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It's not just California that has adopted a peculiar form of civic vandalism. Cities across the country are feeling the pressure.
The former director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library has been appointed to be L.A.'s City Librarian -- the highest post of the Los Angeles Public Library -- by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
This week the Los Angeles City Council preliminarily approved new lines for city council districts. So we're almost done drawing new districts, right? Not so fast.
Brown styles himself as an iconoclast but his attacks on California's landmark environmental law are politics as usual.
The world is not a free expression-type of place. In America, how are journalists and others allowed to be citizen watchdogs and activists?
With budget crisis after budget crisis in all levels of governments, is the American Dream still attainable?
A discussion about bullhooks with elephants is happening just a few weeks before Ringling Bros. Circus is set to arrive in town.
Just because good government reforms (such as term limits, redistricting, and open primaries) will make elections more expensive does not mean they are bad reforms -- Far from it. But it does mean we need to consider all of the consequences of reforms ...
Most members of the voting public know little to nothing about judicial candidates, and it's worth considering a revamp of the system.