Facing the likelihood of conflicting tax initiatives on the November ballot, Gov. Jerry Brown last week reached agreement with the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) on a compromise, unified measure.
Same-sex marriage is likely to remain a hot-button issue in the presidential race, with Prop. 8 backers looking to Sen. John McCain for ideological support, and opponents to Sen. Barack Obama.
This is not democracy. The California legislature stole our democracy while we slept. All districts in California are now rigged this way. That\’s why, in California in the fall of 2004, not a single state legislative or Congressional seat changed party hands.
Proposition 77, the redistricting measure on next week\’s special elections ballot, is likely to shift considerably more Latino voters into Berman\’s district — and perhaps give rise to a viable Latino challenger.
Jews are attentive, high-propensity voters. Nearly one in five Los Angeles voters are Jewish (with only 6 percent of the population). If past history is a guide, however, the Jewish vote will play a more important role in the expected runoff between the two top candidates than in the multicandidate primary.
The state budget is facing a projected $38.2 billion shortfall, and Gov. Gray Davis\’ plan to cut spending and increase revenue will have far-reaching effects on our state and our lives.
Jewish voters are strongly against secession, more so than any other religious group, according to the July 2 poll.
Los Angeles Jews agonized along with the rest of the country as the results from the Nov. 7 election trickled in.
Favorite sons George W. Bush and Al Gore scored their knockout victories Tuesday.
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