Jessica Levinson
Jessica Levinson is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loyola Law School. She focuses on the intersection of law and government.
If Democrats in the next election gain two-thirds in both state houses, increasing taxes and fees will be easy.
Our government is too big and too complex to make decisions on a piecemeal basis.
The November ticket has 28 races between members of the same party. Those candidates now must appeal to all voters, regardless of party.
To all of you who either forget about the meter, neglect to remember sweeping day, or just parking in the red zone.
A recent change in the law shuffles the order of propositions on the ballot. That means the Governor's tax proposal will be placed higher than a rival proposition.
Political campaigns may see an uptick in contributions from younger voters because of new laws.
There is no doubt that the City of Angels is in bad shape financially -- and I mean really bad shape.
Many Angelenos don't pay attention to L.A.'s budget process. Now they might.
While not one Republican voted for the budget plan, no Republican votes are needed under our current system.
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.
Even with "good government" reforms, we don't vote. And negative advertising seems effective.
With budget crisis after budget crisis in all levels of governments, is the American Dream still attainable?