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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

August 20 2026

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August 17 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Rebuilding the Los Angeles Economy in the Pandemic

Written by Grace Yoo on September 10 2020.

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## [Showdown at CalPERS – Hoisted on Their Own Petard?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20386:showdown-at-calpers-hoisted-on-their-own-petard&catid=312)

At the upcoming September Board meeting, it seems that President Henry Jones, CEO Marcie Frost, and General Counsel Matthew Jacobs are going to try…

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Written by Eliot Cohen on September 10 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 10 2020.

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Written by Jill Richardson on September 10 2020.

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Written by Richard lee Abrams on September 10 2020.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on September 10 2020.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on September 07 2020.

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Written by Kenny Stancil on September 07 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 07 2020.

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Written by Claudia Bustamante on September 07 2020.

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Written by Liz Amsden on September 07 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ef/072l-ef63845d.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20363:labor-day-lesson-pandemic-proves-workers-need-unions&catid=312)### [Labor Day Lesson: Pandemic Proves Workers Need Unions](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20363:labor-day-lesson-pandemic-proves-workers-need-unions&catid=312)

Written by Cherri Senders on September 03 2020.

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Written by Joe Mathews on September 03 2020.

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Written by Grace Yoo on September 03 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 03 2020.

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Written by Tony Butka on September 03 2020.

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Written by Dick Platkin on September 03 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on September 03 2020.

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Written by Gloria Ohland on September 03 2020.

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