Opinion Pieces - Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal Representing the 54th Assembly District

Opinion Pieces

Sunday, August 21 2011

Safeguarding California's judicial election process

In 2008, a Carson-based pastor tried to unseat six Los Angeles County Superior Court judges. He couldn't get anyone to actually run against them, but he began a write-in campaign anyway by gathering the legally required 100 signatures, which forced the registrar of voters to make room for the six…

Wednesday, June 08 2011

Save California's 'hospitals in a box'

Los Angeles Times By Bonnie Lowenthal June 8, 2011 We have watched a series of disasters sweep through the nation this spring, taxing the emergency services of states and the federal government. In Joplin, Mo., one of the scariest scenarios occurred when the tornado that leveled a third of the…

Saturday, September 11 2010

18,000 reasons for cooperation

By Bonnie Lowenthal Whoever said good news travels fast, never heard of AB 2098. It may be the best news you've never heard. Without publicity or fanfare, AB 2098 has become one of the year's sweetest success stories. If the governor signs it, this bill will mean jobs for 18,000…

Tuesday, April 20 2010

Bill would lower bar for reporting child abuse

By Bonnie Lowenthal Nathan Coleman was only 13 months old when his mother's boyfriend killed him. The trial is over. The killer received his life sentence. The extended family will grieve out of the public eye. We'll never know if it could have been prevented. Some things happen too fast.…

Sunday, April 26 2009

In-home care program is worth saving

By Bonnie Lowenthal, Lori Saldaña and Mariko Yamada The only thing more disturbing than allegations of fraud in the state's in-home care system is the tendency to use that fraud as an excuse for gutting the program. While fraud is intolerable and must be rooted out, scapegoating is its twin…