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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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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Are LAAS Animal Welfare Trust Funds Being Misused?

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on March 04 2019.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/73/019j-73509f71.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17210:la-s-mountain-lions-are-not-fireproof&catid=312)Written by Tim Deegan on March 04 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [LA’s Mountain Lions Are Not Fireproof](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17210:la-s-mountain-lions-are-not-fireproof&catid=312)

The recent big fire closed canyon passes and the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, to continue this natural destruction. The size and scope of the fir…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/019p-5a07ac44.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17209:how-fiduciary-flimflams-can-abuse-the-elderly-and-the-rest-of-us&catid=312)### [How Fiduciary Flimflams Can Abuse the Elderly … and the Rest of Us](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17209:how-fiduciary-flimflams-can-abuse-the-elderly-and-the-rest-of-us&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/019h-2d909b2d.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17208:thank-you-paul-koretz-for-asserting-la-s-right-to-zone-build-and-incentivize-affordable-housing&catid=312)### [Thank You, Paul Koretz, For Asserting LA's Right to Zone, Build, and Incentivize Affordable Housing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17208:thank-you-paul-koretz-for-asserting-la-s-right-to-zone-build-and-incentivize-affordable-housing&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/019k-32177794.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17207:is-fox-news-the-national-enquirer-of-cable&catid=312)### [Is Fox News the National Enquirer of Cable?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17207:is-fox-news-the-national-enquirer-of-cable&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on March 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/36/019u-36aae41c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17206:calling-out-city-hall-s-green-hypocrisy&catid=312)### [Calling Out City Hall’s “Green” Hypocrisy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17206:calling-out-city-hall-s-green-hypocrisy&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on March 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/019a-dea251c8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17204:why-the-2015-paris-climate-agreement-sucks&catid=312)### [Why the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement Sucks](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17204:why-the-2015-paris-climate-agreement-sucks&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on March 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/018f-b5624faa.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17197:starving-kids-won-t-help-them-study&catid=312)### [Starving Kids Won’t Help Them Study](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17197:starving-kids-won-t-help-them-study&catid=312)

Written by Jill Richardson on February 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/018a-6e440bdc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17195:who-s-to-blame-in-a-nation-and-a-city-where-lying-is-ubiquitous&catid=312)### [Who’s to Blame in a Nation (and a City) Where Lying Is Ubiquitous?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17195:who-s-to-blame-in-a-nation-and-a-city-where-lying-is-ubiquitous&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6f/018j-6ffd1142.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17192:isn-t-it-time-for-california-buy-disaster-insurance&catid=312)### [Isn’t It Time for California Buy Disaster Insurance?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17192:isn-t-it-time-for-california-buy-disaster-insurance&catid=312)

Written by Judy Lin on February 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/71/018g-71543557.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17191:should-we-lower-the-voting-age-california-and-oregon-are-the-latest-states-to-try&catid=312)### [Should We Lower the Voting Age? California and Oregon Are the Latest States to Try.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17191:should-we-lower-the-voting-age-california-and-oregon-are-the-latest-states-to-try&catid=312)

Written by Kelley Czaika on February 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d7/018o-d750aa35.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17190:companies-that-work-with-ice-could-lose-california-contracts&catid=312)### [Companies That Work with ICE Could Lose California Contracts](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17190:companies-that-work-with-ice-could-lose-california-contracts&catid=312)

Written by Massoud Hayoun on February 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8d/018m-8d21ac87.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17189:ignoring-parking-demands-makes-sense-when-you-realize-la-despises-its-residents&catid=312)### [Ignoring Parking Demands Makes Sense When You Realize LA Despises Its Residents](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17189:ignoring-parking-demands-makes-sense-when-you-realize-la-despises-its-residents&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 28 2019.

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Written by Abby Zimet on February 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/018q-b925d63a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17187:charter-schools-hedge-funds-and-why-jackie-goldberg-s-election-to-lausd-district-5-is-so-important&catid=312)### [Charter Schools, Hedge Funds and Why Jackie Goldberg’s Election to LAUSD District 5 is So Important](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17187:charter-schools-hedge-funds-and-why-jackie-goldberg-s-election-to-lausd-district-5-is-so-important&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on February 28 2019.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on February 28 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f8/017o-f897d45a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17172:global-warming-s-monster-awakens&catid=312)### [Global Warming’s Monster Awakens](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17172:global-warming-s-monster-awakens&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on February 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/017v-8f9b9c9b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17171:adding-feral-cats-and-toxoplasmosis-to-typhus-risk-at-la-city-hall-is-not-a-joke&catid=312)### [Adding Feral Cats and Toxoplasmosis to Typhus Risk at LA City Hall is Not a Joke](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17171:adding-feral-cats-and-toxoplasmosis-to-typhus-risk-at-la-city-hall-is-not-a-joke&catid=312)

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on February 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/11/017u-1197c7b8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17170:ca-senator-wiener-s-resurrection-program-falling-flat&catid=312)### [CA Senator Wiener’s Resurrection Program Falling Flat](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17170:ca-senator-wiener-s-resurrection-program-falling-flat&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on February 25 2019.

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