October 27, 2025
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Zoning Nullification: The End of Local Control?

By Tom Elias Gov. Jerry Brown, a former mayor of Oakland who often griped about state government’s interference with local issues, ran in 2010 on a platform of stronger local control. He’s delivered on that […]

An End to the Road Diet

By Melanie Camp   The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is set to immediately begin restoring lanes in Playa del Rey in a move that could signal hope for those against the Venice Boulevard […]

Thomas B. Elias, Columnist

Will Next Governor End State Corruption?

By Tom Elias   The well-documented corruption in various wings of California state government shows few signs of abating soon. Even though Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest questionable appointees to the state’s powerful Public Utilities Commission […]