Ready for political ads on electronic license plates? They may be coming to California soon. California’s legislature is exploring the feasibility of electronic license plates with digital ads, a move that its leading proponent says could add jobs and help in combating the state’s budget crisis.
Category: California
Free tickets for elected official alleged
The L.A. Times reports on allegations that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accepted free tickets to various events. The Times reported in May that since 2005 Villaraigosa attended dozens of awards shows, concerts and sporting events: sitting courtside next to movie mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg at three Lakers games at Staples Center; sitting with Dodgers owner […]
Campaign finance, the sacred, and the profane
The Times reports on a church hit with a fine over a campaign finance-related matter in California. The Mormon Church has agreed to pay a fine of slightly more than $5,000 for failing to report some campaign staff contributions it made in support of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that outlawed same-sex marriage.