If you don’t like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — and judging by his 22% approval rating, most Californians don’t — chances are good that you’re not going to like Meg Whitman or Jerry Brown either. Although the Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates have some differing views on the causes and cures for California’s financial problems, most [...]

Cooley described Rizzo as the “unelected and unaccountable czar” of Bell, accusing him of secretly setting his own salary and misappropriating city funds by increasing his compensation without approval by the City Council. “This was calculated greed and theft accomplished by deceit and secrecy,” Cooley said. City Council members, meanwhile, failed to oversee Rizzo’s actions [...]