Category: Opinion


My Tiny Home Tour

December 4, 2021

December 4, 2021

As everyone in Brentwood knows, the homeless encampment on the edge of the VA property is now gone. Many of...

State’s Housing Solution Starts Happening

December 3, 2021

December 3, 2021

By Tom Elias, Columnist It’s happening. Despite the best efforts of California’s highly ideological, developer-financed state legislators, the solution to...

Opinion: SB 9, 10: The Rebellion Begins

November 19, 2021

November 19, 2021

By Tom Elias, Columnist It was inevitable from the moment Gov. Gavin Newsom in mid-September signed this year’s two most...

SMa.r.t. Column: A Flooding Prospect

November 18, 2021

November 18, 2021

The inevitable sea level rise in our area has prompted a number of groups and organizations to look at possible...

Sacto Dems Dump Prop. 13 Reforms

November 5, 2021

November 5, 2021

By Tom Elias, Columnist For more than 40 years, Democrats in Sacramento have talked fervently about reforming the 1978 Proposition...

Opinion: Do Birds of a Feather Really Flock Together?

October 28, 2021

October 28, 2021

Welcome to the “Mike & Mark” approach to failing Venice and rest of LA! By Nick Antonicello LA Councilman Mark...

Column: More Fire Prosecutions, but Still No Personal Responsibility

October 21, 2021

October 21, 2021

By Tom Elias, Columnist There were headlines all around the state late last month, when local prosecutors filed criminal charges...

Opinion: How Low Can You Go?

September 21, 2021

September 21, 2021

By Nick Antonicello Instead of discussing the issues people really want to talk about like Councilman Mike Bonin’s miserable record...

Opinion: Recall Or Reelection: That’s The Choice For D-town Voters When It Comes To Incumbent Mike Bonin

September 17, 2021

September 17, 2021

By Nick Antonicello There was good news for embattled incumbent Councilman Mike Bonin yesterday in that Governor Gavin Newsom not...

Expect a Rebellion Against Key Housing Bills

September 14, 2021

September 14, 2021

By Tom Elias, Columnist  Self-congratulations flowed easily the other day among ultra-liberal state legislators after they passed the two most...