Politics, Art and Same-Sex Marriage
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The State Legislature supposedly is in session on what could be a $24 billion shortfall, but many members are not in Sacramento. They're traveling the world. Also, the State Supreme Court could be taking a risk. Supporters are talking recall if it overturns Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. On Reporter's Notebook, the Museum of Contemporary Art helps keep LA on the map of world culture. But does MOCA still have a future?
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- Harold Meyerson: Executive Editor, American Prospect, @haroldmeyerson -
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Politics and Same-Sex Marriage ()
The State Legislature's latest approval rating is 15% in the Field Poll, the lowest ever. For two weeks, the Assembly and Senate officially have been in session to fix what could be a $24 billion shortfall. But during Budget Committee hearings in Sacramento, a lot of the chairs are empty. Assembly and Senate members are traveling to Hawaii, India and China.
If the Legislature is unpopular now, consider what happened 22 years ago to the State Supreme Court. Voters recalled three justices, including Chief Justice Rose Bird, for overturning too many death penalties. The current court has accepted three challenges to Proposition 8 which passed in this month's election with 52% of the vote. It's the measure declaring that marriage can only occur between a man and a woman. Are they risking their jobs?
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- Barbara O'Connor: Director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media, California State University Sacramento
- Erwin Chemerinsky: Founding Dean, UC Irvine Law School, @UCILaw
Reporter's Notebook
In Fiscal Crisis, MOCA Courts LACMA for Merger ()
Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art has a world-class collection of 6000 works by artists including Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenbeg and Mark Rothko. But MOCA's in big financial trouble—so much trouble it might even merge with another institution. Mike Boehm broke the story in the LA Times.
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- Mike Boehm: Reporter, Los Angeles Times
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