## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/078f-f106f609.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33444-lahsa-is-gone-but-the-homeless-industrial-complex-lives-on) ### [LAHSA Is Gone, but the Homeless-Industrial-Complex Lives On](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33444-lahsa-is-gone-but-the-homeless-industrial-complex-lives-on) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/078b-bcdfc148.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33434-karen-bass-trails-in-reelection-race-can-she-turn-it-around) ### [Karen Bass Trails in Reelection Race — Can She Turn It Around?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33434-karen-bass-trails-in-reelection-race-can-she-turn-it-around) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/98/078p-98489d4f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/finance/33442-the-settlement-bill-nobody-is-managing-inside-los-angeles-countys-sheriff-litigation-tab) ### [The Settlement Bill Nobody Is Managing — Inside Los Angeles County's Sheriff Litigation Tab](https://mail.citywatchla.com/finance/33442-the-settlement-bill-nobody-is-managing-inside-los-angeles-countys-sheriff-litigation-tab) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/079q-c05f8bbc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) ### [Are Small Businesses And Workers Fighting Their True Adversary In The Fast-Food Battle?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) October 01 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7f/101l-7f9627fc.png) ### Standardized Tests Are Biased and Unhelpful Written by Jill Richardson on December 16 2019. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19015-standardized-tests-are-biased-and-unhelpful) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/101g-7530e945.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19013-passion-clouds-rational-thought)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 16 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [Passion Clouds Rational Thought](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19013-passion-clouds-rational-thought) That is why they based the nation on two principles: (1) individual inalienable rights and (2) a Republic. They wrote a constitution which expressly… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/101m-d453886a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19010-love-and-political-lessons-from-a-special-needs-rescue-dog)### [Love and Political Lessons from a Special Needs Rescue Dog](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19010-love-and-political-lessons-from-a-special-needs-rescue-dog) Written by Daniel Guss on December 16 2019. 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