Articles written by Susan Shelley
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Election integrity will be put to the test in California this November
New York City tried to make voting easier, and the result was chaos. City elections officials were overwhelmed with a flood of vote-by-mail ballots, more than 400,000, or ten times the usual number in...
How Sacramento Bill to Allow Paid College Athletes Could Backfire on California
Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted a video of himself signing a bill into law on an episode of HBO's "The Shop: Uninterrupted." He was seated in a barber's chair next to NBA superstar LeBron James, chatting wi...
What did Republican candidates in California promise to do if elected? Nothing, Pretty Much
The California Republican Party is like a big, empty aircraft carrier drifting along the coast. It could be powerful, if there were any people on it and if it had a plan to go somewhere. Here's a...
From Daylight Saving Time to Kidney Dialysis & Rent Control, Initiative Recommendations
First, in Los Angeles County, No on Measure W, a new property tax on homeowners, apartment buildings and businesses to pay for stormwater projects. It would raise $300 million per year, just enough...
Will California "cure" the housing crisis by repealing both Costa-Hawkins and the Ellis Act? Nope.
One of the more depressing tricks employed by people who favor more government control of everything is this: Put government controls on a business, which causes problems, and then use the problems...
Only Those in Government Can Abuse Political Power or Give Special Favors
If you take the politics out of it, all the current investigations in politics are about just one thing: Abuse of power. Forget whether crimes can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. It's not...
A tax reform reality check for Californians: It's Not All Bad for the Golden State
Now that the tax reform bill has passed, big-spending California politicians have a problem. The state's General Fund receives 65 percent of its revenue from personal income tax collections, and 35...
IRS Targeting Settlement as Scary as the Scandal
Just the name of the case tells you we have a problem: Linchpins of Liberty, et al, v. United States of America. For anyone who thought the United States was on the side of liberty, not fighting...
The Rise of Trump: Kate Steinle tragedy changed history
The Kate Steinle case was always about more than just the Kate Steinle case. The 32-year-old was shot in the back while walking with her father along San Francisco's Pier 14. She collapsed and died...
ACLU Lawsuit Caused the Big Expansion of Homeless Population In Los Angeles County
Why is homelessness increasing in Los Angeles? According to a count taken in January, homelessness is up 23 percent across L.A. County over 2016, a total of more than 55,000 people. News stories...
DWP settlement lets the Los Angeles ratepayer robbery continue
If you don't like illegal taxes, you can just fry in the dark. That seems to be the message from Los Angeles city officials to Department of Water and Power customers who are tired of being...
Reckless Bill to Repeal Limits on Rent-Control will make Housing Crisis Worse
One of the more depressing tricks employed by people who favor more government control of everything is this: Put government controls on a business, which causes problems, and then use the problems...
