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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)

September 10 2026

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### [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

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### [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)

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### [$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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### How Prepared are You?

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on July 08 2019.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18015:how-prepared-are-you&catid=312)

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## [Sacramento’s Big Push: Where are These Housing Numbers Coming From?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18014:sacramento-s-big-push-where-are-these-housing-numbers-coming-from&catid=312)

Now I realize I was a fool to believe that. Really, it all comes down to how you frame the debate, and the facts don't actually matter. You start out…

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Written by Joel Kotkin & Marshall Toplansky on July 08 2019.

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Written by Harvey Wasserman on July 08 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/055c-c8564abf.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18011:when-the-big-one-comes-what-will-los-angeles-have-done-to-minimize-the-panic-and-control-the-chaos&catid=312)### [When the ‘Big One’ Comes … What Will Los Angeles have Done to Minimize the Panic and Control the Chaos?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18011:when-the-big-one-comes-what-will-los-angeles-have-done-to-minimize-the-panic-and-control-the-chaos&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on July 08 2019.

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Written by Maj. Danny Sjursen on July 03 2019.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on July 03 2019.

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Written by Chris Rowe on July 03 2019.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on July 03 2019.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on July 03 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/054n-07838366.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17996:angelenos-let-s-declare-independence-from-measure-hhh&catid=312)### [Angelenos – Let’s Declare Independence from Measure HHH!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17996:angelenos-let-s-declare-independence-from-measure-hhh&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on July 03 2019.

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Written by Paula Kahn on July 03 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 01 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/84/053i-843a412a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17980:the-global-trade-battle-is-at-the-doorsteps-of-the-local-economy&catid=312)### [The Global Trade Battle is at the Doorsteps of the Local Economy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17980:the-global-trade-battle-is-at-the-doorsteps-of-the-local-economy&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on July 01 2019.

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Written by Daniel Guss on July 01 2019.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on July 01 2019.

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Written by Greg Nelson on July 01 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 01 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/053p-db780ed9.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17974:critical-city-council-vote-could-destroy-latino-neighborhoods-along-the-los-angeles-river&catid=312)### [Critical City Council Vote Could Destroy Latino Neighborhoods Along the Los Angeles River](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17974:critical-city-council-vote-could-destroy-latino-neighborhoods-along-the-los-angeles-river&catid=312)

Written by Carrie Sutkin on July 01 2019.

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