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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Endorses Proposition 4

October 16, 2018 5:23 pmOctober 16, 2018 5:27 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his support for Proposition 4 today during a morning press conference stating the importance of voting ‘yes’. The Mayor made the announcement this with the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) President & CEO Paul...

Proposition C Pits Rival Start-Up Billionaires Against One Another

October 16, 2018 11:12 amOctober 18, 2018 6:37 am

In three weeks the city of San Francisco will vote on a highly contentious proposition that will ask residents to decide if they should tax large local businesses in an effort to help alleviage the homeless epidemic long plaguing the...

Family Ties Complicate Both Sides of Messy Congressional Race

October 15, 2018 1:00 amOctober 16, 2018 11:13 am

When Duncan Hunter Jr, the Republican Congressman in CD50, was indicted on August 21 on multiple charges of wire fraud and falsifying records, the odds of a Democratic pick-up in a solidly red district suddenly multiplied. But that was before...

Newsom Pits Base Against Trump

October 12, 2018 12:32 pmOctober 15, 2018 10:31 am

Former San Francisco mayor, current Lieutenant Governor and now candidate for governor, Gavin Newsom is keeping his campaign trail blazing. Launching a new ad today, the 51 year old Democrat from the Bay Area is, according to a tweet from...

De León Endorsements Keep Rolling In

October 11, 2018 5:37 pmOctober 15, 2018 12:59 am

With the number of days before the November election dwindling, Kevin de León’s (D-Los Angeles) endorsements keep growing. Today, the SF Bay Guardian gave its backing to the 51 year old State Senate veteran and current Senate challenger. In its endorsement,...

Halloween Star Draws Criticism Over Firearm Defense Character

October 11, 2018 10:58 amAugust 30, 2021 11:47 am

A frenzy on twitter and mainstream media has erupted after Los Angeles native and Hollywood superstar Jamie Lee Curtis has emerged as an icon for armed self-defense in the latest Halloween movie sequel. Rotten Tomatoes notes, “Jamie Lee Curtis returns to...

Tim Donnelly Challenges Paul Cook from the Right

October 11, 2018 7:15 amOctober 12, 2018 12:33 pm

California’s “jungle” primary system propels the top two vote-earners to the general election, regardless of party, giving us a House race for District 8 that pits three-term incumbent Republican Paul Cook (who got 40 percent of the primary vote) against...