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Congressman Dalip Singh Saund provided a blueprint for Mamdani, proving that when charming countercultural candidates show up, listen and speak from the heart, they can win -- even against money and power.

'It seems the supervisors are more interested in giving their outgoing employees overly generous severance pay than they are in helping their constituents,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

It's reasonable to assess rare-disease drugs differently. That's why the FDA has been remarkably flexible about these approvals for decades. But some treatments just aren't any good.

'Why is the state using precious public dollars to increase our risk, exacerbate climate change and dominate and destroy nature?,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

No more ashy elbows on the court.

Though it fits with the rest of the party's unpopular platform.

'Of course, the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin exerted control over the press, as did Germany's Adolph Hitler. Does President Trump want to fit this mold?,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'If Texans want to invest in California's marine economy, they can put their money into our state's renewable energy enterprises,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'It is disappointing that the secretary of state suggested that voters might have to take additional steps to protect the privacy of their ballots without mentioning this,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Her 'Devil Wears Prada' act might not matter if she were some fringe candidate, but she's currently the front-runner for next year's California gubernatorial race.