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.
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.