Selected Op-Eds

Here you can read several of Mike’s acclaimed op-eds in major publications.

Opinion: Time for Democrats to abandon myth about Citizens United

Read an Opinion piece in the Mercury News.  https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/27/opinion-time-for-democrats-to-abandon-myth-about-citizens-united/

Some Real Talk on Homelessness

Homelessness in Los Angeles and throughout California has been on everyone’s minds.  Why have the[read more]

Questions to Ask Politicians on Guns

Politicians on both sides of the aisle proffer nonsense “solutions” on the gun issue.  You[read more]

10 Principles on Housing

Here you can read the much-discussed op-ed in the Los Angeles Time by Assemblyman Mike[read more]

Questions you should ask politicians about guns (according to a politician)

Click here to read an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gatto-gun-questions-20180227-story.html

Walking the Walk on Environmental Issues (Literally!)

Here you can read Mike’s much talked-about op-ed in the LA Times, about ditching his[read more]

Staving Off the Next Crisis in California

Crises are always foreseeable with the benefit of hindsight.  Here, I explored the next looming[read more]

The Importance of the Presidential Election

Most Americans now understand that we are not just electing a President.  We’re also choosing[read more]