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### [With National Implications, Corporate Landlords Take Aim at Three Pro-Rent Control Campaigns in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california)

September 24 2026

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### [Massacre on City Streets: Mayor Bass Must Issue an Emergency Declaration Now](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33386-massacre-on-city-streets-mayor-bass-must-issue-an-emergency-declaration-now)

September 21 2026

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### [Should DWP Ratepayers Pay for the City’s Streetlights? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33395-should-dwp-ratepayers-pay-for-the-citys-streetlights)

September 21 2026

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### [Why Are LA Officials Ignoring Illegal RV Parking on Washington Blvd?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33398-why-are-la-officials-ignoring-illegal-rv-parking-on-washington-blvd)

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#  GUEST WORDS

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### Keeping Workers Poor is Bad for Business

Written by Sam Pizzigati on June 16 2022.

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## [LA Federal Judge Advances Trailer Park Fraud Lawsuit](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24498-update-federal-judge-advances-trailer-park-fraud-lawsuit)

AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLITICS - A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that a mobile home park investment fraud civil lawsuit, which I described in a…

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Written by Sara Corcoran on April 28 2022.

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Written by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR on April 25 2022.

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Written by John Aboud on April 18 2022.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on April 04 2022.

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Written by Pam Martens – Russ Martens on March 31 2022.

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Written by Joe Mathews on March 24 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 17 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5b/020f-5bc505f9.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2022/020f.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=5fac9e59) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24036-stop-this-imperialist-war)### [Stop This Imperialist War](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24036-stop-this-imperialist-war)

Written by Paul Street on March 09 2022.

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Written by Peter Oborne on March 07 2022.

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Written by Matthew Stevenson on March 07 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on February 28 2022.

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Written by Joe Mathews on February 24 2022.

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Written by John Mirisch on February 20 2022.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on February 17 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden & Bernie Sanders on February 14 2022.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on February 06 2022.

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Written by Olivia Alperstein on February 06 2022.

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Written by Tom H. Hastings on February 03 2022.

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