Not another junket. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced he’ll speak at a May 15-17 climate conference at Vatican City. Remember his trip to China last October when he met with President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party officials? The aspiring future president essentially greenwashed the Chinese Community Party for the sake of boosting his profile. … Read more
In a triumph of hope over experience, this editorial board endorsed Proposition 28, the Arts and Music in Schools Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act, in 2022. We said the state’s 6 million public school students in grades K-12, about 60% of whom are from low-income families, “deserve to have an enriched education that might otherwise … Read more
The idea that local control for California cities is a good thing for their citizenry is an easy argument to make — in the abstract. In a massively expansive way, such a belief goes to the heart of our nation’s theory of governance. Under federalism, it is not, no, the federal government that does all … Read more
As California lawmakers wrestle with a now-$73 billion deficit in next year’s budget, the Legislative Analyst’s Office is warning about a “trailer bill” proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom related to the previous budget. It’s an $8 billion maneuver that amounts to an interest-free loan to hide a revenue shortfall affecting school funding. The problem stems … Read more
Good for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for moving forward with plans to allow and to regulate street vendors in the unincorporated parts of the county. The county would join about 16 cities here that have crafted their own rules for vendors. Weirdly, as Rebecca Ellis explained last month in the L.A. Times, … Read more
Life is full of contradictions and in politics that plate is brimming more than a WWE wrestler’s at the all-you-can-eat buffet. But that presents parents like me — who serve dinner with a side of news — with a quandary. It seems election promises, like rules, are made to be broken. Your local paper, whenever … Read more
Since Hamas militants shocked the world with the slaughter of 1200 Israelis on October 7, the world has watched on with trepidation. Retaliatory attacks on Gaza have resulted in the deaths of an estimated 23,000 Palestinians, an average death toll of 250 combatant and civilians every day, according to Oxfam. That makes it the bloodiest … Read more
California should be the first state defending the right to free speech on the internet. Instead, Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading a group of 23 state attorneys general in backing the manipulation of social media content by the federal government. The case is Murthy v. Missouri. Vivek K. Murthy is the U.S. surgeon general. … Read more
As part of this newspaper’s endorsement process, we invited the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney to provide their written thoughts, only lightly edited for length, on major public policy matters. Here we present their responses to the question: The death penalty, for all practical purposes, is not likely to ever be carried out in … Read more
This should be the best time of the year. But for the 21 West Aussie families who have lost their homes to fires this year, this Christmas will likely be a grim one. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Trusted Bulletin is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. … Read more
