##  In the News

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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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September 10 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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#  STATE WATCH

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### As Maya Angelou Famously Said, "Believe Them the First Time"

Written by RED QUEENINLA on March 31 2022.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24201:as-maya-angelou-famously-said-believe-them-the-first-time&catid=385)

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## [Hidden Tax Breaks Escape Scrutiny](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24183:hidden-tax-breaks-escape-scrutiny&catid=385)

However, as large as the budget may be, it still understates the full extent of state spending because it excludes an under-the-table way of spending…

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Written by DAN WALTERS on March 21 2022.

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Written by Mark Kreidler on March 17 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/022p-601d4571.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24093:the-california-post-that-might-need-a-republican&catid=385)### [The California Post That Might Need A Republican](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24093:the-california-post-that-might-need-a-republican&catid=385)

Written by Joe Mathews on March 17 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b8/022o-b8e8d9a0.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24084:tarnishing-the-golden-state&catid=385)### [Onerous regulations squash the California Dream](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24084:tarnishing-the-golden-state&catid=385)

Written by Joel Kotkin on March 17 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/021r-f1731cae.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24068:here-s-how-state-lawmakers-want-to-help-californians-facing-high-gas-prices&catid=385)### [Here’s How State Lawmakers Want To Help Californians Facing High Gas Prices](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24068:here-s-how-state-lawmakers-want-to-help-californians-facing-high-gas-prices&catid=385)

Written by GRACE GEDYE on March 14 2022.

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Written by Redqueeninla on March 13 2022.

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Written by Joe Mathews on March 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7f/020r-7f1e55f1.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24025:a-defiant-pep-talk-a-gas-rebate-what-gov-newsom-offered-in-state-of-the-state&catid=385)### [A Defiant Pep Talk, A Gas Rebate: What Gov. Newsom Offered In State Of The State](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24025:a-defiant-pep-talk-a-gas-rebate-what-gov-newsom-offered-in-state-of-the-state&catid=385)

Written by Alexei Koseff on March 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f6/020u-f65923ac.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24023:for-the-greater-good-california-looks-to-restore-free-college&catid=385)### [For the Greater Good—California Looks to Restore Free College](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24023:for-the-greater-good-california-looks-to-restore-free-college&catid=385)

Written by REGINALD BYRON SAWYER on March 09 2022.

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Written by Jocelyn Wiener on March 07 2022.

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Written by MANUELA TOBIAS on March 03 2022.

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Written by Jerry Sullivan on February 28 2022.

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Written by Dan Walters on February 28 2022.

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Written by Ken Alpern on February 28 2022.

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Written by Joe Hong on February 28 2022.

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Written by Alejandro Lazo on February 24 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on February 24 2022.

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