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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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### Burned Out On Scandal

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 20 2018.

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## [Merry Christmas PG&E: Here’s Your Billion-Dollar Stocking Stuffer](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16756:merry-christmas-pg-e-here-s-your-billion-dollar-stocking-stuffer&catid=312)

Chris Holden spoke before an audience of roughly sixty constituents, employees, and party-goers in a little tent behind his office building early Thu…

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 13 2018.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on December 13 2018.

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Written by Dave DePinto on December 13 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on December 20 2018.

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Written by Trent Lange and Kati Phillips on December 13 2018.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on December 13 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on December 13 2018.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on December 20 2018.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on December 13 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/099a-c0fcca7e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16723:abuse-of-power-spineless-republicans-do-nothing-but-the-people-and-the-free-press-have-had-enough&catid=312)### [Abuse of Power: Spineless Republicans Do NOTHING, but the People and the Free Press Have Had ENOUGH!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16723:abuse-of-power-spineless-republicans-do-nothing-but-the-people-and-the-free-press-have-had-enough&catid=312)

Written by S. Novi on December 13 2018.

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Written by James Preston Allen on December 13 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 13 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/099n-0c32cfab.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16718:do-we-pay-for-our-roads-once-or-do-we-choose-to-be-a-dunce&catid=312)### [Do We Pay For Our Roads Once? Or Do We Choose to Be a Dunce?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16718:do-we-pay-for-our-roads-once-or-do-we-choose-to-be-a-dunce&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 13 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ec/099i-ec58d499.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16717:tejon-ranch-s-centennial-a-fiscal-and-fire-disaster-waiting-to-happen-for-la-county&catid=312)### [Tejon Ranch’s Centennial: A Fiscal and Fire Disaster Waiting to Happen for LA County](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16717:tejon-ranch-s-centennial-a-fiscal-and-fire-disaster-waiting-to-happen-for-la-county&catid=312)

Written by Jack Eidt on December 13 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/099u-dec879b8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16716:at-the-core-of-the-studio-city-brouhaha-the-city-department-s-ineptitude-and-the-manager-s-arrogance&catid=312)### [At the Core of the Studio City Brouhaha: The City Department’s Ineptitude and the Manager’s Arrogance](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16716:at-the-core-of-the-studio-city-brouhaha-the-city-department-s-ineptitude-and-the-manager-s-arrogance&catid=312)

Written by Stu Miller on December 13 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on December 13 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on December 13 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/099d-fd618db5.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16713:when-is-an-employee-not-an-employee-state-legislature-takes-a-look-at-ca-s-gig-economy&catid=312)### [When is an Employee Not an Employee? State Legislature Takes a Look at CA’s Gig Economy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16713:when-is-an-employee-not-an-employee-state-legislature-takes-a-look-at-ca-s-gig-economy&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on December 13 2018.

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