LA POLITICS

THE DOCTOR IS IN - For Bass and Park: A Necessary Rhyme for Our Upside-Down Time!

ELECTION ANALYSIS - While the Republicans hoped for bigger gains, what ultimately transpired was yet another mixed election, signaling a nation even more divided than ever before. 

LA ELECTION - According to the LA Ethics Commission as of October 31^st, billionaire developer Rick Caruso has spent over $90 million dollars, mostly his own fortune and is on pace to exceed the $100 million dollar total by Election Day, November 8^th.

LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD - Being bilingual opens doors but can also lead to stumbles on the way in.

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Most of us have very busy lives. Most of us are hanging by our fingernails. Most of us just want more sleep, more resources with which to pay our bills, and less strife in our work and home environments.

THE EASTSIDER - When Stephen Miller sends out racial attack like I received today, what else is new. 

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Let me begin by declaring this upcoming mayoral election would have been a LOT easier if Ron Galperin was running.

DEMOCRACY UNDER SEIGE - While the rest of America is going crazy over Biden election deniers taking over the US Congress here in the City of the Angels we have our own curious crisis boiling up and it really has nothing to do with what Nury Martinez said about Mike Bonin’s son.

LA ELECTION 2022 - Elections are supposed to be about ideas; about improving the lives of the folks you represent; about having a plan; and about who can offer a better future.

LA ELECTION 2022 - They say “money is the mother’s milk of politics,” but a more focused and persuasive message is what wins elections.

HEALTH & MEDICINE - Early voting in the 2022 midterm elections has begun in many states, and inflation, the economy, and recession are top concerns for most voters, according to polls.

RANTZ AND RAVEZ - The November 8th Election is almost here…..Who should you vote for and why should you vote at all? 

THE DOCTOR IS IN - For the record, I'm a "country over party" kind of guy. I may have an "R" behind my name as my political affiliation, but it's not my religion (I'm Jewish, not Republican...because parties aren't supposed to be religions). 

ELECTION UPDATE - In one of the more animated and interesting forums in the race to succeed retiring Councilman Mike Bonin, the gloves came off Thursday (10/20) evening during a council forum sponsored by the South Brentwood Residents Association that was viewed by roughly 100 hundred or so members. 

OP/ED LA ELECTION 2022 - The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) has placed a measure on the November ballot that would cost homeowners an additional $25 per $100,000 of assessed value of their property per year.

OP/ED - As a Neighborhood Councilmember I am inspired by the concepts supported by Empower LA of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

LA ELECTIONS - As many as three new insurgent candidates could join Los Angeles City Council this December.

LA POLITICS - When Rick Caruso and Karen Bass started throwing mud at each other in their last debate for mayor of Los Angeles I could just feel it coming. 

DEEGAN ON LA — “Defund the LAPD”, “Abolish Jails”, “Elect Hugo Soto-Martinez” is a formula voters in CD13 are being offered as an alternative to re-electing two-term incumbent Mitch O’Farrell. 

ONLINE BETTING - Odds are, one of the many ads for legalizing sports betting has snagged your attention, given their ubiquity on TV, websites and billboards across California. 

LA ELECTION 2022 - The Los Angeles Superior Court has granted an injunction ordering companies owned by Rick Caruso to cease suppressing criticism of their owner’s failing political run at the Grove, a 750,000 square foot shopping mall.