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It is distressingly easy to amend our state constitution through a disturbingly broken process, the ballot initiative process.
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California's cities earn overwhelming approval from voters. The Legislature has a dismal rating.
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There were more than 70 fundraisers this month as legislators were finalizing the session, voting on numerous bills.
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What do you think about the proposed styrofoam ban?
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One of my least favorite things about the ballot initiatives process is the huge sums that those in favor and against these measures typically shell out during the election cycle.
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The historically scandal-plagued county of San Bernardino has taken a step in the right direction.
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At the newly opened Grand Park in downtown L.A., City Hall's architectural majesty is akin to the Washington Monument. Plus two great summer reads involving gangsters and hair metal.
California's fiscal house of cards falls on four Riverside County cities. One of them expects to disincorporate next year, killed by the Legislature's indifference.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to reporters outside 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in central London today. | Photo: CARL COURT/AFP/GettyImages
Anglo-Saxon is the new -- I mean, old -- American.
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Will cutting food stamps affect local farmers' markets?
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Metro this weekend is expanding its rail schedule by running trains later into the night -- mostly around 2 a.m. -- on Friday and Saturday nights.
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