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### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Real Estate Tycoons Beckon, Eric Garcetti Caves … Again

Written by Dick Platkin on February 26 2018.

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## [‘Might Makes Right’ in the Predatory U.S. Judicial System](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14981:might-makes-right-in-the-predatory-u-s-judicial-system&catid=312)

We need to admit that a predatory culture elects a pussy-grabber as President. Predators elect someone who mocks disabled people and who openly urges…

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Written by Ileana Wachtel on February 26 2018.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 26 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on February 26 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on February 26 2018.

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Written by Ben Christopher on February 26 2018.

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Written by Larry Buhl on February 26 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 26 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on February 26 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 26 2018.

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Written by Pastor Anthony L. Williams on February 26 2018.

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Written by David Bell on February 26 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on February 26 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on February 26 2018.

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Written by Dan Walters on February 22 2018.

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Written by Wendell Cox on February 26 2018.

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Written by Sara Corcoran on February 23 2018.

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