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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)

September 03 2026

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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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### [As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33308:as-california-debated-sharing-data-on-drivers-homeland-security-subpoenaed-17-million-records&catid=425)

September 03 2026

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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)

September 07 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Black History Month: The Perfect Time to Revisit Civil Rights (and Responsibilities)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 01 2018.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14804:black-history-month-the-perfect-time-to-revisit-civil-rights-and-responsibilities&catid=312)

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## [A California Trend Worth Catching: Debt Free College Education](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14801:a-california-trend-worth-catching-debt-free-college-education&catid=312)

But Californians are now in the vanguard to fix the serious problem of how to pay for public higher education. Over 44 million households in the U.S…

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Written by Paul Hatfield on January 29 2018.

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Written by David Crane on January 29 2018.

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Written by Joe Mathews on January 29 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on January 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/62/1609p-629e0778.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14780:making-los-angeles-great-again-when-quality-of-life-mattered&catid=312)### [Making Los Angeles Great Again … When Quality of Life Mattered](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14780:making-los-angeles-great-again-when-quality-of-life-mattered&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 29 2018.

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Written by Dennis Hathaway on January 29 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on January 29 2018.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on December 31 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ab/1609w-ab963e6c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14774:civil-rights-and-our-trains-teaching-riders-to-behave-civilly&catid=312)### [Civil Rights and Our Trains: Teaching Riders to Behave Civilly! ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14774:civil-rights-and-our-trains-teaching-riders-to-behave-civilly&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/1609y-2d434ee9.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14773:as-the-la-times-implodes-abc-7-looks-to-be-the-mayor-s-next-press-agent&catid=312)### [As the LA Times Implodes, ABC-7 Looks to be the Mayor’s Next ‘Press Agent’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14773:as-the-la-times-implodes-abc-7-looks-to-be-the-mayor-s-next-press-agent&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on January 29 2018.

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Written by Massoud Hayoun on January 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/1608c-d8855fe4.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14768:who-ya-gonna-call-ghost-muckrakers-no-citywatch&catid=312)### [Who Ya Gonna Call … Ghost Muckrakers? No, CityWatch!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14768:who-ya-gonna-call-ghost-muckrakers-no-citywatch&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on January 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5d/1608d-5d54c9a3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14767:where-have-all-the-millennials-gone-long-time-passing&catid=312)### [Where have All the Millennials Gone… ‘Long Time Passing’?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14767:where-have-all-the-millennials-gone-long-time-passing&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 25 2018.

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Written by David Bell on January 29 2018.

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Written by Doug Epperhart on January 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/1608j-7d5eaf2e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14763:stumped-and-trumped-by-the-city&catid=312)### [Stumped and Trumped By the City ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14763:stumped-and-trumped-by-the-city&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/1608l-0bbabf4e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14761:jerry-brown-s-big-idea-for-upskilling-workers&catid=312)### [Jerry Brown's Big Idea for Upskilling Workers](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14761:jerry-brown-s-big-idea-for-upskilling-workers&catid=312)

Written by Michael Bernick on January 25 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/1608m-15f6e672.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14760:it-s-time-to-rethink-what-we-consider-an-oscar-performance&catid=312)### [It’s Time to Rethink What We Consider an Oscar Performance](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14760:it-s-time-to-rethink-what-we-consider-an-oscar-performance&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Jacobs on January 29 2018.

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