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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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### A Los Angeles (Rambling) State of Mind

Written by Denyse Selesnick on April 24 2017.

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## [March For Science ... More Like a War AGAINST Science!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13088:march-for-science-more-like-a-war-against-science&catid=312)

LEANING RIGHT--The problem with fascists is that they can't be disabused of the fact that they're not always right. And the problem with those who t…

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Written by Daniel Guss on April 24 2017.

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Written by Sarah Blanch on April 24 2017.

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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 24 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on April 24 2017.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 24 2017.

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Written by CityWatch on April 20 2017.

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Written by Karen Wolfe on April 20 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on April 20 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 20 2017.

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Written by Tony Butka on April 20 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on April 20 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d7/15032n-d71bda67.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13064:skid-row-voice-dlanc-has-history-of-ignoring-skid-row-division-among-sr-leadership&catid=312)### [Skid Row Voice: ‘DLANC Has History of Ignoring Skid Row’ … Division Among SR Leadership](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13064:skid-row-voice-dlanc-has-history-of-ignoring-skid-row-division-among-sr-leadership&catid=312)

Written by Yvonne Michelle Autry on April 20 2017.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 20 2017.

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Written by David Bell on April 20 2017.

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 20 2017.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 17 2017.

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Written by Brigette Kidd on April 17 2017.

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Written by Robert Dodge on April 17 2017.

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