Photos: Ted Rall cartoons

Hey, immigrants!  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

The government reserves the right of life or death over its citizens. But if one of them want to choose death, even when she is desperately ill and in pain, the government says it’s illegal.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

L.A.’s seriously low voter turnout  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

A California legislator is pushing a bill the would require police to get a warrant before searching smartphones or tablets  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

A cartoonist shouldn’t have to look over his shoulder while doing his work.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Dianne Feinstein: human time capsule  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Waiting for the NFL  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

California’s bullet train begins construction!   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

New Year’s resolutions for Angelenos   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

What to do about all the trash and packaging that ends up on L.A.’s streets during the holidays.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Plans to link California’s high-speed rail to L.A.’s rail system is, uh, complicated.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

After digital billboards, what comes next?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Is this the last chance for California to revise Proposition 13?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

University of California regents have awarded top administrators huge raises while raising tuition. But don’t worry. If you’re a student, you can just borrow more money.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Gearing up for 2018  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

The FAA has classified Disneyland and Disney World as no-fly zones. Six Flags, on the other hand, receives no such protection.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

How people afford to live in L.A.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

‘Yes means yes’: Affirmative consent or sex contract?   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Jerry Brown’s future  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

If the NFL returns to Los Angeles...   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

A cynical take: How California’s economy can profit from the drought  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Gov. Jerry Brown wants you to vote  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

California’s crime rate is falling - but its police agencies have one of the highest concentrations of surplus military hardware in the nation.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Top Republicans like Orrin Hatch and Rand Paul are fundraising in Silicon Valley.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

1 out of 6 California construction workers is either off the books or misreported as an “independent contractor.”  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

A strange-bedfellows alliance of tenants and landlords could get amnesty for their illegal bootleg apartments, making them legal as long as they meet safety codes.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

LAUSD’s Supt. John Deasy got a little too cozy with Apple execs  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Under pressure to meet statistical goals for lower crime in the city, current and retired officers say the LAPD had routinely downgraded crimes to less serious offenses.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari spent a week living on streets as a homeless person ...  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Mayor Eric Garcetti’s “Great Streets” plan could just mean high-priced coffee and other ills of gentrification...  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On support for splitting California into six states ...   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

After Proposition D forced many marijuana dispensaries to close, some pot businesses because pot delivery services to bring weed to your door.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On protesters in Murrieta blocking government buses carrying undocumented women and children ...  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On MTA’s “people mover” plan ...   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On the California Supreme Court ruling that big box stores in the state don’t have to keep automated external defibrillators ...  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

A psychiatric ward on San Quentin’s death row  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On Calif. Senate proposal of new ‘Standards of Conduct’ after scandals ...   (Ted Rall / For The Times )

On how to deal with California’s broke courts ...  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Monster mansions make a comeback  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On how immigrants seeking protective asylum often spend months in detention waiting to hear back about their cases.   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Cartoon: Venture capitalist Tim Draper wants to divvy up California into six states. But if smaller is better, why not even more, even smaller states instead?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Cartoon about Obama’s Promise Zone in L.A. missing part of disadvantaged South Los Angeles.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On Leland Yee’s corruption charges making other legislators feel like slackers...  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On tricks California Republicans can use to win campaigns  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On Gov. Jerry Brown diverting hundreds of millions of dollars paid by big banks in a mortgage settlement.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department considering the use of predictive algorithmic analysis to decide which jail inmates should qualify for early release ...   (Ted Rall / For the Los Angeles Times)

On Gov. Brown’s concern that legalizing pot could lead to Californians falling behind in the economic sphere and becoming vulnerable to terrorism ...   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On splitting California into six competitive states ...   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Ankle monitors are setting off too many false alarms.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

The Los Angeles Fire Department plans to simplify the 911 script to eliminate extraneous questions before dispatching vehicles to an emergency.   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Teacher tenure is under attack in California. But how are we going to attract new teachers? Salaries are low, conditions are difficult, the work is exhausting.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

The Assembly appears to have struck a deal in which Californians would pay at least a dime for each recycled paper or reusable plastic bag they get at the grocery store.   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

If a drought happens, is it real before a governor says so?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Gov. Jerry Brown needs $68 billion for his high-speed train from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Where can the governor find the cash?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

L.A. City Atty. Mike Feuer says he plans to crack down on “patient dumping”  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On Jan. 1, Los Angeles became the nation’s largest city to ban plastic bags.  (Ted Rall / For The Times )

Gift ideas for California politicians  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Democrats are evidently just fine with California. Republicans? Not so much.  (Ted Rall / For The Times )

Keeping track of the good vs. bad guys in L.A. County’s jails  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Quake-proofing L.A. won’t happen overnight   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

For a small-time administrator of a hardscrabble town, Bell’s former assistant city manager, Angela Spaccia, made a killing, her annual income maxing out at $564,000.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Gov. Jerry Brown, California’s longest-serving governor  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Help these porn actors  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Are big weapons really necessary?   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Don’t shoot!   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Don’t scare the cops with your costume.  (Ted Rall / For the Los Angeles Times)

Pennywise, pound foolish on quake fault line mapping  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Santa Monica’s exercise-free zone  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Should it really take a village?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

No child left alone  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

What happens in the Cal-bunker stays in the Cal-bunker.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Will driver’s licenses end up hurting undocumented immigrants?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Now that inmates have State Assembly’s attention, will prison conditions improve?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

L.A. to replace parking pay stations with meters drivers can understand  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

The race for San Diego mayor: Affection candidates need not apply  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

California incompetent on food stamps  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

‘The Metro ran and ran, but it could never actually arrive at the airport’  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Regulating signs in Monterey Park  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

The hunger strike won’t work if society doesn’t care about its prisoners.   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Missing in action  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Janet Napolitano to lead UC  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

L.A.’s new City Council members court Council President Herb Wesson.   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

San Diego graffiti protester who wrote anti-bank messages in chalk on the sidewalk outside branches of Bank of America was acquitted this week.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Gov. Jerry Brown vs. federal judges, again  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Mayor Villaraigosa: One final bash  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

The transition from Antonio Villaraigosa to Eric Garcetti  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

L.A.’s political apathy   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

On California’s anti-”swatting” bill  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Gov. Brown’s prison plan to ease overcrowding   (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Adapting to non-citizen jurors  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

The effects of ‘sequestration’ on LAX airport.  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

University of California now hiring  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

How to address student loan debt: Avoid it?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

The farmers’ case?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

Gov. Brown’s budget proposal  (Ted Rall / For The Times )

Will the mayoral race come down to this voter?  (Ted Rall / For The Times)

GPS tracking devices gone awry  (Ted Rall / For The Times)