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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

August 03 2026

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### In a Groper-Trump Political Climate Will Jose Huizar’s Scandals Derail a Run for Congress?

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on December 05 2016.

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## [Thoroughly Unqualified Ben Carson Has No Business Running America’s Housing Program … LA at Risk](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12236:thoroughly-unqualified-ben-carson-has-no-business-running-america-s-housing-program-la-at-risk&catid=312)

GUEST COMMENTARY--The Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) has expressed deep concern and outrage at President-Elect Donald Trump's announcement tod…

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Written by Jasmyne Cannick on December 05 2016.

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Written by Nadia Prupis on December 05 2016.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on December 05 2016.

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Written by Sara Roos on December 05 2016.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 01 2016.

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Written by Bobbi Murray on December 01 2016.

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Written by Jonathan Friedland on December 01 2016.

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Written by Robert Reich on December 01 2016.

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Written by Patrick Atwater on December 01 2016.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 01 2016.

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Written by Tony Butka on December 01 2016.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 01 2016.

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Written by Dennis Zine on December 01 2016.

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Written by Cathaleen Chen on December 01 2016.

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Written by Mayor’s Office on December 01 2016.

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Written by Carlyle Hall on December 01 2016.

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Written by Joe Linton on December 01 2016.

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