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#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Anti-Semitism Drum Just Keeps Pounding

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 18 2019.

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## [What Everyone Should Know Before Making a Planning Decision](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17484:what-everyone-should-know-before-making-a-planning-decision&catid=312)

This tool – CalEnviroscreen 3.0 Maps (screen shot above) – enables everyone to look at two characteristics – Pollution Burden and Population Burden a…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 15 2019.

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Written by Joe Mathews on April 15 2019.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on April 15 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 15 2019.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 15 2019.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on April 15 2019.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on April 15 2019.

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Written by Daniel Guss on April 15 2019.

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Written by Tim Deegan on April 15 2019.

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Written by Sue Pascoe on April 11 2019.

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Written by Shashi Hanuman / Doug Smith on April 11 2019.

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Written by S. Novi on April 11 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 11 2019.

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Written by The Time Editorial Board on April 11 2019.

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Written by Jill Stewart on April 11 2019.

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Written by Michele Hanisee on April 11 2019.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on April 11 2019.

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