Good morning. It’s Saturday, Oct. 5. Right here’s what’s occurring in Opinion.
Los Angeles has a new police chief! Effectively, virtually. The Metropolis Council nonetheless should affirm him. And I’m considerably shocked by the selection of Jim McDonnell.
Not as a result of he isn’t certified (he could even be overcertified). He’s a Los Angeles Police Division veteran of almost three a long time, reaching the place of second-in-command. He later served as chief of the Lengthy Seaside Police Division. And in 2014 he was elected L.A. County sheriff, overseeing a bigger operation than the LAPD.
And it isn’t as a result of he misplaced reelection in 2018 to Alex Villanueva, a pacesetter who turned out to be so problematic that voters passed a measure in 2022 permitting the county sheriff to be eliminated by the Board of Supervisors.
However I anticipated, like others, that Bass would make a symbolic alternative with one of many different two finalists — former LAPD Assistant Chief Robert Arcos and present Deputy Chief Emada Tingirides — giving the division both its first Latino or first feminine chief.
Firsts do matter, however it appears Bass is extra involved with stability throughout a tumultuous time within the metropolis’s current historical past.
As The Instances’ editorial board notes, McDonnell represents a cautious alternative that’s “more likely to play effectively with the division institution and L.A. residents who’re weary of property crime and a basic sense of social dysfunction. “
JD Vance won the debate with Tim Walz, hands down. Republican commentator Scott Jennings thought his aspect’s vice presidential candidate simply managed to “stick it to the incumbent celebration” along with his “clean, well-constructed arguments.”
Maybe, but if Vance won it was probably because of all his gaslighting. Columnist Robin Abcarian was shocked by the Ohio senator’s disingenuous change of rhetorical tone as he confronted Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday. “My head virtually popped off when Vance spoke approvingly of the numerous younger girls he knew rising up who had abortions ‘as a result of they really feel like they didn’t have some other choices.’”
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Why President Biden hasn’t been able to end Israel’s nearly year-old war in Gaza. America typically has much less affect over its allies than one would possibly suppose, says Raphael S. Cohen, and a sequence of American administrations have tried and did not dealer peace between Israelis and Palestinians. “Even when U.S. stress have been efficient sufficient to inspire the Netanyahu authorities to attempt to finish the battle, it nonetheless may not succeed. Ending the battle, in any case, would require the cooperation of each Israel and Hamas — and extra particularly Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who exhibits no indicators of budging.”
Endorsements from the editorial board for the Nov. 5 election continue. Among the many new suggestions this week is an endorsement of Proposition 32, which might hike the minimal wage in California to $18. It’s presently $16, however is about to extend to $16.50 in January. “This can be a cheap and slim measure centered on the employees who’re most in want of a lift, and California voters ought to help it,” the editorial board writes.
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