Column: For 50 years, George Skelton has had a ringside seat

Fifty years ago this month, George Skelton walked into the Los Angeles Times as a newly hired state Capitol reporter. A lot has changed since 1974 — at the Capitol, in California politics. Some have been good, some bad.

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