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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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### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398)

September 10 2026

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### [Olympics: LA28’s Drip‑Drip‑Drip Tactics Leave Los Angeles Holding the Bag](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312)

September 07 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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### Listen Up County Supes! Rethink the Marina Dock 52 Project, You are the People’s Voice

Written by Joshua Preven and Eric Preven on September 22 2016.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2016/077i.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11843:it-s-called-a-bonin-and-it-s-destroying-los-angeles-as-we-know-it&catid=312)Written by Tony Butka on September 22 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [It’s Called a ‘Bonin’ and It’s Destroying Los Angeles as We Know It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11843:it-s-called-a-bonin-and-it-s-destroying-los-angeles-as-we-know-it&catid=312)

EASTSIDER-Every so often I forget that there is City Hall villainy over and beyond the Northeast’s very own trio of Jose Huizar, Gilbert Cedillo, and…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/077j-6a2965e5.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11842:getting-to-the-game-how-to-make-the-rams-fans-winners&catid=312)### [Getting to the Game: How to Make the Rams (Fans) Winners](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11842:getting-to-the-game-how-to-make-the-rams-fans-winners&catid=312)

Written by Joe Linton on September 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/077k-83372961.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11841:exposed-powerful-la-developer-may-bulldoze-historic-amoeba-music-building&catid=312)### [Exposed! Powerful LA Developer May Bulldoze Historic Amoeba Music Building](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11841:exposed-powerful-la-developer-may-bulldoze-historic-amoeba-music-building&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on September 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f5/077m-f5238afc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11840:ignorance-is-bliss-everybody-talks-about-development-few-know-what-it-is&catid=312)### [Ignorance is Bliss: Everybody Talks about Development, Few Know What It Is](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11840:ignorance-is-bliss-everybody-talks-about-development-few-know-what-it-is&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on September 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/077o-df2fadcb.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11838:city-hall-good-liars-bad-service&catid=312)### [City Hall: Good Liars, Bad Service](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11838:city-hall-good-liars-bad-service&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on September 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2e/077p-2e3f81c3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11837:an-uncalled-for-question&catid=312)### [An Uncalled for Question](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11837:an-uncalled-for-question&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/078t-74a43398.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11833:california-s-boom-is-poised-to-go-bust-while-liberals-dream-of-scandinavia-on-the-pacific&catid=312)### [California’s Boom Is Poised to Go Bust … While Liberals' Dream of Scandinavia on the Pacific](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11833:california-s-boom-is-poised-to-go-bust-while-liberals-dream-of-scandinavia-on-the-pacific&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/078u-4d439006.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11832:california-no-such-thing-as-non-partisan-redistricting-including-la-county&catid=312)### [California: No Such Thing as Non-Partisan Redistricting … Including LA County](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11832:california-no-such-thing-as-non-partisan-redistricting-including-la-county&catid=312)

Written by Tony Quinn on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/078b-073b031e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11831:los-angeles-is-doomed-unless-angelenos-act-to-stop-densification&catid=312)### [Los Angeles is Doomed Unless Angelenos Act to Stop Densification](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11831:los-angeles-is-doomed-unless-angelenos-act-to-stop-densification&catid=312)

Written by Michael Wilson on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/078f-c074e675.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11828:the-california-system-education-by-lottery&catid=312)### [The California System: Education by Lottery](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11828:the-california-system-education-by-lottery&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/078g-fb32b90b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11827:taxing-the-overtaxed-paying-in-dollars-and-stress&catid=312)### [Taxing the Overtaxed … Paying in Dollars and Stress ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11827:taxing-the-overtaxed-paying-in-dollars-and-stress&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/078j-8ed5653a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11825:president-wesson-la-s-fabricator-in-chief&catid=312)### [President Wesson: LA’s Fabricator-in-Chief](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11825:president-wesson-la-s-fabricator-in-chief&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/14/078k-14d52b1b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11824:los-angeles-homeless-field-of-dreams&catid=312)### [Los Angeles: Homeless’ Field of Dreams](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11824:los-angeles-homeless-field-of-dreams&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/078l-dd176291.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11823:la-city-council-s-secret-deal-to-buy-4-400-tasers-do-they-really-work&catid=312)### [LA City Council’s Secret Deal to Buy 4,400 Tasers – Do They Really Work?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11823:la-city-council-s-secret-deal-to-buy-4-400-tasers-do-they-really-work&catid=312)

Written by Joshua Preven and Eric Preven on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5f/078n-5fc2e93a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11822:is-the-california-coastline-in-danger-does-it-matter&catid=312)### [Is the California Coastline in Danger? Does it Matter?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11822:is-the-california-coastline-in-danger-does-it-matter&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on September 19 2016.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/078q-4256f31c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11820:chase-knolls-a-popular-post-war-apartment-complex-faces-the-battle-of-its-life&catid=312)### [Chase Knolls: A Popular Post-War Apartment Complex Faces the Battle of Its Life](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11820:chase-knolls-a-popular-post-war-apartment-complex-faces-the-battle-of-its-life&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/075a-8c0fa36b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11817:working-class-struggles-in-socal-symbolize-blue-collar-blues-across-america&catid=312)### [Working-Class Struggles in SoCal Symbolize Blue-Collar Blues Across America](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11817:working-class-struggles-in-socal-symbolize-blue-collar-blues-across-america&catid=312)

Written by Bill Boyarsky on September 15 2016.

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Written by Dick Platkin on September 15 2016.

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