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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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### Loser Trump: Uniquely Awful and at the Tipping Point

Written by Doug Epperhart on December 14 2017.

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## [USC Equity ‘Mavens’ Promote Spending on Expensive Mass Transit and Housing that Benefit the Rich](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14522:usc-equity-mavens-promote-spending-on-expensive-mass-transit-and-housing-that-benefit-the-rich&catid=312)

The Declaration of Independence addressed the power issue by proclaiming that all persons have certain inalienable rights including life, liberty and…

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Written by Jay Marks on December 11 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on December 11 2017.

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Written by Scott Silverstein on December 11 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 11 2017.

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Written by Eric Holthaus on December 11 2017.

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Written by Laurel Rosenhall on December 11 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 11 2017.

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Written by Tim Deegan on December 11 2017.

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Written by Kate Wheeling on December 07 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on December 07 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 07 2017.

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Written by Jorge Castañeda on December 07 2017.

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Written by Dick Platkin on December 07 2017.

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Written by Dennis Zine on December 07 2017.

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Written by Zelda Bronstein on December 07 2017.

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Written by David Bell on December 07 2017.

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Written by Tony Butka on December 07 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 07 2017.

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