
Susan Shelley
Columnist and Editorial Board Member at Southern California News Group
Columnist, member of the editorial board of the Southern California News Group, 11 daily papers including the LA Daily News, Orange County Register
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dailybreeze.com | Susan Shelley
State Bar’s botched exam for new lawyers is California’s latest entry to the hall of shame
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ocregister.com | Susan Shelley
It’s getting so hard for people in California to pay their utility bills that cities are turning to a blunt instrument: tax roll billing, otherwise known as, “Pay, or the county will sell your house.”That’s the message to property owners from the City of Upland, where residents were recently informed that the city plans to stop billing directly for storm drain, solid waste and sewer services.
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dailynews.com | Susan Shelley
Southern California Edison workers install power lines at the Vista Substation in Grand Terrace on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (File photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) UPDATED: May 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM PDTOn Monday, the power went out in Spain and Portugal. It happened at 12:38 p.m. local time, when the grid was relying on solar and wind power for about 78% of the electricity in use.
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ocregister.com | Susan Shelley
Susan Shelley: Can the enviros keep the lights on?
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sandiegouniontribune.com | Susan Shelley
In January, former Vice President Al Gore listed his Arlington, Virginia, mansion for rent, asking $9,000 a month. Reportedly Gore is living in a mansion in Nashville, though he’s also said to own a spectacular property in Montecito, California. Gore has been “picking up a number of high-value residences across the country, including a 400-acre farm in Carthage, Tennessee, where he moved during the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to a “Celebrity Real Estate” report from Realtor.com on January 27.
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Dealmaking president offers illegal immigrants a choice between a free flight to any other country plus cash, or staying in America and possibly being impoverished, imprisoned and deported. If Monty Hall was alive, he could sell this show to MSNBC.

Today, I signed an Executive Order to launch the first-ever self-deportation program. Illegal aliens who stay in America face punishments, including—sudden deportation, in a place and manner solely of our discretion. TO ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS: BOOK YOUR FREE FLIGHT RIGHT NOW! https://t.co/LO4eyfhZOq

Health care is not a right, it's a service that is provided by skilled and trained professionals in expensive facilities. There can't be a right to anything that has to be provided by other people. Somebody has to pay for it. "No one should have to choose...." evades the math.

Health care is a human right—not just a privilege for those who can afford it or have an employer who provides it. I support Medicare for All because no one should have to choose between going to the doctor and putting food on the table. #MedicareForAll

California's government continues its brave research into legalizing mushrooms.

In California, we dream big — and despite Washington's outrageous attacks, our @CaHSRA high-speed rail is becoming a reality. While we've broken ground on our transformative rail project here in California, Texas' high-speed rail has been a failure to launch. https://t.co/ZAKVrKfzX0