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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 10 2026

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September 10 2026

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### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Who Are The Out-of-Town Billionaires Trying To Defeat Steve Zimmer?

Written by Peter Dreier on May 13 2017.

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## [Joe Bray-Ali … A Slow Motion Train Wreck](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13211:joe-bray-ali-a-slow-motion-train-wreck&catid=312)

BELL’S VIEW--The other day a video posted on Facebook drew my attention. In it, a motorcycle moves in slow motion toward the middle of an intersectio…

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Written by Aura Bogado on May 11 2017.

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Written by Jerald Podair on May 11 2017.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on May 11 2017.

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Written by Tony Butka on May 11 2017.

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Written by Sara Roos on May 11 2017.

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Written by Jerry Gaines on May 11 2017.

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Written by Michael Cohen on May 11 2017.

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Written by Dick Platkin on May 11 2017.

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Written by CityWatch on May 11 2017.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on May 11 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 11 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 08 2017.

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Written by General Jeff on May 08 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on May 08 2017.

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Written by Transparent California Report on May 08 2017.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on May 08 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 11 2017.

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Written by Daniel Guss on May 08 2017.

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