Good morning, it’s Thursday, April 2 and you can expect the kind of not-too hot, perfectly pleasant weather that makes anything feel possible.
In today’s newsletter, the Supreme Court hears Trump’s birthright citizenship case and an inside look at a Mar Vista restaurant saga. But first, making sense of a campaign finance fracas.
1. A debate ghosting strategy backfires in the L.A. controller’s race.
Four years ago, Kenneth Mejia burst into L.A. City Hall with an insurgent campaign for city controller that steamrolled his well-funded, establishment opponent and put klieg lights on the oft-ignored role. Mejia put up billboards calling out the city’s outsize spending on policing, and galvanized grassroots support on social media.
Now, the young leftist upstart is the incumbent, and Mejia is fending off a reelection challenge from real estate executive Zach Sokoloff, a well-financed political newcomer with deep establishment ties. Mejia has been a controversial figure at City Hall, and Sokoloff has argued that he would work more collaboratively and audit the city more effectively.
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