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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Critics Nervous about Prop 70 … Worry that It Will Bring Back Budget Gridlock

Written by Larry Buhl on May 17 2018.

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## [The ‘Tommy Lasorda of California Politics’ Seeks to Build Up Democratic Bench](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15448:the-tommy-lasorda-of-california-politics-seeks-to-build-up-democratic-bench&catid=312)

 So how do the midterm elections look in your District? Well, first let me explain to you what my district looks like. My district goes from th…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on May 17 2018.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on May 17 2018.

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Written by James O’Sullivan on May 17 2018.

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Written by David Gorn on May 17 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 17 2018.

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Written by Casey Maddren on May 17 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on May 17 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 14 2018.

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Written by Selena Inouye on May 17 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on May 17 2018.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on May 10 2018.

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Written by Julia Conley on May 10 2018.

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Written by David Bell on May 10 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 10 2018.

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Written by Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine on May 10 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on May 10 2018.

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Written by Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal on May 10 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on May 17 2018.

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