Jessica Levinson
Jessica Levinson is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loyola Law School. She focuses on the intersection of law and government.
Regardless of your party affiliation, or lack of affiliation, I encourage each of you to exercise a right too many of us take for granted.
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.
The leaders of the scandal-plagued and nearly bankrupt Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (known to many Angelenos simply as "the Coliseum") may want to consider some public relations lessons.
We now live in a state where winning an election and obtaining a position that allows an individual to represent their fellow citizens are things to hide (or at least not highlight) from the voters.
A recent report released last week states that last year's Occupy Los Angeles protest will cost the City almost double the original estimate: $5 million.
Back in January the estimate was that California was in debt, to the tune of $9.2 billion. Now it's close to $16 billion.
It is certainly not President Obama's fault that our current set of campaign finance laws necessitates fundraising, fundraising, and then some more fundraising, but it seems he does have control over when and where he does his campaign events.
Here are two fairly uncontroversial things that I believe: First, fewer people should smoke since smoking can cause serious health risks; second, more money should go to cancer research. But here is a third, more controversial belief: The initiative pr...
He is showing his business acumen. Recent disclosure reports show that Sherman earned over $650,000 just based on investing his campaign contributions.
The prop did more than lower the threshold required to pass the state budget.
Last week when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa delivered his state of the city address he largely avoided the main topic facing the city: the budget. Instead, it focused on transportation.