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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)

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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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Hard to Tell the Extremists from … Well, the Extremists

Written by Ken Alpern on May 02 2016.

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## [Designs for LA’s Pershing Square: ‘Different’, ‘Overwhelming’ but, Look Out for the Well Worn ‘X’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11030:designs-for-la-s-pershing-square-different-overwhelming-but-look-out-for-the-well-worn-x&catid=312)

Half-way into one very long presentation, my Facebook page suddenly seemed … a lot more compelling. And as the next presenter approached the mike, a…

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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 02 2016.

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Written by General Jeff on May 02 2016.

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Written by Leron Gubler on May 02 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/036r-609ec170.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11022:a-connecticut-yankee-blessed-to-be-in-california&catid=312)### [A Connecticut Yankee: Blessed to be in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11022:a-connecticut-yankee-blessed-to-be-in-california&catid=312)

Written by John Ogden on May 02 2016.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 28 2016.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 28 2016.

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Written by Tony Butka on April 28 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/035p-96c4ebe4.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11015:la-s-new-planning-reform-overlooks-serious-roadblock-city-s-credibility-problem&catid=312)### [LA’s New Planning Reform Overlooks Serious Roadblock: City’s Credibility Problem](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11015:la-s-new-planning-reform-overlooks-serious-roadblock-city-s-credibility-problem&catid=312)

Written by Carlyle Hall on April 28 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/81/035d-81d1fa2a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11014:judge-rules-city-of-la-can-no-longer-keep-archer-girls-school-emails-secret&catid=312)### [Judge Rules: City of LA Can No Longer Keep Archer Girls’ School Emails Secret](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11014:judge-rules-city-of-la-can-no-longer-keep-archer-girls-school-emails-secret&catid=312)

Written by John Schwada on April 28 2016.

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Written by Melissa Hebert on April 28 2016.

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Written by Lynne Lyman on April 28 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/33/035v-33ce53d6.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11011:ca-assemblyman-mike-gatto-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-evict-renters&catid=312)### [CA Assemblyman Mike Gatto Wants to Make It Easier to Evict Renters](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11011:ca-assemblyman-mike-gatto-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-evict-renters&catid=312)

Written by Larry Gross on April 28 2016.

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Written by Michele Hanisee on April 28 2016.

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Written by John Mirisch on April 28 2016.

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Written by Gene Maddaus on April 28 2016.

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Written by Richard Risemberg on April 28 2016.

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Written by Colin Marshall on April 28 2016.

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