Jessica Levinson
Jessica Levinson is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loyola Law School. She focuses on the intersection of law and government.
This is the first election held in Los Angeles after the Supreme Court invalidated so-called "trigger" or "rescue" funds that provided publicly financed candidates.
Last week the California Supreme Court rejected a request by a GOP-supported coalition (known as FAIR - Fairness & Accountability in Redistricting) to invalidate California's newly drawn state senate maps.
Dear President Obama, please do not let the traffic hit you on the way out.
Those who made contributions in support of Proposition 8, a successful ballot measure which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman, unsuccessfully asked a federal court to exempt them from state campaign disclosure laws.
By and large, when it comes to determining the permissible content of art, let us live by the adage of "each to her own," not "each to the discretion of the government."
California is the first state to allow contributions via text message, but it certainly will not be the last. Like online voter registration, I believe it is only a matter of time until this change will become the norm.
Such behavior erodes the integrity of our city's elections.
Labor unions and those sympathetic to their cause typically turn out in much larger numbers for November elections, as compared to June elections. A pending ballot measure, which likely would have appeared on the June 2012 ballot, restricts the ability...
Depending on your perspective Los Angeles' gross receipts tax on businesses either provides much needed revenue -- to the tune of $425 million per year -- or harms economic growth
For opponents of the congressional lines, the the next stop is the courthouse, not the ballot box.
After a full day of testimony, and approximately 1300 people in attendance, the only thing that seems clear about the approved plan is that it will be reviewed by a judge.
While fears about consequences to individual gamblers of legalizing and taxing online gambling are not unwarranted, neither are worries about the state's lack of funds.