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The Untold Story: Selling Out Public Safety One District Attorney at a Time

February 10, 2025 3:50 pmFebruary 10, 2025 3:50 pm

History is full of examples where good intentions paved the way to disastrous outcomes. Today, we are witnessing another such moment — a social experiment in criminal justice reform that has unleashed unforeseen consequences on our urban communities. This experiment...

The Greenberg Brief: What To Expect With Progressive Pamela Price Recall

April 16, 2024 12:11 pmApril 16, 2024 12:41 pm

Congratulations are in order. The highest of high fives should be given to the organizers, volunteers and team behind the signature gathering effort triggering a recall of so-called “Progressive” District Attorney Pamela Price. Word of this phase of success came...

About Last Week…

November 5, 2023 7:11 amNovember 5, 2023 7:36 am

If you’ve been reading the Globe lately, you may have noticed a series of articles about eight of the ten current candidates for Los Angeles County District Attorney. And eight of the ten will almost assuredly will be the final...

Prop. 47 – ‘Not the Reason for the Theft Wave’

September 23, 2023 8:05 am

California is being stolen from its citizens $949 at a time. This we all know – we’ve all seen it on the news and a sadly significantly large percentage of us have seen it in person when we’ve been picking...

Has the Criminal Justice Pendulum Swung Too Far?

August 23, 2021 11:51 amAugust 23, 2021 3:40 pm

California was once tough on crime. If you violated the law, it meant jail time. There were real consequences to criminal behavior. If you broke the law, there was a punishment. If you broke the law and used in gun...

Michael Bloomberg Calls California a ‘Model’ for the Rest of the Country

January 7, 2020 2:32 pmFebruary 11, 2020 11:52 am

At a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday, former New York City Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg announced that California would serve as a model for running the country should he become president. “I think that California...