Opinion

Denise Lite

Denise Lite | Our Community and Local Control

In November, I sat in a room and listened to representatives from the California Judicial Council explain their plans for an eight-story regional courthouse at McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard

Letters to the Editor

Arthur Tom | If Experience Is the Standard …

Simon Reyna (letters, June 11) criticizes The Signal’s endorsement of Spencer Pratt and argues that Pratt has “absolutely zero experience.” If experience alone is the standard, then the obvious question

Letters to the Editor

Drew Blythe | Our Car-Dependent City

Currently our city is car-dependent and is designed to put cars first, which is not a bad thing. However it makes it difficult for those using bikes and other small

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | Knotty Issues Await Next Governor

California’s next governor — most likely former Attorney General Xavier Becerra — will inherit a raft of knotty, unresolved issues. Some, such as the high rate of homelessness and high

Letters to the Editor

Rob Kerchner | Long-Suffering Californians

Is it surprising that the side that abolished shame, and championed pride, has acted so shamefully while claiming the “proud Democrat” mantle? After all, we each have friends who grew

Commentary

Jon Decker | Congress and ‘Blame Someone Else Day’

Happy holidays to everyone who celebrates “National Blame Someone Else Day” — which, unintentionally, may include a handful of senators expected to introduce the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act”

Letters to the Editor

Jack Teoli | A Breakdown of the L.A. Election

The California primaries are still being counted, but there needs to be a deeper discussion about the Los Angeles mayoral race — not only because some Santa Clarita residents do

Byron York

Byron York | Trump Builds the Wall, as Promised

Lately, there have been news stories expressing alarm about the rapid progress the Trump administration is making building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Whatever the stories are nominally about

Letters to the Editor

Sharon Devol | Delete the Expletive

Re: Quote from former Gov. Jerry Brown in Dan Walters’ June 6 column: “I want to get s— done.” Did your editor take a vacation? Really, this is so inappropriate

Letters to the Editor

Jocelyn Miranda | How Many More Lives?

How many more children must lose their lives before meaningful action is taken to address gun violence in America? All over the country, families, students and communities are the ones