by jpitney | Dec 26, 2025 | Business, California Politics, Coronavirus, Taxes
Ashley Zavala at KCRA-TV: Businesses large and small across California are paying even more on their payroll taxes to the federal government this year because of spending decisions the state’s Legislature and governor made within the last few years. ...
by jpitney | Dec 25, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles
Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul Pringle at LAT: For months after the Palisades fire, many who had lost their homes eagerly awaited the Los Angeles Fire Department’s after-action report, which was expected to provide a frank evaluation of the agency’s handling of the...
by jpitney | Dec 24, 2025 | California Politics, Crime, Law
Anat Rubin at CalMatters: Nearly half of California counties pay private lawyers and firms to represent poor people in criminal cases, and most of them, like San Benito, do it through what’s known as a “flat-fee” contract, meaning they pay a fixed amount, regardless...
by jpitney | Dec 23, 2025 | California Politics, Dreier, Los Angeles
At The Wrap, Michael Calderone discusses a new initiative by Claremont McKenna College alumni David Dreier and Scott Woolley/. With nearly 10 million people living in Los Angeles County, there will always be stories untold. Even the Times at its most robust, with a...
by jpitney | Dec 22, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Economic Policy
Jacob Smagula is a student at Claremont McKenna College and student manager at the Dreier Roundtable. Zoe Yu is a writer and student at Harvard. They write in The Boston Globe: Over the past decade, the share of people under 25 with investment accounts has increased...
