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My Sunday Column: An idea whose time hasn’t come — Assembly Democrats Want Legal Immigrants to Serve on Juries

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

My head spun when I heard Democrats with their super-majority in the state Assembly slammed through a bill that would make California the only state in the nation to let immigrants, legal ones, sit on juries. I thought, “What has … Continue reading →

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Anthony Portantino: From Obscurity to the Spotlight, a Politician Doing What’s Right

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

Sipping iced coffee in the Black Cow Café in Montrose on Friday with Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, I found myself suspending my disbelief, putting aside my deep cynicism as a newspaperman and feeling like I was in the company of a … Continue reading →

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Law and Disorder, Part 2: Breakdown in Parole System and the Threat to Public Safety

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

By Caroline Aguirre, Retired Parole Agent As the sun was setting on March 25, a man approached a 6-year-old girl playing hide-and-seek with friends outside her Boyle Heights home and enticed her with the promise of $50 to come with … Continue reading →

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