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### DWP will Stop Providing ‘Idle Meter Reports’ to Planning … Reports that Spur Evictions

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## [Forget Calexit: CA Legislators Busy Pushing Back Against Trump](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13359:forget-calexit-ca-legislators-busy-pushing-back-against-trump&catid=312)

 The Wall On June 1, the California State Senate approved Senate Bill 30, which would prevent the state of California from entering or renewing a…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on June 05 2017.

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Written by Jon Queally on June 05 2017.

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Written by Sally Collins on June 05 2017.

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Written by Craig Aaron on June 05 2017.

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Written by Karen Wolfe on June 05 2017.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on June 05 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 05 2017.

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Written by Dick Platkin on June 01 2017.

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Written by Tony Butka on June 01 2017.

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Written by Janet Denise Kelly on June 01 2017.

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Written by Zelda Bronstein on June 01 2017.

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Written by Joe Mathews on June 01 2017.

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Written by General Jeff on June 01 2017.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on June 01 2017.

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Written by Gabriel Thompson on June 01 2017.

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