LOS ANGELES

ANALYSIS -In its successful push to stop California’s Proposition 21, Big Real Estate shelled out a shocking $86.2 million to fund a statewide TV ad blitz that confused and tricked voters.

VIEW FROM HERE-Laboring under the misapprehension that America is a democracy, a majority of Americans believe that the majority rules.

GELFAND’S WORLD--Donald Trump is defeated for reelection. 

@THE GUSS REPORT-Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz may have missed the fact that 27% of his colleagues were voted out of office in last week’s local elections or are going to federal prison for years while others posture as paeans of corruption. 

LEANING RIGHT--To begin with, presuming that the current state vote/tally counts are legally held valid by the Supreme Court, congratulations are in order for President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris.

COVID 19 POLITICS-With well over 50 million Covid-19 cases worldwide and more than 1.259 million deaths—about 20% of each in the United States—justice campaigners on Monday responded to promising new data from Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine trial with both tempered enthusiasm and calls for ensuring global accessibility.

VOICES--Of the 15 Council Districts in Los Angeles, there are a few that house the most homeless and have the poorest people.

EDUCATION POLITICS--This Tuesday, November 10, 2020, the Los Angeles School District Board of Education will be hearing a proposal based on a new State law

NEW GEOGRAPHY--California remains deep blue, but the good news from this week’s elections is that it has not yet achieved complete ballot-box unanimity.

VIEW FROM HERE--The elections show that most Americans want extremism to go away.  One of the best things which happened to Joe Biden is that under the tutelage of Nancy Pelosi, the Dems lost seats in the House of Representatives.

CLIMATE POLITICS-A notable satellite-telephonic call to colleagues in late October from Swedish scientist Örjan Gustafsson of Stockholm University briefly described a haunting discovery.

@THE GUSS REPORT-It is the morning after Election Day 2020. The world awaits the outcome of the race between President Donald J. Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

PLANNING WATCH-Former President George W. Bush was ridiculed for mangling the famous aphorism, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”

GELFAND’S WORLD--If Donald Trump takes a loss in Arizona and in Nevada (Biden is leading in both as of this writing), then Joe Biden is the next President of the United States.

EASTSIDER-We all know that the way Donald Trump appoints folks. They pay him off and get a franchise to loot their piece of the U.S. Government. 

GUEST WORDS-Los Angeles is facing a deficit of $700 million and growing.

LEANING RIGHT--California, as always, continues to surprise. It also appears to be on a double-barreled approach to being both libertarian yet overly reliant on government.

PERSPECTIVE--“It is not about his family and it is not about my family, but about your family.”- Joe Biden 

GETTING ALONG-As America waits on the results in an extremely close result in the electoral college, it is important to remember that the identity of the eventual winner is simultaneously extremely consequential and also somewhat irrelevant to a key challenge facing the nation.

$500 GRANTS FOR LOW INCOME FAMiLIES –Low-income Los Angeles City residents who have been financially impacted through the loss of their job or who have otherwise experienced income loss in their household due to the COVID-19 pandemic are encouraged to apply for a one-time $500 grant to help pay their utility bills, under a program championed by LA City Council President Nury Martinez, Chair of the Ad-Hoc COVID-19 Recovery and Neighborhood Investment Committee and approved by the City Council today.

GELFAND’S WORLD--The most rational analysis of Tuesday's election would predict that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are going to enjoy a fairly easy victory.