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U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2022. This year brings a marquee matchup between Porter, a progressive star, and Republican Scott Baugh, a former state legislative leader and past head of the county GOP, in the coastal 47th District that includes Huntington Beach and other famous surf breaks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

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Tight California races may determine US House control
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - AP Political Writer
Wed,11/09/22-7:06PM , 184 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A string of too-early-to-call California U.S. House races remains in play and might end up determining whether Republicans seize control or Democrats hang on to power.
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Protestors walk away after disrupting a Los Angeles City Council meeting demanding the resignations of council members, Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. The troubled Los Angeles City Council censured councilmen, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo and former council President Nury Martinez for their comments from the leaked audio tape. (AP Photo/Chris Weber)

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Los Angeles council censures members amid racism scandal
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - AP Political Writer
Wed,10/26/22-2:57PM , 367 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council formally rebuked two members and its former president Wednesday for their involvement in a racism scandal that has led to days of protests, police and state investigations an
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Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León, right, speaks with City Council President Pro Tem Mitch O'Farrell before leaving a council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP)

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LA Councilman de Leon says he will not resign amid uproar
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - AP Political Writer
Wed,10/19/22-5:24PM , 1,493 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Embattled Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de Leon said Wednesday he will not resign amid an uproar over a leaked tape that revealed him participating in a meeting in which Latino officials made crude, racist remarks and plotted to expand their political power.
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A woman holding a sign protest before the cancellation of the Los Angeles City Council meeting Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Los Angeles mystery: Who taped meeting with racist rants?
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - AP Political Writer
Fri,10/14/22-7:19PM , 323 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An anonymously leaked recording of crude, racist remarks and political scheming that led to the resignation of the Los Angeles City Council president and a powerful labor leader left behind a mystery: Who made the tape, and why?
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