Anita Chabria is a California columnist for the Los Angeles Times, based in Sacramento. Before joining The Times, she worked for the Sacramento Bee as a member of its statewide investigative team and previously covered criminal justice and City Hall. Follow her on Bluesky @anitachabria.bsky.social and on X @anitachabria.
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President Trump has sent the National Guard into Los Angeles, claiming the city is in chaos and rioters have taken over. Meanwhile, Angelenos continue to brunch.
Democrats in California and across the country have been beating themselves up since the election, looking for a new identity. Is it helpful, or just more navel-gazing from a party that should focus on Trump?
Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to become powerful forces of nonviolent protest.
Weeks into the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, it’s clear that the #MeToo movement hasn’t changed us all that much.
At a recent symposium at San Quentin prison, a group of district attorneys from across California met with inmates to talk about the state’s model of prison reform.
Gov. Gavin Newsom committed to continuing health insurance for undocumented residents on Medi-Cal, putting the state in direct conflict with President Trump’s agenda.
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Chabria: Clearing encampments looks good politically. But criminalizing homelessness is bad policy
Gov. Gavin Newsom called Monday for cities to crack down on homeless encampments. It’s a move toward criminalizing homelessness that may clean up streets, but doesn’t solve the problem.
Are California Democrats weak when it comes to protecting minors from sex trafficking? It’s a question that has caused chaos in the state Capitol for more than a week.
What’s really behind President Trump’s order to reopen Alcatraz as a prison? It’s about empowering authorities to act without fear of consequence.
Recent executive orders and actions have set the stage for the federal government to curtail states’ rights, once a central tenet of conservative policy.