Jessica Levinson
Jessica Levinson is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loyola Law School. She focuses on the intersection of law and government.
The Assembly Rules Committees' failure to release current budget and spending information raises broader questions about the public's right to information concerning their elected officials.
After committing ethical violations, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa raised private funds to cover the fines.
The last versions of the first ever California legislative district lines drawn by an independent redistricting commission have finally arrived. Goodbye gerrymandering, hello fair legislative districts?
Term limits do not create a class of "citizens legislators," who are public servants for one brief, shining moment in time, and then resume their private lives. I think term limits should be repealed all together.
What if our representative form of government garnered as much attention as traffic congestion? What would happen if elections, public hearings, legislative decisions and the like became an event like the much-anticipated Carmageddon?
Is Carmageddon a lot of pain for no gain? Is the only answer to easy traffic congestion to charge motorists to travel on busy freeways?
Should California follow Nebraska's lead and move to a unicameral Legislature?
The upcoming closure of the 405 freeway is a good reminder that it is time to get real about transportation infrastructure. So many needless hours are spent in the car rather than working, with family or friends, or simply just not "fighting traffic." ...
The Golden State's once and current Governor, Jerry Brown, has made history with two firsts. First, Brown vetoed a budget agreement passed by both houses. Second, Brown kept his word.
Gov. Brown is resuming his efforts to have the legislature pass a "balanced, no-gimmicks" budget by June 15th, the deadline for a balanced budget.
If lawmakers fail to pass a budget on time, should they go without pay? In passing Proposition 25 in November of 2010, voters said yes.
A recent PPIC survey shows that members of the public zealously protect their ability to weigh in on government policies, trust their judgments, and don't much like their elected representatives.