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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

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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)

August 31 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Embracing Need for ‘WWII Style’ Mobilization, California Set to Go to War on Climate

Written by Jake Johnson on June 22 2017.

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## [LA Homelessness … and Rents … Will Skyrocket Under New Housing Proposals](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13463:la-homelessness-and-rents-will-skyrocket-under-new-housing-proposals&catid=312)

The proposals, heard on June 21 by the City Council Housing Committee, continue to favor developers, fail to stem the displacement of at-risk familie…

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on June 22 2017.

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Written by John Mirisch on June 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/28/050r-2810fa80.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13459:the-couch-steals-another-one-for-the-bad-guys&catid=312)### [The Couch Steals Another One for the Bad Guys](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13459:the-couch-steals-another-one-for-the-bad-guys&catid=312)

Written by David Bell on June 22 2017.

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Written by Dick Platkin on June 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/66/050w-66d963ff.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13453:westfield-not-such-a-good-neighbor-to-some-village-tenants&catid=312)### [Westfield: Not Such a Good Neighbor to Some ‘Village’ Tenants](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13453:westfield-not-such-a-good-neighbor-to-some-village-tenants&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on June 22 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on June 19 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 19 2017.

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Written by Tim Deegan on June 19 2017.

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Written by Phyllis Daugherty on June 19 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on June 19 2017.

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Written by Joe Mathews on June 19 2017.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on June 19 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 19 2017.

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Written by Don Dwiggins on June 19 2017.

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Written by Marc Joffe on June 19 2017.

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Written by Ryan Snyder on June 19 2017.

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Written by Tony Butka on June 15 2017.

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