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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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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Re: Article Entitled “Public’s Right to Know …”

Written by Editor on February 19 2018.

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## [Why 37 Major Progressive Groups from LA Oppose State-Level Pro-Gentrification Bill](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14938:why-37-major-progressive-groups-from-la-oppose-state-level-pro-gentrification-bill&catid=312)

On one side, in support, you have the bill’s author, State Senator Scott Wiener, a former lawyer and current career politician whose biggest funders…

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Written by Michael Cohen on February 19 2018.

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