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The Klan’s rule in Anaheim is a stain on a place that likes to celebrate the positive, in a county where boosterism is religion.

Throughout 150 years of boosterism, through our latest cataclysm of fires, the palm tree image makes visual geolocation instant and easy.

Perhaps, though, the lesson here is that there is no sweet spot after a tragedy like the one Los Angeles has just endured — no good time to mix the crass commercial boosterism and self-congratulatory posing of a traditional award show with the gritty, real-life experience of ongoing pain and suffering.

Otis wasn’t the first person to call L.A. the Southland, but he was the loudest, brandishing the word in his aggressive boosterism.

The draft text was almost indistinguishable from his 2016 DNC remarks, with some reputational boosterism for the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act and a cease-fire call thrown in.