Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet for Wednesday

The Dream Is Coming  
(Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times / June 7, 2011)

SCOTUS finally gets one right with it's decision on Monday to allow California to continue offering reduced, in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants.The decision affects less than 1% of total enrollment or about 41,000 students.

The LA City Council voted on Tuesday to back state legislation that would give Los Angeles the option of not participating in the Orwellian named "Secure Communities" program. This highly criticized program requires police to submit fingerprints of those arrested to federal immigration officials in order to look for past violent convictions. Councilman Bernard Parks introduced the motion to support the state legislation saying that the program has gone far astray from its' original intent. Nearly 70% of those who have been deported under "Secure Communities" have had no prior convictions or have only been accused of minor offenses.

California Redistricting may actually do what it says it will do; work to drive lawmakers more to the moderate center and do something really crazy like unjam the state budget.

I hope you're sitting down. The highest concentration of manufacturing in the nation is still right here in L.A. County. In the City of Vernon, perhaps?

Sarah Watch 2011 Update-What was the immediate fall-out from Sarah Palin's recent moronic revisionist telling of Paul Revere's historic ride? Oh, just this.

Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet for Tuesday

Thanks to the Supreme Court, Democracy is now officially dead. From here on out, it's just a cash fueled corporate cockfight. Thanks for playing!

-Meanwhile, back at the ranch; Prop 22 would stop the state from raiding county and city coffers when their funds run low.  Political activist Sheriff Lee Baca supports 22 and explains why.

-Cockfighting ain't cheap, so who can blame BofA for firing up the foreclosure machine in 23 states starting next week after an all too brief 24 day freeze.  BofA will be asking judges for permission to seize 102,000 properties beginning Oct 25th.

-Citing possible legal ramifications (no pun intended), the LA City Council is refusing to stop FilmLA from issuing permits for porn shoots in LA. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been demanding a shutdown of adult film production since an adult performer was discovered to be HIV positive last week.

Have I left anything out? I'm sure you'll let me know.