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### From Beaches to Ballots: A Summer Checkup on Los Angeles

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## [Gavin Newson and the Wealth Tax. Hypocrisy laced with Presidential Aspiration?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32935:gavin-newson-and-the-wealth-tax-hypocrisy-laced-with-presidential-aspiration&catid=327)

WESTSIDE - Days after the June 2nd Primary, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) went on the record with a host of other statewide Democrats opposing…

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Written by Nick Antonicello on June 25 2026.

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Written by Nick Antonicello on June 22 2026.

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