Anita Chabria is a California columnist for the Los Angeles Times, based in Sacramento. Before joining The Times, she worked for the Sacramento Bee as a member of its statewide investigative team and previously covered criminal justice and City Hall.
Get the L.A. Times Politics newsletter
Anita Chabria guides you through the legislation, people and politics driving the conversation in Sacramento, D.C. and beyond.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
Latest From This Author
JD Vance won Tuesday’s vice presidential debate by lying on critical issues including immigration and abortion. For too many voters, those lies will go unchallenged.
Oct. 2, 2024
JD Vance and Tim Walz met Tuesday for the vice presidential debate on CBS News. L.A. Times columnists provided live updates of the best and worst moments.
Oct. 1, 2024
JD “Mad Dad” Vance will take on Tim “Rad Dad” Walz during Tuesday’s VP debate. At stake is the election and what we think is the ideal of the American man.
Oct. 1, 2024
A Haitian group is using a little-known Ohio law in an attempt to hold Donald Trump and JD Vance accountable for the lies they have told, and the chaos they have caused, involving immigrants in Springfield.
Sept. 26, 2024
In a week of scandals — Mark Robinson’s porn adventures, Melania Trump’s speaking fees — is the tale of a reporter sexting with a presidential wannabe really the scandal we should be focused on?
Sept. 24, 2024
JD Vance is knowingly spreading a racist rumor that is upending the lives of legal immigrants. Here’s why he won’t stop.
Sept. 19, 2024
Since before Trump’s first term in office, extremism researchers have warned that his relentless campaign to demonize and dehumanize others for political gain would lead to violence.
Sept. 17, 2024
Kamala Harris won Tuesday night’s presidential debate, and Trump’s lack of energy should have people talking.
Sept. 12, 2024
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet tonight for the first debate of their closely fought presidential contest. Join Times columnists for live updates.
Sept. 10, 2024
Tuesday night’s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is sure to be billed as the prosecutor vs. the felon — and the beginning of the end for one of them.
Sept. 10, 2024