Columnist at Truthdig, LA Observed and Jewish Journal; senior consultant for the Center for Governmental Studies and Adjunct Professor of Journalism at USC's Annenberg School of Communication; former City Editor and Columnist for the Los Angeles Times; Vice President of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission; author of Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times; and Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh, Power Politics and the Art of the Possible
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