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The Toy Department

June 8, 2023 3:00 amJune 8, 2023 3:01 am

Back when newspapers still existed – hey, get off my lawn you rotten kids! – there was a common nickname for a certain section of the paper. News, op-ed, sports, business, real estate, arts, local were all called what they...

The Cesspool Politics of Los Angeles

November 2, 2022 11:30 amNovember 2, 2022 10:51 am

In less than two weeks, voters in Los Angeles will have the opportunity to select a new mayor and nine of the 15 members of the city council. A positive outcome is unlikely. The cards are stacked. It’s reasonable to...

Is The Left/Right Paradigm Dead?

April 30, 2022 8:24 amApril 30, 2022 9:09 am

What has been for some time a shorthand to describe general political leanings no longer applies in the current political climate, and will not in the future. Left and right lay on a linear graph built upon a certain common...

Questioning Firefighters Union Political Priorities As Wildfire Season Approaches

March 31, 2022 6:15 amMarch 31, 2022 6:28 am

As another summer of wildfires approaches, it is in the interest of every Californian to understand that California’s firefighters’ union, the California Professional Firefighters, is one of the most politically powerful unions in the state. This union has the power to...

What Is in California’s Elections Code?

March 28, 2022 5:42 pmMarch 28, 2022 5:47 pm

The California Elections Code is one of 29 Codes that contain state statutes. The Elections Code contains several sections of general provisions, followed by 22 Divisions. There are also numerous parts, chapters, and articles containing hundreds of code sections, or...

Winning a War of Attrition Against Government Unions

April 21, 2021 2:45 amApril 21, 2021 7:46 am

Anyone involved in state or local politics in California soon realizes that government unions are the most powerful special interest in the state. From time to time, as the ride-share behemoths proved in spectacular fashion last November with Proposition 22, corporations...

AG Becerra and Secretary Padilla Stand Down on CAGOP Ballot Drop Boxes

October 16, 2020 3:30 pmOctober 18, 2020 8:16 am

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Secretary of State Alex Padilla held a press conference Friday morning announcing they were standing down on their original “cease and desist order” to the California Republican Party to remove voter ballot drop boxes...