CALIFORNIA MATTERS - Congress is tied up in knots over the scope and financing of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion basket of enhanced social, educational and medical benefits.
Biden proposal could benefit high-income Californians
LOS ANGELES
State of California to use intimidation, penalties and lawsuits to densify urban housing.
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY-In the final scene of the obscure 2004 sci fi action-adventure film “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,” the heroes have tracked down the mastermind behind the unstoppable massive machines that are tearing up cities to steal power-generating infrastructure in the service of launching an improved human race.
Unemployment Insurance Isn't Holding Back The Economy. Inequality Is.
ECONOMIC HEALTH - An estimated 9 million Americans got the rug pulled out from under them over Labor Day weekend as enhanced pandemic federal unemployment benefits expired, leaving millions of families in the lurch during a record-breaking season for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Newsom scores big recall win. What now?
RECALL PERSPECTIVE - Well, that was one for the history books. In the space of two decades, California voters recalled one Democratic governor and refused to recall another.
What’s Next For California?
RECALL PERSPECTIVE - What started as a lark, then became an impossible dream—a conservative resurgence, starting in California—ended, like many past efforts, in electoral defeat.
Governor Newsom Survived Recall...and California is Still Going Into the Toilet
THE DOCTOR IS IN - Just because the Republicans, Independents (and a few Democrats) chose not to recall Gavin Newsom doesn't mean that our state's problems are going away.
Inglewood is raising taxes to pay for the Transit Connector (people mover) project
SOUTH OF THE 10 - The Inglewood City Council is attempting to pull a fast one on Inglewood residents.
Did California’s Rejection of Larry Elder Place Gov. Newsom in Woker Quicksand?
A VIEW FROM HERE - The recall was an overwhelming rejection of the person of Larry Elder. Elder is an annoying blowhard who had never run anything other than his mouth.
A Perfect Union. Not So Perfect.
A VIEW FROM HERE - The Right Wing and the Left Wing Share Two Ideas.
Why Stop at Roe?
Donald Trump will likely go down in U.S. history as one of the worst, if not most corrupt, presidents.
Recall Takeaway: A Costly Effort in Need of Reform
THE BCK FILE-A GOP game plan that costs California taxpayers at least $276 million ended in a blowout for incumbent Gov. Gavin Newsom.
A 12-step Program to Create a Housing Crisis
PLANNING WATCH-A UCLA Luskin Center study on homelessness in Los Angeles traces this unresolved social problem back to the 1930s, when homeless encampments were called Hoovervilles.