Tag "Los Angeles"
Back to homepageArid-headed water war breaks out between LA and PHX
March 20, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi The word arid has two meanings: insufficient rainfall to grow trees or dull and boring. The second meaning seems to characterize the level of intelligence that’s on display in the recent media water war
Read MoreEven L.A. revolting against taxes
March 10, 2013 By John Seiler The big news in California the past week was not the mayor’s race in Los Angeles. It was the defeat in that election of the half-cent tax increase, Measure A, by 55 percent to
Read MoreTime to break up Los Angeles
March 8, 2013 By John Seiler Los Angeles obviously doesn’t work. The election of a new mayor, the first phase of which was held Tuesday, won’t help. L.A.’s schools are among the worst in the country. Driving through the city
Read MoreLies about green jobs: Now it’s the Los Angeles edition
March 1, 2013 By Chris Reed We’ve seen President Obama and Gov. Brown spread the green jobs myth, pretending that niche categories of employment can revive the larger national and state economies. Now Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti is
Read MorePicking mayors: When will L.A. voters be as smart as N.Y. voters?
Feb. 8, 2013 By Chris Reed Despite some pension reforms and program cuts, the city of Los Angeles remains in difficult financial shape. A Jan. 24 Fitch credit-rating service analysis says the L.A. economy is rebounding, but that city leaders
Read MoreRiordan drops L.A. pension reform
Nov. 27, 2012 By John Seiler It looks like only bankruptcy will bring pension reform to Los Angeles. Former Mayor Richard Riordan just dropped his efforts to put San Jose-San Diego-style pension reform before the city’s voters: “The sudden retreat
Read MoreLos Angeles teeters on the brink of bankruptcy
Editor’s Note: This is the Tenth in a CalWatchDog.com Special Series of in-depth articles on municipal bankruptcy Nov. 13, 2012 By Brian Calle Taxpayers in Los Angeles are facing a major crisis if Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other officials do not begin
Read MoreTaxing 60 years ahead for jobs now
Aug. 23, 2012 By Katy Grimes When the government tries to create jobs, taxpayers beware. Government-created jobs are always more expensive, paid for with special taxes and bonds, and often for projects that are unnecessary, overblown, and could have been
Read MoreOfficials’ foolishness slams cities
July 23, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — First, Vallejo, in 2008. Next, Stockton, then Mammoth Lakes and, now, San Bernardino and soon, perhaps, Compton. As Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach told Bloomberg News, the bankruptcy dominoes are starting to
Read MoreFirst pensions, and now bankruptcy tsunami
July 12, 2012 By Steven Greenhut First Vallejo, then Stockton, then Mammoth Lakes and now San Bernardino. As Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach told Bloomberg News, the bankruptcy dominoes are starting to fall. One California city after another — following
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