In anticipation of government restructuring that would move certain responsibilities to county government, this bill would authorize county supervisors to submit to voters a local personal income tax, ...

The front page story in the Los Angeles Times Sunday dealt with problems of issuing fair school grades in the time of the COVID-19 emergency. For those of us who were in college during the Vietnam War ...

Reading that Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León wants to add three commissioners to the South Coast Air Quality Management District board so as to tip the board to a more favorable perspective ...

One should never look years ahead when doing political analysis but here goes one anyway after reading a couple of items last week about California’s tax situation. One article had to do with the ...

The California High Speed Rail Authority has released its 2018 Business Plan. It portends to finally reveal the true cost for construction of Phase I of the project. The new cost estimate is at a base ...

Opposition in Orange County from government bodies to the state’s sanctuary law could serve as a sign of the electorate’s mood and just might influence the hotly contested Orange County congressional ...

Instead of doing its job, the state wants to cut taxes. That’s the essence of a new legislative effort to cut taxes on marijuana being sold legally. The tax cut is meant to address a real problem: ...

Senator Leland Yee is innocent until proven guilty, but in the court of public perception his high profile arrest will ripple through the political landscape like aftershocks from an earthquake. A few ...

Why are turnouts so low in these special elections to fill empty Assembly and state Senate seats? Because Californians aren’t honest with themselves. We tell ourselves that, in election contests, we ...

In San Francisco, Supervisor John Avalos proposes that 16 year olds should vote. In Cleveland last week, President Barack Obama suggested mandatory voting was a transformative idea worth considering.

How can you tell when there’s a big debate in California about education? When nobody’s talking about actual education. California education debates are always about formulas, not schools. Take the ...

The current global health crisis has ushered in a rapid recession which is decimating the economy, jobs and businesses. In the midst of this global health crisis, the Los Angeles City Council will ...