Josh Rothstein

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@_hamilton_matt @PeterHamby @LAMaterial__ The 101 Freeway protestors failed to have their cases dismissed outright and instead accepted pretrial diversion. If anything, the city was lenient. Your coverage is slightly misleading there.

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@mouvement33 Raman’s voters are also overwhelmingly white.

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

My thoughts precisely!

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

If instead of running as a billionaire communist, Tom Steyer had portrayed himself as a loyal partisan Democrat whose extensive business experience could improve the basic functioning of California public services wouldn't that have been a better campaign?

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@ChrisTokita We can already see that Nithya hasn’t made significant gains into the Bass vote outside of Los Feliz/Silverlake and Highland Park. Spencer beat Nithya by 11pts two ballot drops ago, which was twice the size of the last. His lead looks safe.

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@justinAB_SF @bivens83306 Because they’re far more upset about ICE.

[Gagan Biyani 🏛 @gaganbiyani]

What's more crazy is this is how the system is designed.

California INTENTIONALLY does not count ballots for weeks. And I think it explains the state's broader dysfunction.

Basically, California's voting rules are designed to maximize accessibility at all costs. ALL costs.

Ballots can arrive after Election Day. Signatures can be fixed if they are unclear. Provisional ballots get individually reviewed. Every edge case gets its own process.

And California doesn't trust technology or automation to solve these problems. Signatures are manually reviewed. Voters are contacted when issues arise. Humans review and re-review exceptions. The system is designed around minimizing the chance that a single valid ballot gets rejected.

Other countries count tens of millions of votes in hours, not weeks. They aren't using magic. They simply make different tradeoffs. They rely more on technology, set stricter deadlines, tolerate fewer exceptions, and accept that no system can perfectly accommodate every conceivable scenario.

California makes the opposite choice.

And it's the same philosophy that shows up in housing, infrastructure, permitting, schools, and government generally: endless process, endless exceptions, and worse results.

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@dillonliam @JeremyBWhite It’s the rather sharp increase in legal liability payouts under her watch that’s really gotten her into trouble. Opposing SB 79 is definitely not what right of far-left voters are thinking about.

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@mikehtrujillo @ericspiegelman Except maybe with her anti-AIPAC conspiracy wielding campaign consultant

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

A statement nobody can disagree with.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

If you don't vote, I don't want to hear you ever complain about any of the filth, crime, or decline in LA again. Get off your butt and VOTE, or enjoy what you get.

[Michael Ames @mirkel]

In 2015, Ben Rhodes guided US policy to fund both sides of the war in Yemen (an Iranian-Saudi proxy war), then bragged about manipulating the media to cover it up. The war killed 370k civilians, was largely ignored, and today Rhodes writes about morality in foreign affairs for the NYT.

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@tobyhardtospell Seems the through-line is that you support candidates who support ULA reform even if they’re NIMBYs. Also, no opposition to the hyper-progressive ideology that got us Measure ULA in the first place. 🤷‍♂️

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@Jesse_Leg The LA mayor job requires a really good communicator to command the bully pulpit to move the county and state in the right direction

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

The homeless industrial complex explained.

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@78tiger @LAPD Bass’s cover for the pro-terror UCLA encampments in 2024 was a primary force in delivering Trump and the ICE insanity to LA in 2026. We’re all still paying the price.

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@wendycarrillo @maazaction @adam_louis52328

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@mikehtrujillo @reporterliz @maazaction @adam_louis52328

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@wendycarrillo This is a super creepy campaign.

[Josh Rothstein @LArothstein]

@CohenSite This ad would make sense if her plans weren’t composed of less police, voluntary housing for the homeless, and onerous anti-growth regulations during LA’s weakest economic period in generations.