Mayor Karen Bass did it. Gov. Gavin Newsom may skip it. Does we even need these highly staged annual speeches anymore?
Good morning. I'm Mariel Garza, editorials editor, and it is Wednesday, April 17. Let's look at the week so far in Opinion. On Monday evening, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass delivered her second state of the city speech. And it was ... fine — a well-done example of the genre, if not exactly riveting TV. No disrespect intended. Bass is required to perform this duty under the municipal code.
Who wants to invest thousands of dollars in a heat pump or induction stove only to be punished with higher bills? The Times Editorial Board notes that with California’s electric rates rising, a proposal by state regulators to change how electric power is billed for customers served by investor-owned utilities would ease that burden.
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