Will Nathan Hochman’s former Republican label doom his campaign for DA? Don’t count on it.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s race will come down to issues and voter perceptions.

“Top two” created a new set of rules that ambitious politicians can game.

In a world of finite resources, we must, surely, do better with our tax dollars than simply locking thousands of people up, at vast financial and moral expense, for 25-years-to-life.

There is plenty of damage Trump can do within the current constraints on the presidency.

Even in the most liberal of states, there is little appetite for progressive policies, which may actually boost turnout for Republicans.

Demography is destiny and California’s school conundrum of declining enrollment, high absenteeism and unstable attendance will become more intense.

Voters will no doubt remember her angry, Trumpian complaints about the election.

True, genuine courage is rare among politicians. They’ll declare themselves brave for having done the predictable. But mostly that’s just theatrical campaign talk.

Bad as you may think California health care is now, passing CalCare will make it much, much worse.

While not everyone in my district agrees with me, they always know where I stand on the issues.