Jon Fleischman
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Why the Dodgers are so good, and the Angels are so bad
Drive about 30 miles down the 5 Freeway and you can visit two Major League Baseball teams. One is building a dynasty. The other is building resentment. Los Angeles Dodgers'...
Shameful: Republicans help union defy Gavin Newsom’s return to work order
Gavin Newsom did something remarkable last year: He told California state workers to come back to work.
Craven LA officials just surrendered on homelessness
Only Los Angeles could spend billions fighting homelessness, watch tents swallow sidewalks and parks, and then decide the city has been too aggressive keeping people from camping. That is what...
Gavin Newsom’s mind-boggling record of giveaways to unions
A friend recently told me he was impressed that Gov. Gavin Newsom was standing up to California's public employee unions by requiring state workers to return to the office at...
America stopped watching TV together. Now we’re living in different realities
Early-oughts TV it may have belonged to the last generation of television that millions of Americans had to experience at roughly the same time.
Democrats just made it harder for Gavin Newsom to win — here’s how
Newsom wanted California to be his calling card. It may become his baggage.
Why I traded a luxury SUV for an austere ride — and it’s not what you think
Let me get something out of the way. I did not buy a Tesla because I suddenly became worried about my carbon footprint or decided I needed to do my...
Trump should not save Hollywood with a tax credit — which wouldn’t work anyway
President Donald Trump has no reason to reward a hostile Hollywood with federal tax credits — while leaving the industry's underlying problems in California intact. The California Post reported over...
Gavin Newsom, hard at work –– but only on his presidential bid
The real question is not whether Gavin Newsom worked seven hours on a particular Tuesday. It is whether governing California still commands his full attention.
Gavin Newsom’s rush to embrace Abdul El-Sayed makes me sick to my stomach
As soon as El-Sayed was declared the winner, Newsom endorsed him.
The Palisades fire is over— but in Malibu, the math has just begun
The Palisades Fire didn't just destroy Malibu homes. It is quietly changing who will own Malibu for generations to come. Drive Pacific Coast Highway today and the devastation remains impossible...
California’s extravagant climate policies cost a fortune –– for no benefit
"The science is settled." It's Sacramento's answer to every climate question. And if we're talking about economics, also known as the "dismal science," that's right: California's climate change policies have...
LA needs cops –– but Karen Bass, Nithya Raman don’t prioritize public safety
Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell just put an extraordinary number on what it would take to adequately police America's second-largest city: 12,500 officers.
The Dodgers rose above politics with White House visit
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers went to the White House to be honored by President Donald Trump for winning their second consecutive World Series championship.
Tilting the scales — California AG Rob Bonta rigs language in Voter ID initiative with manipulative description, threatening the fairness of November election
California Attorney General Rob Bonta used the power of his office Tuesday to put a political thumb on the scale against Proposition 39.
If California has nothing to hide, it will open the voter rolls
President Trump opened a new front in the election integrity debate Thursday night, saying the Department of Homeland Security had found "approximately 278,000 non-citizens who are registered to vote in...
LAUSD ignored the warnings — Now the bills are due
The Los Angeles Unified School District has been given 45 days to prove it can responsibly manage its own finances or risk losing significant control over its budget to outside...
Who really runs California –– and how unions seized power
Who really runs California? Most people would answer the same way. Voters elect a governor, legislators, county supervisors, city council members, and school boards, and those officials debate policy, pass...
Trump can stop Gavin Newsom’s healthcare tax — and should
California Democrats pushed a controversial new healthcare tax through the legislature without a single Republican vote. Gov. Gavin Newsom included it in the 2026-27 budget package — the last of...
California’s winery shakedown tests limits of free speech, association
A California county is trying to force businesses to pay dues to a trade association they may not support — just like unions that once forced workers to join and...