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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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### [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)

September 03 2026

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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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### TapeGate and Its Toxic Lies

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 12 2023.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27781:tapegate-and-its-toxic-lies&catid=312)

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## [Homelessness: Descent Into Madness](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27757:homelessness-descent-into-madness&catid=312)

iAUDIT - One of the most tragic consequences of L.A.’s homelessness crisis is the large number of street people with serious mental health problems. …

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Written by Mark Dutton on October 05 2023.

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Written by Dustan Batton on October 05 2023.

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Written by Yuval Kremer on October 05 2023.

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Written by CityWatch Staff on October 04 2023.

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Written by Greg Nelson on October 02 2023.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on September 28 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/077a-c9ed891b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27662:mayor-karen-bass-could-reduce-homelessness-if-she-really-wanted&catid=312)### [Mayor Karen Bass Could Reduce Homelessness, If She Really Wanted](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27662:mayor-karen-bass-could-reduce-homelessness-if-she-really-wanted&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 25 2023.

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Written by Nick Antonicello on September 21 2023.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 21 2023.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on September 21 2023.

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Written by Yuval Kremer on September 18 2023.

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Written by Tim Campbell on September 18 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/28/074a-2852b4dd.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2023/074a.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cdcce5a4) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27604:we-do-not-live-under-a-dome&catid=312)### [We Do NOT Live Under a Dome](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27604:we-do-not-live-under-a-dome&catid=312)

Written by Yuval Kremer on September 14 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e1/073x-e1c82496.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2023/073x.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=617fba1e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27589:council-presidents-legacy-blight-the-city-with-digital-billboards&catid=312)### [Council President’s Legacy - Blight the City with Digital Billboards?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27589:council-presidents-legacy-blight-the-city-with-digital-billboards&catid=312)

Written by Barbara Broide on September 11 2023.

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Written by Tim Campbell on September 11 2023.

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Written by Ken Alpern on September 07 2023.

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Written by James O’Sullivan on September 04 2023.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 31 2023.

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