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Brian Doherty

Brian Doherty is a senior editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com. He is author of three books This is Burning Man (2004, Little, Brown; paperback BenBella, 2006) and Radicals for Capitalism: A History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement (PublicAffairs, 2007), and Gun Control on Trial (Cato Institute, 2008).

Doherty's reporting and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Spin, National Review, The Weekly Standard, San Francisco Chronicle and dozens of other publications, and he has been a commentator on hundreds of radio and TV shows, including Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor and CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck Show.

He ran a small indie record label, Cherry Smash Records, from 1993-2001, and has lived in Los Angeles since July 1994.

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Prop 19 Could Mean Big Bucks for California
California's Legislative Analysts Office has come out with its calculations about the effects on the state's budget of Proposition 19, the tax and legalize marijuana for adults initiative. While filled with uncertainty, the upshot is its likely to save...
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California Cities' Pension Crisis
California cities are being forced to change their generous pension benefits for new and future hires to avoid financial calamities.
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"L.A. Clean Sweep" Launches to Change City Hall
A new organization dedicated to electing an entirely new set of City Council members and reforming city government launches officially today.
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California Sued Over Education Funding, Again
California is now facing a second lawsuit charging its system of education funding is unconstitutionally unequal.
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GOP Candidates: Both Women, But Not the Same
They are both women, both former California tech executives, and both running for big GOP offices. But Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina are not necessarily cut from the same cloth.
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The L.A. River is Officially Navigable, Says the EPA
The Army Corps of Engineers believed otherwise, but the federal Environmental Protection Agency has declared the L.A. River, shallow and concrete as so much of it is, a navigable waterway and subject to the legal protections that come with that designa...
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Long Beach Contemplates Taxing Medical Pot
Long Beach contemplates taxing the medical marijuana sold within its city limits, while the citizens of the entire state get to contemplate trying to tax all marijuana sales through a legalize-and-tax initiative on the November ballot.
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California Starts Fiscal Year With No Budget
California is, once again, operating without an official budget, and Gov. Schwarzenegger wants to cut state employees' pay to minimum wage because of it.
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Mayor of the Guest List?
Antonio Villaraigosa is caught in a scandal based on accepting free tickets to sporting and entertainment events. He says its his job representing the city to see and be seen.
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Maywood Becomes a "Contract City"
The city of Maywood, south of downtown L.A., will lose all of its paid employees beyond elected officials and contract out all city services to other local governments, after being crushed by budget deficits and an inability to buy insurance.
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L.A. Can't Afford to Use Its Expensive New Jail
Los Angeles has spent $74 million building a new jail--that we can't afford to use.
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The Pot Store Shutdown in L.A. Faces Resistance
Some storefront medical marijuana operations targeted for closure by this year's new ordinance regulating them are looking for ways to stay in business.
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