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#  LOS ANGELES

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### The City Council Wants to Give RSO Housing to Airbnb

Written by Tony Butka on July 09 2020.

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## [Police Reform Hasn’t Stopped the Killings Before in Los Angeles. It Won’t Now Either.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20063:police-reform-hasn-t-stopped-the-killings-before-in-los-angeles-it-won-t-now-either&catid=312)

Democrats assembled in their usual formation to say it did not go far enough. But amid crystal-clear calls from protesters in the streets to defund t…

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on July 09 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on July 09 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 09 2020.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on July 09 2020.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on July 09 2020.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 09 2020.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on July 06 2020.

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Written by Caroline Aguirre on July 06 2020.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on July 06 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on July 06 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 06 2020.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on July 06 2020.

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Written by Mary A Fischer on May 14 2021.

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Written by Kevin Suscavage on July 06 2020.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 06 2020.

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Written by Dennis Hathaway on July 02 2020.

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Written by Jill Richardson on July 02 2020.

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