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SF Mayor Breed Pushes For Initiative to Require All Welfare Recipients Undergo Drug Screening
In the last month, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, as well as other city lawmakers, have pushed forward an upcoming proposition that would require all welfare recipients in San Francisco County to undergo drug screening and receive treatment if they...
Gov. Gavin Newsom Declares State Of Emergency as Powerful Storm Wallops SoCal
Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency throughout most of Southern California on Sunday and Monday over the large atmospheric river event that is currently bringing massive amounts of rain and flooding to the region. The storm, which first...
Latest Poll: Garvey, Porter In Dead Heat For Second Place In U.S. Senate Race
The first post-debate California U.S. Senate poll was released during the weekend, with Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) maintaining a massive lead, with Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) and former baseball star Steve Garvey (R) tied in a dead-heat for second place....
Los Angeles DA Q&A, Part Four: On Strikes and Reform
This is part four of a continuing series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney. California has a “three strikes” law. That should mean that if you do three very bad things you can go...
The Signs of the Times
Last week the Los Angeles Times announced it was laying off 115 news staff, in the middle of labor negotiations no less. While I take no joy in seeing people lose their jobs, a part of me thinks that the demise...
Los Angeles DA Q&A, Part Three: On Management and Politics
This is part three of a continuing series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney. Besides presiding over a cratering sense of public safety, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon cannot, it seems, even run...