### LA Times Faces Leadership Shakeup as Editors Resign Over Endorsement Dispute

The Los Angeles Times is experiencing significant leadership changes after two prominent editors resigned following the newspaper's owner halting an endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris. Robert Greene and Karin Klein resigned on Thursday, just one day after editorial page editor Mariel Garza stepped down. Their departures came in response to biotech entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong’s decision to withhold an endorsement for Harris in the upcoming election.

Garza revealed in an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review that she resigned to express her disapproval of the publication's silence. "In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I'm standing up," she said. The LA Times union echoed her concerns, calling the resignations a "huge loss" for the newsroom.

Garza detailed that the editorial board was in the process of endorsing Harris for president and she was already drafting an editorial to announce this decision. While she acknowledged that the endorsement was unlikely to change the minds of the paper’s liberal readership, she emphasized its importance given the editorial board’s prior stance against former President Donald Trump. "This is a point in time where you speak your conscience no matter what," Garza stated.

In a letter to Soon-Shiong and editor Terry Tang, the LA Times union sought an explanation for the abrupt cancellation of the endorsement. They noted that the paper has a history of endorsing candidates in general elections, and the decision to forego this practice was perplexing.

Following Garza's resignation, Soon-Shiong addressed the controversy on X, proposing that the editorial board could have offered "a factual analysis" of each candidate’s policies and their potential future impact. He claimed that when the board declined this approach, he respected their decision to remain silent.

The incident has led to further ramifications, including a spike in subscription cancellations. Nearly 1,800 subscribers cited "editorial content" as their reason for leaving. The LA Times union responded by urging readers not to unsubscribe, highlighting that subscriptions support the salaries of numerous journalists at the paper.

Journalists within the LA Times expressed deep concern over Soon-Shiong’s decision and continue to seek answers while maintaining their reporting duties.