Commentary Los Angeles hosts its first Super Bowl since 1993 on Sunday. Those were different times. The governor of California was a Republican, and L.A. elected a Republican mayor that year. Today, California has had a Democrat governor for the past eleven years and a Democrat mayor for the past 20 years. The city is riddled with out-of-control crime and homelessness problems. It also remains under strict government-imposed COVID-19 mandates while the rest of the country has mostly returned to normal. California still has in place a statewide mask mandate for indoor locations until Feb. 15. For the unvaccinated, it will continue indefinitely. It applies whether you live in downtown San Francisco or in the Mojave Desert. The County of Los Angeles requires that masks also be worn by all students in all schools of all ages, even when outside, and for those attending an outdoor event of over 5,000 …