Category: Opinion

News, Opinion, Real Estate

A Sure Loser Heads to the November Ballot

August 29, 2020

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August 29, 2020

By Tom Elias, Columnist Heedless of informed advice about conditions in California, labor unions behind the Split Roll ballot initiative...

News, Opinion

Has Coronavirus Killed the Mass Transit Boom?

August 21, 2020

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August 21, 2020

By Tom Elias, Palisades News Columnist For most of the last 30 years, California saw a mass transit boom stretching...

News, Opinion, Real Estate

Evidence Mounting of Market Solution to Housing

August 15, 2020

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August 15, 2020

By Tom Elias, Columnist New evidence arrives almost every day backing the concept of a market-based solution to California’s housing shortage,...

News, Opinion

Column: Nine-Bill Housing Package Derails Local Choices

July 29, 2020

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July 29, 2020

By Tom Elias, Palisades News Columnist The silver lining provided by some past pandemics has been that they opened minds,...

News, Opinion

Column: Newsom Loses Transparency, Unity It Brought

May 1, 2020

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May 1, 2020

By Tom Elias, Palisades News Columnist Californians have shown with great clarity during the coronavirus pandemic that if they’re convinced something needs...

Opinion

Letter to Editor: Palisades Homeless Shelter

March 27, 2020

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March 27, 2020

To the Honorable Mayor Garcetti, and the Honorable Councilman Mike Bonin, During our COVID-19 health crisis, you recently proposed bussing...

News, Opinion

Does the State Really Know Best on Almost Everything?

March 13, 2020

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March 13, 2020

By Tom Elias, Palisades News Columnist It’s beginning to seem as if many leading elected officials in California believe state...

News, Opinion

Candidates Still Not Talking California Issues

February 4, 2020

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February 4, 2020

By Tom Elias, Palisades News Columnist So…, as Elizabeth Warren would start out, the Democrats held a presidential primary debate...

Fire, News, Opinion

Newsom’s First Year: ‘Biggest Problem’ Unresolved

January 17, 2020

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January 17, 2020

By Tom Elias, Brentwood News Columnist The utility company blackouts that accompanied the first severe blast of the fall fire season in...

Fire, News, Opinion

Newsom Looking Scared During Fire Season

November 30, 2019

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November 30, 2019

By Tom Elias, Palisades News Columnist At times during this fall’s still simmering fire season, rookie Gov. Gavin Newsom looked a little...

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