Don’t
Blame Prop. 13 for
California’s Mental
Health Crisis
By JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, March 13,
2024)
District
Attorney Election:
Almost a Vote for ‘None
of the Above’
By David
D. Diamond
(In My Opinion,
March 5, 2024))
How
About Some Oversight
Over Existing Laws?
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion,
February 29, 2024))
Judge
Who Dismissed Suit to
Restore Name of
‘Hastings College of
Law’ Got It Wrong
By KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In My Opinion,
February 27, 2024))
[X]
Anybody but Gascón[X]
Anybody but Gascón
(Editorial,
February 14, 2024))
No on GascónNo on Gascón
(Editorial,
February 13, 2024))
[X]
Keith Koyano
(Editorial, January
19, 2024))
Why
Is the Price of Gas So
High in California?
Well…Why Is the Price of
Gas So High in
California? Well…
By KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In My Opinion,
January 19, 2024)
A
Wealth Tax Would
Expedite the Exodus
By JON COUPAL
(In
My OpinionIn My Opinion, anuary
18, 2024))
[X]
Leslie Gutierrez
(Editorial, January
17, 2024)
[X]
Sharon Ransom
(Editorial,
January 9, 2024)(Editorial,
January 9, 2024)
Assessing
Proposition 13’s
Continued Survival in
20244
By
JON COUPAAL
(In My Opinion,
January 8, 2024))
[X]
Tracey M. Blount
(Editorial, January
4, 2024))
[X]
Steven Yee Mac
(Editorial, January
3, 2024))
UC
Hastings Name-Change
Litigation: A Year-End
ReportUC Hastings
Name-Change Litigation:
A Year-End Report
ByBy KRISTIAN
WHITTENKRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In My Opinion, December 29,
2023))
[X]
Jacob Lee[X] Jacob Lee
(Editorial,
December 21, 2023))
[X]
Renee Rose
(Editorial,
December 20, 2023))
Changes
Offer Clues As to What
Assembly Will DoChanges
Offer Clues As to What
Assembly Will Do
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, December 11,
2023))
Registrar-Recorder’s
Office Fouls Up—Yet
Again
(Editorial,
December 6, 2023))
No
on the ‘Defenders of
Justice’No on the
‘Defenders of Justice’
(Editorial,
December 5, 2023))
No,
Weingart, All Minors
Need Not Be Identified
by Initials, OnlyNo,
Weingart, All Minors
Need Not Be Identified
by Initials, Only
(Perspectives,
November 28, 2023))
[X]
Kimberly Repecka
(Editorial,
November 22, 2023))
Taxpayers
Respond to Newsom’s
Anti-Prop. 13
LawsuitTaxpayers Respond
to Newsom’s Anti-Prop.
13 Lawsuit
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion,
November 22, 2023))
Judge
Emily Spear Is Unworthy
of Her PostJudge Emily
Spear Is Unworthy of Her
Post
(Editorial,
November 21, 2023))
[X]
Lynn D. Olson
(Editorial,
November 9, 2023))
Haymon
Is Constantly Late,
Combative,
Unprofessional
By ANONYMOUS
(In My Opinion, November 9,
2023)
Double
Danger in Bonds for
Sports Arenas
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion,
November 6, 2023))
California
Is Leading the Way in
Medicaid Abuse
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, October 18,
2023)
Conceivably,
the House of
Representatives Could
Choose the Next
President
By KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In My Opinion,
October 17, 2023))
Legislative
Session Ends With
Declaration of War on
TaxpayersLegislative
Session Ends With
Declaration of War on
Taxpayers
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinion, September
29, 2023)
The
Fight for Proposition 13
Heads to the Ballot
By
JON COUPAAL
(In My Opinion, September
25, 2023))
Assembly
Democrats Declare War on
Proposition 13Assembly
Democrats Declare War on
Proposition 13
By
JON COUPAL
(In My Opinionn,
September 14, 2023))
Flip-Flopping
League of California
Cities Is Pushing
Outright
LiesFlip-Flopping League
of California Cities Is
Pushing Outright Lies
By
JON COUPAL
(In
My Opinion, September 7,
2023)
Neither
UC Nor Legislature May
Defy Terms of Hastings s
Trust
By KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In Myy Opinion,
June 12, 2023)pinion, June
12, 2023)
State Bar Says It Is
Dedicating Itself to
Spreading Truth. But Is
It?t?
By KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In
My Opinion, May 23, 2023)
Changing
the Name of Hastings
College of Law Who Was
Behind It?
By KRISTIAN
WHITTEN
(In My Opinion,
April 6, 2023))
$1.5
Million Jury Verdict Is
Just the Beginning
Byy ERIC W.
SIDDALL
(In My Opinion, March 9,
2023)
Judicial
Candidate, Registered
Democrat, Swears He's
Not Democratic Party
Member
(Perspectives,
September 23, 2022)
May
Judicial Candidates Tout
Political Party
Endorsements in
Candidate Statements?
(Perspectives,
September 22, 2022)
Should
Judicial Candidates Get
Away With Deception That
Other Candidates Can t?
(Perspectives,
September 20, 2022)
Elections
Code Section on Ballot
Designations Does Apply
in Orange, San Diego
Counties
(Perspectives,
September 19, 2022)
Court
of Appeal Wastes Its
Time, Needlessly Accords
Anonymity to Parties
(Perspectives,
September 1, 2022)
It's
Hogwash
(Perspectives, June
28, 2022)
Attorney
Seeks, Gets, Federal
Courts Shielding of
Felon s Identity
(Perspectives, June
2, 2022)
Lawyer
Seeks Self-Censoring of
Report Because She
Vouches for Client
(Perspectives, June
1, 2022)
Candidate
McKay Is Aptly Described
as Clueless Blunderer
(One Judge s View,
May 12, 2022)
Gascón
Crosses the Line Again
(Perspectives, May
3, 2022)
Brickbats
Tossed at Prosecutor in
Long Beach Who Seeks
Judgeship
(Perspectives,
April 5, 2022)
Ineligible
Candidate Seeks Election
As Los Angeles City
Attorney
(Perspectives,
March 15, 2022)
Albert
Robles, a Politico With
Baggage, Seeks to Unseat
Judge
(Perspectives,
March 3, 2022)
Judicial
Candidate Falsely
Portrays Herself as a
Deputy District Attorney
(Perspectives,
February 28, 2022)
Court
of Appeal Justices Swipe
Property Belonging to
the Public
(Perspectives,
November 22, 2021)
If
Park Has Won, LACBA Has
Lost
(Perspectives, June
2, 2021)
A
Lack of Commitment to
Fairness Marks Ann I.
Park s Tactics
(Perspectives, May
14, 2021)
A
Penal System Based on
Rehabilitation Was
Tried; Failed; Was
Dismantled
(Perspectives,
February 17, 2021)
Posing
as a Progressive,
Gascón,
in Reality, Advocates
Retrogression
(Perspectives,
February 16, 2021)
Consumers:
Beware of Instacart!
D.A.'s Office, Please
Take Note
(Perspectives,
September 3,
2020)
Xavier
Becerra: Doing a Job
That Isn't the One He s
Paid to Do
(Perspectives,
September 1, 2020)
A
Dog Named Charlie Is
Dead. His Tormentor Goes
Free
(Perspectives,
August 11, 2020)
Looking
Back on 31 Years-Plus in
Law Practice
By L. ERNESTINE FIELDS
(Reflections,
July 30, 2020)
The Judge Mike Cummins
Scam: This Is the Time
for Use of Inherent
Powers
(Perspectives,
December 10, 2019)
Candidate David D.
Diamond Is at It Again
(Perspectives,
December 4, 2019)
Los
Angeles County Bar
Association Leaders,
Units Respond to State
Bar Access Proposal
(The Legal
Community, October 2,
2019)
Returning
to Courtroom 16 at the
Spring Street
Courthouse
By J.
STEPHEN CZULEGER
(Special
Feature, August 29, 2019)
The Art
of Craft Breweries
By RALPH
BARAT SALTSMAN,
STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON
and STEPHEN ALLEN
JAMIESON
(The Legal
Community, August 20,
2019)
Secretization
Continues: Court of
Appeal Extends
Anonymity to Drunk
Driver
(Perspectives,
May 2, 2019)
State High
Court Takes Look at
Duty of Loyalty Toward
a Client and Attorney
Fees
By
THOMAS EDWARD
WALL
(The
Legal Community,
October
4, 2018)
Parents of Appeals
Court Justices
Should Have Taught
Their Kids Better
Manners
(Perspectives,
October 2, 2018)
If
She Gets to, I Do
Too!
Candidate Asserts in
Writ Petition
(Perspectives,
August 22, 2018)
Courts
of Appeal Seek to
Secretize Public
Matters
(Perspectives,
July 18, 2018)
A
District Court Judge
Defies U.S. Supreme
Court Precedent
(Perspectives,
July 17, 2018)
AB2185
Would Permit Civil
Defendants to Waive
the Public s Right
to Know
(Perspectives,
July 10, 2018)
Consitutional
Law: Taxes, Guns
& Privacy: We
Need A Pardon!
By
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN AND
STEPHEN WARREN
SOLOMON
(The
Legal Community,
May
23, 2018)
Candidate
Says She's Pleased
L.A. Times Endorsed
Her Opponent
(Perspectives,
May 21, 2018)
Registrar-Recorder
Refuses to Accede to
a Judge s
Determination
(Perspectives,
April 3, 2018)
More
Candidates Try to
Get by With Bogus
Ballot Designations
(Perspectives,
March 14, 2018)
New
Law on Ballot
Designations Doesn't
Stop Shenanigans
(Perspectives,
March 13, 2018)
County
Squanders Funds in
Defense of Lawyer
Who Acts Like a Brat
(Perspectives,
October 16, 2017)
LACBA's
Interim CEO
Misinforms Trustees,
Calls for Imprudent
Action
(Perspectives,
July 19, 2017)
Should
LACBA Encourage
People Not to Hire
Lawyers?
(Perspectives,
July 18, 2017)
Civil
Rights: The CIA,
Torture, the State
Supreme Court and
the Fate of
Independent
Contactors
By
THOMAS EDWARD WALL
(The
Legal Community,
June
15, 2017)
LACBA-Gate
Puts Spotlight on
Good Guys, Bad Guys
(Perspectives,
May 30, 2017)
Stevens,
Brown Need to
Explain If They Can
(Perspectives,
May 25, 2017)
Secret
Task Force Produces
Secret Report;
Secret Committee
Makes Nominations
(Perspectives,
May 16, 2017)
Wrongdoing
in LACBA: Schemers
Slate New Election
(Perspectives,
May 5, 2017)
SB
235 Judicial
Elections Reform
Bill Seen as
Worthwhile
(Letters
to a Senator, April 28,
2017)
Civil
Rights: Marijuana Is
Here to Stay
By STEPHEN WARREN
SOLOMON, STEPHEN
ALLEN JAMIESON,
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN, R. BRUCE
EVANS, RYAN M. KROLL
AND JENNIFER L. ODEN
(The
Legal Community,
February 16, 2017)
Elwood
Lui:
Following in the
Footsteps of David Yaffe
(Perspectives,
February 14, 2017)
Acting
PD Seeks to Fool the
Board of Supervisors
(Perspectives,
February 10, 2017)
Lawyers
Seek to Justify
Shielding of
Identities of
Cheerleaders/Litigants
(Perspectives,
January 19, 2017)
LACBA
Censors Report
Critical of LACBA
By
WILLIAM
L. WINSLOW
(Viewpoint, March 4,
2016)
Government
Regulation: Court
of Appeal Shines
Light on Liquor
Licensing
By
RALPH BARAT
SALTSMAN, STEPHEN
WARREN SOLOMON
and STEPHEN ALLEN
JAMIESON
(The
Legal Community,
October 20,
2015)
Chinese
Americans Face a
Challenging Road
to Admission
By
NOWLAND C. HONG
(The
Legal Community,
September 17,
2015)
A House
for Equal Justice,
From Design to
Completion
By
ELIZABETH
R. FEFFER
(Feature,
June 18,
2015)
Recalling the
Days When the
Judges Cracked
Down on Vice in
Hollywood
By
SANDY
KRIEGLER
(Feature,
December 1, 2014)
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