Why do we need this Here is a taste of the shinanigans going on in Los Angeles alone: The following Los Angeles elected officials have either filed for, or are rumored to be seriously considering the following seats: City Councilman Jack Weiss - LA City Attorney City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel - LA City Controller City Councilman Greig Smith - State Assembly City Councilman Dennis Zine - LA County Supivisor LA City Controller Laura Chick - LA City Council LA City Attorney Rocky delgadillo unsucessfully ran for California Attorney General LA City Councilman Alex Padilla ran for State Senate abandoning his council seat. LA City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa ran for Mayor, abandoning his District 14 seat. Newly elected LAUSD School board member Tamar Galatzen has barely been sworn in and is already considering a run for LA City Council. LA City Councilman Richard Alarcon ran for State Senate while a City Councilman. He wins, abandoning his City Council post, serves his full term in the Senate where he launched an unsuccessful campaign for Mayor. He then runs for State Asembly while still in the State Senate. He wins and then DAYS LATER begins a run for Los Angeles City Council winning the City Council seat and abandoning the Assembly. In Santa Clarita, City Councilman Cameromn Smyth abandoned his seat and ran for State Assembly. He is now planning on running for Congress. ALL this and more represents the last 24 months of LA politics. The list goes on and on

Shameless in Sacramento: http://www.laweekly.com/news/z-files/shameless-in-sacramento/15067/