California’s budget charade reflects a 15-year-long conflict over the process

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What’s happening on the state budget this week — or, more accurately, not happening — is the latest chapter in a 15-year-long saga of manipulative Capitol politics. Sometime before Saturday night, the Legislature will pass what its leaders will claim is a state budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year that begins on July 1.
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Rick Caruso is considering another political run. His best shot might be California’s highest office

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Rick Caruso is apparently not done yet. The billionaire businessman spent more than $65 million for the privilege of losing the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral race to Karen Bass, but he impressed some voters and observers with his command of the issues,
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Wayfinder rollout continues, as two more kiosks appear on Ocean Ave

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In addition to the prototype kiosk that popped up at the corner of Wilshire and 4th on May 1, two more have appeared. One is at the intersection between Pico and Ocean, on the southwest corner next to Cha Cha Chicken and the other has materialized at the southwest corner of the Ocean Ave and
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