: New and Enriched Public Programs or Freer Private Enterprise?
Change is coming to California following the double whammy of a pandemic eruption and police reform protests. Responses to the extraordinary dual events will initially flow into California’s current cultural and political liberal tide—a move toward more government involvement in our lives and more spending. History tells us that government officials and agencies enlarge their […]
How to sabotage a recovery: Raise taxes
Even before Covid-19, many Californians were struggling with the high cost of living here. The long-time willingness of many Californians to pay the “sunshine tax” premium for living in a state with great weather, universities, entrepreneurial culture, and lifestyle has eroded in the face of high costs of daily life. Things have gone from bad […]
Cancel Culture Finds the SF Museum of Modern Art
A “white supremacist” organized exhibits for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for nearly 20 years? How did his hateful bigotry go undetected for so long in a city whose vanity is in large part fueled by its Wokeness? Gary Garrels, the museum’s senior curator of painting and sculpture, resigned earlier this month over […]
Mandate diversity? California bill would ban all-white corporate boards
All-white corporate boards would be prohibited in California under a bill in the Legislature that follows in the footsteps of a controversial law that mandated women in corporate boardrooms. More than 600 publicly held companies with California headquarters would be required to have at least one person of color serving on their corporate boards by […]