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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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### [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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Ghoulishness Envelops Arkansas’ Mass Execution Schedule

Written by Stephen Cooper on April 17 2017.

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## [Judicial Corruption: Still Pandemic in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13048:judicial-corruption-still-pandemic-in-california&catid=312)

CORRUPTION WATCH-When medicine bottles are filled with poison, people die. The most famous incident was in October 1982, when someone laced Tylenol c…

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Written by Grace Yoo and Dianne Lawrence on April 17 2017.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/15031n-7ee3ced0.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13042:exposed-mayor-and-la-council-redirecting-funds-you-approved-for-the-homeless-and-the-silence-is-deafening&catid=312)### [Exposed: Mayor and LA Council ‘Redirecting’ Funds You Approved for the Homeless … and the Silence is Deafening](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13042:exposed-mayor-and-la-council-redirecting-funds-you-approved-for-the-homeless-and-the-silence-is-deafening&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/57/15031q-571b3f6e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13039:what-s-up-with-this-california-leads-world-in-solar-power-but-electricity-rates-highest&catid=312)### [What’s Up with This? California Leads World in Solar Power but … Electricity Rates Highest](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13039:what-s-up-with-this-california-leads-world-in-solar-power-but-electricity-rates-highest&catid=312)

Written by Juan Cole on April 17 2017.

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Written by Bill Raden on April 17 2017.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on April 13 2017.

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Written by Bill Raden on April 13 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on April 13 2017.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 13 2017.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 13 2017.

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Written by General Jeff on April 13 2017.

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Written by Tony Butka on April 13 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on April 13 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 13 2017.

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Written by Joe Mathews on April 13 2017.

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Written by Ken Draper on April 10 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 10 2017.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on April 10 2017.

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