Effort revived to incorporate East Los Angeles
Friday, July 04, 2008
A desire for greater independence is stirring among the owners of Whittier Boulevard's panaderias and auto shops much as it did among gentleman tobacco farmers and tradesmen in bustling seaports of Colonial America.
Romero police records bill dies in committee
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
An Assembly panel has killed state Sen. Gloria Romero's bill that would have forced the Los Angeles Police Department to make officer disciplinary records open to the public.
Fearmongering worked to kill police accountability
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Los Angeles Police Protective League's mission is, ostensibly, to serve the desires of its members - the officers of the LAPD. So if the PPL's latest actions are any guide, accountability and credibility are apparently not among the rank and file's desires.
No more police secrecy
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The police union is overreacting to a bill allowing the public access to hearings on officer misconduct.
Students help lobby for school funding
Monday, May 05, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Sen. Romero addresses hundreds of Madera students and their parents and teachers at a press conference on education and proposed budget cuts.
By Charles McCarthy / The Fresno Bee
MADERA -- Four third-graders helped three state senators lead a pep rally for education funding Friday at Pershing Elementary School.
California lawmakers consider new sentencing laws
Monday, May 05, 2008 at 5:45 PM
By Andy Furillo
Lawmakers have revived a pair of bills to overhaul California's criminal sentencing laws, but majority Democrats are still wrangling over which approach to push.
