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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

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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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### [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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### California Coastline: Sold to the Highest Bidder?

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 28 2016.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10400:california-coastline-sold-to-the-highest-bidder&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2016/1409q.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10399:boning-up-on-the-fight-for-neighborhood-integrity&catid=312)Written by Paul Hatfield on January 28 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Boning Up on the Fight for Neighborhood Integrity](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10399:boning-up-on-the-fight-for-neighborhood-integrity&catid=312)

PERSPECTIVE-The year 2016 will offer some local drama to Los Angeles, complementing the spectacle of the national elections. In what may be the most…

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Written by ALLISON B. COHEN on January 28 2016.

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Written by Eric Preven on January 25 2016.

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Written by Joshua Frank on January 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f7/1408c-f71ec1e6.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10385:the-nasty-ugly-truth-about-transportation-funding&catid=312)### [The Nasty, Ugly Truth about Transportation Funding](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10385:the-nasty-ugly-truth-about-transportation-funding&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on January 25 2016.

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Written by James Preston Allen on January 25 2016.

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Written by Tim Deegan on January 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/1408f-f4aeca4a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10382:south-la-the-tenth-wonder-of-the-world-is-no-more&catid=312)### [South LA: The Tenth Wonder of the World is No More](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10382:south-la-the-tenth-wonder-of-the-world-is-no-more&catid=312)

Written by Sahra Sulaiman on January 25 2016.

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Written by Clinton Galloway on January 25 2016.

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Written by Fred Mariscal on January 25 2016.

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Written by Adrian Glick Kudler on January 25 2016.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on January 25 2016.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on January 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0a/1408m-0af214d3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10375:citywatch-exclusive-why-la-police-union-blames-lapd-chief-beck-for-surge-in-violent-crime&catid=312)### [CityWatch Exclusive: Why LA Police Union Blames LAPD Chief Beck for Surge in Violent Crime](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10375:citywatch-exclusive-why-la-police-union-blames-lapd-chief-beck-for-surge-in-violent-crime&catid=312)

Written by Caroline Aguirre on January 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/1408n-029e829e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10374:candide-long-beach-opera-opens-with-a-hit&catid=312)### [Candide: Long Beach Opera Opens with a Hit](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10374:candide-long-beach-opera-opens-with-a-hit&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 25 2016.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/1406b-e4af53c9.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10345:lacma-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-50-000-labonge-grant&catid=312)### [LACMA Sets the Record Straight on the $50,000 LaBonge Grant](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10345:lacma-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-50-000-labonge-grant&catid=312)

Written by Miranda Carroll on January 22 2016.

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Written by Dick Platkin on January 22 2016.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on January 22 2016.

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