Meg Whitman couldn't beat Jerry Brown. Rick Caruso lost to Karen Bass. In recent years, the size of one’s war chest didn’t predict the outcomes of an election in Los Angeles or statewide races.
Will the same hold true in 2026? Listen to Mariel Garza and Regardie discuss the roles of money, celebrity and incumbency in state and local campaigns.
Angelenos already voted for a county Ethics Commission and funding for alternatives to incarceration. But significant drafting and filing blunders could undo those ballot measures without Measure E's clean-up crew.
Tucked inside Measure EE is a provision slashing the number of required weekly council meetings from three to one, reducing the opportunities for the public to address their elected representatives.
It’s an underhanded attempt to curtail the state's popular mail-in ballot system that the president hates, based on the lie that hordes of undocumented immigrants are regularly casting votes.
