Joel B. Pollak

Joel Pollak is the Opinion Editor of the California Post.

Joel was born in South Africa and raised in the Chicago suburbs, where he attended Niles North High School. After graduating from Harvard, he was a Rotary Scholar in South Africa. He later served as speechwriter for the Leader of the Opposition there, and completed an M.A. in Jewish Studies at the University of Cape Town.

Back home, Joel graduated from Harvard Law and went on to work at the Hudson Institute. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2010, but befriended conservative media pioneer Andrew Breitbart along the way. Joel went on to work at Breitbart News in L.A. for 15 years.

Joel is the author of several books, including The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days. He is also a winner of the Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship and the Pali Strong Hero Award. He and his wife, Julia, have four children, and intend to return to their home, from which they were displaced by the Palisades Fire.