
We Knew It Would Be True
In a recent column about the ineptitude and waste in the Los Angeles homeless industry run by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), I wrote that one can only imagine what is going on at the state level given the findings from the local level. It turns out to be absolutely correct and worse than we thought. The further the government gets from the voters the less responsive they are, and the accessibility to the elected officials becomes ever lower. With the virtual disappearance of the Sacramento Bee and the shrinking of other newspapers’ bureaus in Sacramento, investigation into the state government has shrunk significantly. Add to that the state government’s one-party control with the buddy-buddy attitude of their friends in the press, we knew that there had to be mischief going down from our elected officials that was unreported. Ricardo Lara was elected Insurance Commissioner in 2018. He has essentially been involved in California government his entire career doing what many career governistas do – move their way up the ladder through many positions. He worked as a staffer for a few powerful members of the California State Assembly… Read More