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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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### Trump IS Waging War Against CA ... But Who Fired the First Shot?

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 12 2018.

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## [The Trumpster: Lies, Pays Off Hookers, Skirts the Law but … Keeps His Promises](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15055:the-trumpster-lies-pays-off-hookers-skirts-the-law-but-keeps-his-promises&catid=312)

He insults our allies; antagonizes our enemies; trashes the office of the presidency. He disrespects the rule of law, the courts, the media, thesep…

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Written by Dick Platkin on March 12 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on March 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/020j-a0fc8758.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15051:getting-weary-of-foreign-investors-driving-up-real-estate-in-your-california-neighborhood&catid=312)### [Getting Weary of Foreign Investors Driving Up Real Estate In Your California Neighborhood?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15051:getting-weary-of-foreign-investors-driving-up-real-estate-in-your-california-neighborhood&catid=312)

Written by Matt Levin on March 12 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on March 12 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on March 12 2018.

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Written by Dan Walters on March 12 2018.

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Written by S. Novi on March 12 2018.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on March 08 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on March 12 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 05 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/019e-a5d50897.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15031:the-race-for-governor-could-turn-on-which-city-californians-loath-the-most-la-or-san-francisco&catid=312)### [The Race for Governor Could Turn on Which City Californians Loath the Most: LA or San Francisco](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15031:the-race-for-governor-could-turn-on-which-city-californians-loath-the-most-la-or-san-francisco&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on March 05 2018.

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Written by Sara Corcoran on March 12 2018.

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Written by Russ Tilleman on March 05 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on March 05 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on March 05 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on March 05 2018.

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Written by Chris Reed on March 05 2018.

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