##  In the News

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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)

September 21 2026

#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Bernie Sanders: As a Child, Rent Control Kept a Roof Over my Head

Written by Bernie Sanders on August 01 2019.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18170-bernie-sanders-as-a-child-rent-control-kept-a-roof-over-my-head)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a9/062m-a997736a.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2019/062m.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=8374bea7) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18169-israeli-elections-the-stakes-have-never-been-higher)Written by Shabtai Shavit & Alon Ben-Meir on August 01 2019. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads).

## [Israeli Elections: The Stakes Have Never Been Higher](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18169-israeli-elections-the-stakes-have-never-been-higher)

Since that time, the geopolitics and regional security have changed dramatically, which could lead either to regional conflagration or peace, which l…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/38/062b-38385a7e.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2019/062b.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=b340a968) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18165-who-is-tired)### [Who is Tired?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18165-who-is-tired)

Written by Tom H. Hastings on August 01 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f4/061k-f4e4fe42.png&src=images/stories/July-2019/061k.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=7a254f4c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18148-how-will-the-afghan-war-end-same-as-most-of-america-s-wars-a-mess)### [How Will the Afghan War End? Same as Most of America’s Wars, a Mess](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18148-how-will-the-afghan-war-end-same-as-most-of-america-s-wars-a-mess)

Written by Danny Sjursen on July 29 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/80/060e-80acb8c7.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18126-when-they-go-low-the-squad-goes-bold)### [When They Go Low, the Squad Goes Bold](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18126-when-they-go-low-the-squad-goes-bold)

Written by Negin Owliaei & Sarah Anderson on July 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c3/059e-c33b822c.png&src=images/stories/July-2019/059e.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=9ee85ed2) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18099-trump-s-a-racist-but-we-knew-that-now-what)### [Trump’s a Racist - But We Knew That. Now What?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18099-trump-s-a-racist-but-we-knew-that-now-what)

Written by John Atcheson on July 22 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9d/058l-9d9d61af.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18087-i-stand-with-ilhan-support-for-rep-omar-spirals-after-chant-from-trump-crowd)### ['I Stand with Ilhan': Support for Rep. Omar Spirals after Chant from Trump Crowd](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18087-i-stand-with-ilhan-support-for-rep-omar-spirals-after-chant-from-trump-crowd)

Written by Jake Johnson on July 18 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/72/054p-72fc663c.png&src=images/stories/July-2019/054p.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=b6d0d5f2) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18003-albania-s-self-consuming-corruption-undermining-path-to-eu-accession)### [Albania’s Self-Consuming Corruption Undermining Path to EU Accession](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18003-albania-s-self-consuming-corruption-undermining-path-to-eu-accession)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir & Arbana Xharra on July 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d1/054b-d14044df.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17999-our-immigrant-prisons-are-an-atrocity-children-are-dying)### [Our Immigrant Prisons Are an Atrocity … Children are Dying](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17999-our-immigrant-prisons-are-an-atrocity-children-are-dying)

Written by Lizet Ocampo on July 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ac/054j-ac6233c7.png&src=images/stories/July-2019/054j.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=4bc3c4ef) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17993-congress-loves-socialized-health-care-for-itself)### [Congress Loves Socialized Health Care … For Itself](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17993-congress-loves-socialized-health-care-for-itself)

Written by Jim Hightower on July 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bd/050z3-bd5ea9cc.png&src=images/stories/June-2019/050z3.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=8310eadc) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17908-celebrating-juneteenth-with-bold-new-ideas)### [Celebrating Juneteenth With Bold New Ideas](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17908-celebrating-juneteenth-with-bold-new-ideas)

Written by Jessicah Pierre on June 20 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/049e-6bc12c6f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17873-sorry-means-sometimes-having-to-admit-you-re-racist)### [Sorry Means Sometimes Having to Admit You're Racist](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17873-sorry-means-sometimes-having-to-admit-you-re-racist)

Written by Tony Norman on June 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/96/048t-9692ba5b.png&src=images/stories/June-2019/048t.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=71a70d7c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17858-insidious-discrimination-against-the-roma-is-europe-s-shame)### [Insidious Discrimination Against the Roma Is Europe’s Shame](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17858-insidious-discrimination-against-the-roma-is-europe-s-shame)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/048n-9f61dca9.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17854-ordinary-workers-now-have-to-work-centuries-to-make-what-their-ceos-make-in-a-year)### [Ordinary Workers Now Have to Work Centuries to Make What Their CEOs Make in a Year](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17854-ordinary-workers-now-have-to-work-centuries-to-make-what-their-ceos-make-in-a-year)

Written by Jim Hightower on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0a/046u-0a752d8b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17811-celebrating-pride-mindfully)### [Celebrating Pride, Mindfully](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17811-celebrating-pride-mindfully)

Written by Jill Richardson on June 06 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/50/046w-508fa561.png&src=images/stories/June-2019/046w.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=c81b21b3) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17807-are-republicans-happier-than-democrats-because-they-have-fewer-choices)### [Are Republicans Happier Than Democrats Because They Have Fewer Choices?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17807-are-republicans-happier-than-democrats-because-they-have-fewer-choices)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on June 06 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8b/046m-8b50bde6.png&src=images/stories/June-2019/046m.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=7625797e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17806-modernity-and-civilization-offer-no-shield-against-future-genocide)### [Modernity and Civilization Offer No Shield Against Future Genocide](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17806-modernity-and-civilization-offer-no-shield-against-future-genocide)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 06 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/046e-f9a8c053.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17805-this-is-an-emergency-we-need-the-democrats-to-act-like-it)### [This Is an Emergency. We Need the Democrats to Act Like It!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17805-this-is-an-emergency-we-need-the-democrats-to-act-like-it)

Written by Jake Johnson on June 06 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a0/045a-a0bf5e3c.png&src=images/stories/June-2019/045a.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=9e96e5ef) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17787-why-mueller-s-press-conference-in-fact-fell-flat)### [Why Mueller’s Press Conference In Fact Fell Flat](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17787-why-mueller-s-press-conference-in-fact-fell-flat)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on June 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fc/044f-fc11bdbc.png&src=images/stories/May-2019/044f.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=01ffbd1a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17763-putting-good-samaritans-behind-bars)### [Putting Good Samaritans Behind Bars](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17763-putting-good-samaritans-behind-bars)

Written by Jim Hightower on May 30 2019.

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