## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/072d-3e77bc12.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375) ### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375) September 10 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/073e-dc8fd595.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398) ### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398) September 10 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/072i-8e728952.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312) ### [Olympics: LA28’s Drip‑Drip‑Drip Tactics Leave Los Angeles Holding the Bag](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312) September 07 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/072b-884ad1a1.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396) ### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396) September 07 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/012a.png) ### Time To Redefine “Growth” As Public Good, Not Private Gain. 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Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [Will Voters Be Shopping For Safety When They Pick The Next Mayor?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23810:will-voters-be-shopping-for-safety-when-they-pick-the-next-mayor&catid=312) The winners, at both the mayoral and councilmanic levels, could be politicos that know such restrictive slogans as “defund the police” and “all cops… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/012d-fd4eae51.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23809:density-is-theft&catid=312)### [Urban Density is Theft](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23809:density-is-theft&catid=312) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 10 2022. 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