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The governor's obsession with 'waste' in public services distracts lawmakers from dealing with the state's crippling budget crisis.
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Landlords who profited from the housing bubble should bear some responsibility for helping tenants who can no longer afford high rents.
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Against the backdrop of a recession, the L.A. mayor's approval ratings should be the envy of leaders across the nation.
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Raising the tax isn't as simple as 'the state needs money, and smoking is bad.'
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A flaw that has been corrected shouldn't tarnish the image of a program that works.
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News editor Jill Stewart defends her work at the L.A. newspaper.
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It's wrong to blame Netanyahu when Palestinians refuse to accept Israel as a Jewish state.
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The flap over executive pay shouldn't obscure the simple truth that the drug-treatment agency has turned around countless lives.
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Spending billions on rail and anti-'sprawl' measures have failed to alleviate Southern California's traffic nightmare.
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A project its size will have negative consequences, but Ethiopians should be better off once the hydroelectric dam is up and running.
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Our refusal to pay slightly more in taxes puts at-risk children in real danger.
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The propositions failed last week because they didn't address the root causes of the state's never-ending budget crisis.
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She says it's because we're boring. More likely, it's because we speak out against the intellectually bankrupt beliefs of religion.
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The L.A. sports landmark is a valuable asset that turns a profit; unloading it to raise cash would be a major mistake.
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Funding for mental health services didn't create the state's budget crisis, so why is it being targeted?
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Those who dismiss the April 15 protests as electoral sour grapes are blind to the fact that millions of voters are outraged by bailouts and huge federal spending increases.
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The L.A. mayor faces a daunting task in getting public employees to agree to concessions; Ventura's city manager offers advice on how he can do it.
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The city isn't against poor people, says a homeowner, but it is against crime and other ills associated with some renters.
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Thousands of Mexicans have been killed, and drug violence is spilling into the U.S., yet the president failed to address drug laws seriously during his recent town hall.
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Merely tweaking what we already have won't do; we need bold new thinking that reduces costs and improves care.
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The head of L.A.'s largest and most visible agency should be accountable to voters, not politicians.
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A Times editorial on the credibility of defense experts wrongly assumes that scientists working for the other side operate without bias.
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We must act now to reverse the harm on our oceans caused by global warming, overfishing and too much coastal development, says an author of the Marine Life Protection Act.
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The Times wrongly sees a difference between the Final Exit Network and the assisted-suicide laws promoted by organizations such as Compassion and Choices.
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The company's plans would bring jobs to the area and keep taxpayer dollars close to home.
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Proposed fishing reserves under the Marine Life Protection Act would be disastrous for California.
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Decreased office productivity, less time for doctors to see patients and rising charges are among the issues outpatient services must deal with.
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The Times' editorial paints an incomplete picture about a diplomat with classic 'clientitis.'
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The legendary newspaper editor shared responsibility for one of the darkest moments in The Times' history.
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It's in his DNA, and Angelenos would be poorly served by a restless mayor who wants to be governor but stays put.
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Most of the L.A. City Council races are contested, but you wouldn’t know it reading The Times.
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Israel deserves praise for maintaining democratic principles in the face of continuing hostility from its own Arab population.
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Several recently defeated anti-immigrant Republicans prove otherwise.
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They aren't perfect, but workers who organize can expect to see better wages and benefits.
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Why it isn't fair to label the iconic L.A. police chief a racist.
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Stay-and-defend, which encourages homeowners to remain in harm's way, prioritized saving money over saving lives.
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More resources for probation services in California would prevent many offenders from becoming prisoners.
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Mayor Villaraigosa and Sheriff Baca are unaware of the ramifications of their public support for Israel.
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A recent column in The Times puts allergy sufferers at risk by laughing off their life-threatening conditions as Yuppie anxiety.
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Jack Hanna says the L.A. Zoo's Pachyderm Forest will provide state-of-the-art care and comfort to Asian elephants.
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A former British Railways operations manager argues that the deadly Chatsworth collision in September wasn't the fault of misplaced warning lights.