Lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown refused to allocate state funds for an early presidential primary. This is from the LA Times and the discussion is here.

We bought a ticket in the nosebleed section because Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature refused to spend an estimated $100 million for a separate presidential primary early in the nominating ( Read more... )

Prosecutors and police are largely held immune from their faulty actions, not even compensating for the direct harm of their actions. My previous article on Mr. Morton, a man falsely imprisoned for 25 years, is but the tip of this iceberg. At the core of this is prosecutorial immunity and it needs to end.

The article is here and the discussions are ( Read more... )

The sale of the world-famous Chrystal Cathedral to the Orange County diocese of the Roman Catholic Church is really showing just how many foreigners have moved in since the 60’s. These are people that have no sense of history of the place that they moved to and Nicole Santa Cruz shows her ignorance, as well as that fact that she was a less than ( Read more... )

My first clue on this was from the BBC, months ago, when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned about an impending budget crisis when the 700B$ TARP was passed. Rummaging through the latimes, for old times sake ;), I came to an article that laid out the detail. Obviously, this guy is not a Terminator fan 1 , but it’s a straight-forward clue about what’s ( Read more... )

Well, it's coming to pass. The long awaited Real Estate crash and it's starting in California. It will sweep up the coast and towards the East Coast, don't worry. The only places left untouched will be those areas that aren't leveraged up to their little eyeballs. Yes, while not directly caused by, this was triggered by 9-11 and exacerbated by the ( Read more... )

It's the worst drought year on record. Even at the end of the 7-year drought (ended in 1991) it didn't get this bad.

Downtown Los Angeles has recorded less than 4 inches of rain since July 1 - less than a quarter of normal. The region was hit Monday with another round of high heat, low humidity and dry winds, prompting officials to issue a red ( Read more... )

Contender Angelides is trying his damnedest to create links that aren't thereSchwarzenegger may be a Republican but he has been distancing himself from Bush for a long time. The bond measure that he's been fighting for is a necessary action. It is the direct result of 20+ years of Democratic neglect, by guys like Grey Davis. California's ( Read more... )