It’s the first weekend of April, traditionally known as “the first weekend of April.” So enjoy it. Links:<\/p>\n
\u2022 In CA-32, Sen. Gil Cedillo has earned the endorsement of LA Police Chief Bill Bratton. Bratton is a respected voice, but precious little of the district is inside LA, so I am curious to see how much an endorsement like this will matter. Expect it to be right at the top of the mailers, however.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The ACLU of Southern California, the National Immigration Law Center and the Paul Hastings law firm have filed suit in US District Court<\/a> against the inhumane conditions at immigration detention facilities in Los Angeles. Designed as a short-term processing center, detainees are often held for weeks, without access to counsel and in conditions described as “disgusting.” Hopefully they can get an injunction.<\/p>\n \u2022 Allen Hoffenblum teases out an interesting stat<\/a> and makes an apocaplyptic prediction about the present-day California GOP:<\/p>\n “The Republican (voter) registration is just going off the cliff in California,” he said. “There is not a single Assembly, state Senate or Congressional district that has a majority of Republicans. Some have a plurality, but none have 50 percent plus one. And it’s not people dying or moving out of state. They’re changing to decline to state […] The party is in serious trouble,” he said. “It’s crumbling beneath their feet, and they’re out there trying to defeat more Republicans.<\/p>\n “A dying party can’t beat the Democrats, so they fight among themselves. It’s what happens when parties become a cult. It becomes a regional party and not a viable statewide party.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This is the part where everyone laughs.<\/p>\n \u2022 As many as 3,200 layoffs<\/a> feared in the city of Los Angeles, perhaps 400 immediately, as they wrestle with a $1 billion dollar budget deficit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s the first weekend of April, traditionally known as “the first weekend of April.” So enjoy it. Links:<\/p>\n \u2022 In CA-32, Sen. Gil Cedillo has earned the endorsement of LA Police Chief Bill Bratton. Bratton is a respected voice, but precious little of the district is inside LA, so I am curious to see how much an endorsement like this will matter. Expect it to be right at the top of the mailers, however.<\/p>\n \u2022 The ACLU of Southern California, the National Immigration Law Center and the Paul Hastings law firm have filed suit in US District Court<\/a> against the inhumane conditions at immigration detention facilities in Los Angeles. Designed as a short-term processing center, detainees are often held for weeks, without access to counsel and in conditions described as “disgusting.” Hopefully they can get an injunction.<\/p>\n