Out of the two Sanchez sisters in Congress, I tend to think that Rep. Linda Sanchez seems to be a little stronger on policy issues than her sister, Loretta. She took time out to introduce her new baby on the house floor a few weeks ago. Note how she thanks the doctors who cared for [...]

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Yesterday a friend of mine sent me this article from the LA Times that speculates Loretta Sanchez may see an opening in the governor’s race which is now dominated by white males from the Bay Area on the Democratic side. I have also heard rumors from pajaritos that as of about a month ago, Rep. [...]

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Nathan Gonzalez is an expert on Iran, and last week, I read his insightful and timely blog post that was featured on the front page of the Huffington Post about the most recent events unfolding in that country. Sometimes we are focused in our Latino politics realm that we don’t fully contemplate the events happening in other parts [...]

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I don’t have much more to add to this other than the former head of California’s State and Consumer Services Agency Rosario Marin, who resigned earlier this year has been fined $5,700 by the Fair Political Practices Commission for accepting over $70,000 in illegal speaking fees while in office. We blogged about her previous actions [...]

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As the state of California experiences a financial meltdown that will squeeze public education, health services, and really impact the poorest (read largely Latino) residents, it is frustrating to find articles like this one in today’s LA Times detailing the car expenses of some of California’s public servants. Even more crushing is the revelation that [...]

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While in Pasadena yesterday, I picked up a copy of The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, which is a nicely assembled free publication. What prompted me to pick it up was the cover featuring a mega-watt smiling Mayor Villaraigosa with the word “Success” in bold across the center. Author Peter Dreier penned a response to [...]

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Seneca once mentioned that materialism is pretty apparent in the Latino community, and I would have to agree. Sometimes we see this played out with working class people spending thousands of dollars on extravagant quinceañera celebrations or an emphasis on the car culture instead of investing in other things that might be more enriching. And [...]

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Without going into too much detail because the LA Times does a great job of it here, I thought that I would briefly comment on Mayor Villar and his new novia. It seems that despite being branded a “failure” in both his recent political activities and even in his personal life with his yet to [...]

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