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Garcetti Goes Full-On Identity Pol on Sunday TV

October 24, 2018 11:00 amOctober 24, 2018 10:56 am

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said yesterday that Democrats should appeal to Latino voters by putting more Latino candidates on the ballot. This call for hardcore identity politics might strike some as self-serving since Garcetti, both Jewish and Mexican-American, is...

Congresswoman Claims Challenger has Plan to Abolish ICE

October 22, 2018 1:36 pm

In her most recent campaign move, U.S. Congressional incumbent Mimi Walters (R-Orange County) has sharply criticized challenger Katie Porter for her supposed plan to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, better known as ICE. Coming in the form of a...

Venice Residents Bash Representative Over Homeless Shelter

October 18, 2018 5:30 pmOctober 19, 2018 12:03 pm

While defending a contentious proposal to build a homeless shelter in Venice California earlier today, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilman Mike Bonin and Police Chief Michel Moore braced for an ugly town hall. The packed elementary school auditorium mostly...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Endorses Proposition 4

October 16, 2018 5:23 pmOctober 16, 2018 5:27 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his support for Proposition 4 today during a morning press conference stating the importance of voting ‘yes’. The Mayor made the announcement this with the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) President & CEO Paul...

Proposition C Pits Rival Start-Up Billionaires Against One Another

October 16, 2018 11:12 amOctober 18, 2018 6:37 am

In three weeks the city of San Francisco will vote on a highly contentious proposition that will ask residents to decide if they should tax large local businesses in an effort to help alleviage the homeless epidemic long plaguing the...

Sacramento Captures Big Win to Combat Housing Crisis

October 10, 2018 5:15 pmOctober 10, 2018 2:40 pm

The Sacramento City Council has just voted to bring a significant amount of city housing to the R Street Corridor of downtown Sacramento. In the passage of the vote, the city has announced it will lend nearly $3.3 million to...

District 22 Competitor Looks to Sink Nunes with DCCC Funding

October 4, 2018 3:33 pmOctober 31, 2018 5:48 am

As November midterm elections creep closer, Democrats are stepping up efforts to take back a Republican controlled Congress. But are they overlooking certain districts? California Democratic Candidate Andrew Janz thinks so. Andrew Janz, a Fresno County deputy district attorney has...