Both Trump and Harris support drug war tactics that are worse than ineffective • Proposition 36 will defund successful crime prevention programs
 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Janet Nguyen: I am committed to fighting corruption and waste in Orange County

Orange County is one of the best places to live in America. Yet I continue to see the glad-handing, special interest perks and grift traditionally seen in places like Chicago or New York.

Read more →

Both Trump and Harris support drug war tactics that are worse than ineffective

They promise to achieve the impossible while glossing over the costs of persisting in a strategy that has failed for more than a century.

Read more →

Proposition 36 will defund successful crime prevention programs

Our model is a success story that has positively impacted the lives of thousands of returning prisoners, their families, and the broader communities in which they live.

Read more →

Homeless results bill vetoed by Newsom

Last month, the California Legislature unanimously approved legislation, Assembly Bill 2903, authored by Asm. Josh Hoover, R-Sacramento, to require state agencies that administer homeless programs to “annually report cost and outcome data to the California Interagency Council on Homelessness” for each program they administer.

Read more →

Governor Newsom’s veto hurts children with autism

I hope the governor will stand with me to support this vulnerable population to prioritize their health, well-being, and quality of life.

Read more →

Susan Shelley: California’s war on oil and plastic

Of all the blithering idiocy perpetrated by the California government

Read more →

Larry Wilson: Pickleball wars over Donald Trump

Occasionally I will taunt my fanatically pickleball-playing sister, the Queen of Get-Out-of the-Kitchen — that’s a pickleball insider joke — of the Westside, by calling her sport pickle, and noting that its players can lean a little senior. But hey, she says, we’ve got the celebs on our Santa Monica public courts! Why, the Second […]

Read more →

Rafael Perez: Nathan Hochman has some major blind spots

One should expect a candidate for district attorney to know this

Read more →

Trump killed a tax break popular in California. Now he agrees with Pelosi and wants to restore it

The SALT debate once again proves that what is taxed and how much is levied is a purely arbitrary — and therefore very political — process.

Read more →

Democrats miss the main point as they lament Chavez Ravine

Instead of passing symbolic bills expressing horror at decades-old outrages, the Legislature should get busy protecting the property rights of everyone now.

Read more →