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### [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)

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Donald Trump is Making Americans Accomplices in Mass Murder

Written by Richard Lee on April 20 2020.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19625:donald-trump-is-making-americans-accomplices-in-mass-murder&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b2/032f-b214f896.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19620:the-wimby-s-wall-street-in-my-backyard-are-taking-advantage-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-to-enrich-themselves&catid=312)Written by Dick Platkin on April 16 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [The WIMBY’S (Wall Street in my Backyard) are Taking Advantage of the Covid-19 Pandemic to Enrich Themselves](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19620:the-wimby-s-wall-street-in-my-backyard-are-taking-advantage-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-to-enrich-themselves&catid=312)

Whether corporate real estate shills or their understudies in local AstroTurf organizations, the WIMBYs spin tall tales to justify special treatment…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/17/032i-17cfaa1b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19618:the-truth-about-lacers-the-lacers-board-part-2&catid=312)### [The Truth About LACERS - The LACERS Board - Part 2](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19618:the-truth-about-lacers-the-lacers-board-part-2&catid=312)

Written by Tom Moutes on April 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/82/032k-82906cbc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19617:the-president-is-trying-to-use-the-coronavirus-crisis-to-kill-the-public-postal-service-we-can-t-let-him&catid=312)### [The President is Trying to Use the Coronavirus Crisis to Kill the Public Postal Service. We Can’t Let Him!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19617:the-president-is-trying-to-use-the-coronavirus-crisis-to-kill-the-public-postal-service-we-can-t-let-him&catid=312)

Written by Sarah Anderson on April 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/032q-0b37f71a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19616:covid-19-or-the-calpers-board-which-is-worse&catid=312)### [COVID-19 or the CalPERS Board - Which is Worse?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19616:covid-19-or-the-calpers-board-which-is-worse&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on April 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1e/032p-1ecaff67.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19614:does-density-equal-virus-death&catid=312)### [Does Density Equal Virus (Death)?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19614:does-density-equal-virus-death&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on April 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/032n-b962af9c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19613:infill-this-urban-planning-will-never-be-the-same-after-covid-19&catid=312)### [‘Infill’ THIS: Urban Planning Will Never Be the Same After COVID-19](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19613:infill-this-urban-planning-will-never-be-the-same-after-covid-19&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/032r-34ec38b8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19612:abrupt-ecosystem-collapse&catid=312)### [Abrupt Ecosystem Collapse](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19612:abrupt-ecosystem-collapse&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on April 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/032j-61302888.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19610:the-real-reason-nancy-pelosi-does-not-want-to-nixonize-trump&catid=312)### [The Real Reason Nancy Pelosi Does Not Want to ‘Nixonize’ Trump](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19610:the-real-reason-nancy-pelosi-does-not-want-to-nixonize-trump&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b8/031m-b8e2efd1.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19603:failed-assumptions-failed-leadership&catid=312)### [Failed Assumptions! Failed Leadership!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19603:failed-assumptions-failed-leadership&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on April 13 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/51/031h-512b980c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19602:mulholland-project-shows-that-developers-are-still-calling-the-shots&catid=312)### [Mulholland Project Shows that Developers are Still Calling the Shots](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19602:mulholland-project-shows-that-developers-are-still-calling-the-shots&catid=312)

Written by Casey Maddren on April 13 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/031f-d63253e7.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19600:the-truth-about-lacers-the-city-s-annual-contribution&catid=312)### [The Truth About LACERS – The City’s Annual Contribution](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19600:the-truth-about-lacers-the-city-s-annual-contribution&catid=312)

Written by Tom Moutes on April 13 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/89/031o-89546075.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19599:dr-tedros-w-h-o-do-you-really-represent&catid=312)### [Dr. Tedros: W.H.O. Do You Really Represent?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19599:dr-tedros-w-h-o-do-you-really-represent&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on April 13 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ec/031n-ecc7373a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19598:englander-indictment-avoids-shining-a-light-on-city-council-vote-trading-system&catid=312)### [Englander Indictment Avoids Shining a Light on City Council Vote Trading System](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19598:englander-indictment-avoids-shining-a-light-on-city-council-vote-trading-system&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 13 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/31/031j-31e1a829.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19597:goodbye-bing-theater-i-will-miss-you&catid=312)### [Goodbye Bing Theater, I Will Miss You](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19597:goodbye-bing-theater-i-will-miss-you&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Hetz on April 13 2020.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 13 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on April 13 2020.

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Written by Tony Butka on April 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/87/030q-876f3e86.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19584:and-the-coronavirus-turns-some-more-does-racism-still-exist-in-2020-america&catid=312)### [And the Coronavirus Turns Some More: Does Racism Still Exist in 2020 America?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19584:and-the-coronavirus-turns-some-more-does-racism-still-exist-in-2020-america&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on April 09 2020.

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 09 2020.

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