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Erika D. Smith
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Politics & Policy Columnist, Bloomberg Opinion. Past: Los Angeles Times🦅, Sacramento Bee, IndyStar, Akron Beacon Journal. Ohioan by birth. Proud Californian by choice. ✊🏾🏳️‍🌈
Taking from the poor to give to the rich — and celebrating with chants of “USA!” after doing it.

‘Murica.
July 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
And, of course, there’s also a brush fire now happening near Burbank.
June 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
OK, this wild.

It appears Trump administration officials are talking to reporters and NOT to the LA police department or, based on a X post I saw from two hours ago, to the governor’s office about their plans.
June 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This anecdote (H/T @latimes.com) about a couple of tourists from says so much about the false narratives that Americans are absorbing about what’s happening Los Angeles.
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
June 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Just realized that I made this mistake of ordering something that is arriving from Canada.

It has now been two weeks.

I have no idea how anyone in the Trump administration thinks most Americans are going to happily pay more money for the president’s trade war just to be inconvenienced forever.
May 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Wow… LA Mayor Karen Bass just fired LA Fire Chief Crowley. The political finger-pointing over the response to the fires continues to haunt the recovery.
February 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is not OK.
February 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
And here is why… 🤷🏽‍♀️
February 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Dare I say I see signs of a fight from Democrats?
January 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
OK, these constant requests for money from various arms of the Democratic Party are getting a little ridiculous now…
December 6, 2024 at 7:27 PM