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LA Mayor Karen Bass Gives State Of The City Address

April 18, 2023 2:30 amSeptember 27, 2023 6:23 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass gave her first State of the City address on Monday, unveiling her plans for the city for the next year on issues ranging from homelessness to public safety to infrastructure issues. Speaking from LA City...

The Pat Brown Republicans

March 11, 2023 2:29 amMarch 11, 2023 8:18 am

California old timers can remember the state’s first Governor Brown, Jerry Brown’s father Pat Brown, who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. It would be difficult to imagine anything the elder Brown did that would be...

California’s Infrastructure Plan

December 17, 2022 7:58 amDecember 17, 2022 8:02 am

Government Code Title 2, Division 3, Part 3, Chapter2, Article 2 provides the Infrastructure Plan in Sections 13100 – 13104. Section 13100 provides that it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting Article 2 that the state is to...

Leg Analyst Projects California Will Have $31 Billion Budget Surplus Next Year

November 18, 2021 11:43 amNovember 18, 2021 11:43 am

According to the 2022-2023 California state budget Fiscal Outlook report compiled by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) on Wednesday, California will have a $31 billion surplus next year. This marks the second budget year in a row where a large...

What Recall Candidates Say About COVID’s Personal Impacts, and Impacts to the State

September 12, 2021 2:34 amSeptember 12, 2021 10:52 am

It has been the driving force around the world for 18 months. It has killed millions of people, sickened tens of millions more, devastated economies, obliterated education, and sown fear and distrust on a monumental scale throughout the world. It...

The Real Reasons Newsom Has Failed All Californians

September 6, 2021 2:19 amSeptember 8, 2021 6:18 am

While acknowledging that the outcome of the ongoing Newsom recall voting is anybody’s guess, it is worthwhile to imagine life in California if Newsom survives the recall and goes on to win reelection next year. Because the nonpartisan and growing...

What the Recall Candidates are Saying About Infrastructure

August 30, 2021 2:31 amSeptember 1, 2021 11:41 am

There is a saying in California politics (popularized by Willie Brown) that, when it comes to big projects, one should just “start digging a hole and make it so big, there’s no alternative to coming up with the money to...