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It’s taking far too long to get a report on how to improve Los Angeles County government. It’s time to go to the ballot and let voters decide.
July 3, 2024
It is shameful that the Department of Education has not been able to make the federal student aid application process smoother for homeless students.
July 3, 2024
American freedom was born on July 2, 1776 — not the Fourth — and reborn on the same date in 1964 with the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
July 2, 2024
The Supreme Court’s decision, along partisan lines, does away with the principle that no one is above the law.
July 1, 2024
Supreme Court ruling in Grants Pass case allows cities to criminalize people for being poor. How does it solve homelessness by fining or jailing people for sleeping outside if they have no choice?
June 29, 2024
For the rest of the campaign, Biden needs to do more — and not just on the debate stage — to defend his record. The stakes for the nation are too high.
June 28, 2024
New homeless numbers show a slight decrease in L.A.’s homeless population. The takeaway: Inside Safe and other efforts to house people are working.
June 28, 2024
The Supreme Court could have ruled on whether Idaho abortion law violates the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. But instead the justices punted, throwing the case back to federal courts.
June 28, 2024
Good for L.A. Mayor Karen Bass to study how to prevent a recurrence of the kind of violence that took place Sunday at Adas Torah synagogue in the Pico-Robertson. But the idea to ban masks should be dismissed.
June 27, 2024
Metro is facing a doom spiral if it cannot make the system safer. Contracting with outside law enforcement service on the trains and buses has not served riders well. It needs its own police force.
June 26, 2024