Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe added his powerful endorsement to Republican Gabriella Holt’s campaign for the 54th Assembly District seat this morning, choosing her over Long Beach City Council member Bonnie Lowenthal in the race to replace termed-out Betty Karnette.
The announcement kind of caught me by surprise, although maybe it shouldn’t have.
It’s just that [...]

Gabriella Holt lives up on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, so she doesn’t get to vote on Long Beach’s Proposition I—the $571-million property parcel tax placed on the November ballot by Mayor Bob Foster and the City Council (minus Fifth District rep Gerrie Schipske). But Holt hopes to represent a lot of the people who do [...]