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Raman is neck and neck with Bass, with Pratt close on their heels, according to the most recent poll from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, which was co-sponsored by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

The nonpartisan Bureau of Governmental Research argued that the analysis failed to account for the greater complexity of cases in the state’s biggest city.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

The difficulty of determining exactly when infrastructure will need to be updated is part of the reason the Governmental Accounting Standards Board has so far declined to define future infrastructure costs as a liability.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

A quarter of voters supported Bass in a March poll by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies that was co-sponsored by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Governmental authority no longer hath any purchase on land; chaos and the mob of slave-drivers rule all; and we are left, a tiny kingdom on the waves.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson