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#  STATE WATCH

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### California Bill Would Allow Citizens to Enforce Assault Weapon Ban

Written by KENNY STANCIL on February 21 2022.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23896:california-bill-would-allow-citizens-to-enforce-assault-weapon-ban&catid=385)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c5/014z2-c5c756de.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23868:crime-homelessness-drag-down-newsom-s-approval&catid=385)Written by DAN WALTERS on February 17 2022. Posted in [STATE WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=385).

## [Crime, Homelessness Drag Down Newsom’s Approval](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23868:crime-homelessness-drag-down-newsom-s-approval&catid=385)

It’s the latest wrinkle in two years of Newsom decrees alternatively tightening and then loosening behavioral controls to deal with the pandemic and…

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Written by Amulya Yerrapotu on February 10 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/012f-93663379.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23807:newsom-s-transfer-of-california-s-death-row-inmates-means-more-killings-and-bloodshed-in-prisons&catid=385)### [Newsom's Transfer Of California’s Death Row Inmates Means More Killings And Bloodshed In Prisons!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23807:newsom-s-transfer-of-california-s-death-row-inmates-means-more-killings-and-bloodshed-in-prisons&catid=385)

Written by Caroline Aguirre on February 10 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/99/010w-99cae68b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23743:a-history-of-california-in-six-super-bowl-stadiums&catid=385)### [A History of California in Six Super Bowl Stadiums](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23743:a-history-of-california-in-six-super-bowl-stadiums&catid=385)

Written by Joe Mathews on February 03 2022.

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Written by Mark Kreidler on January 31 2022.

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Written by Joe Mathews on January 27 2022.

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Written by Emily Hoeven on January 24 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky on January 24 2022.

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Written by DAN WALTERS on January 17 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/14/005p-142fc3cf.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23581:here-s-what-s-ahead-for-california-businesses-in-2022&catid=385)### [Here’s What’s Ahead For California Businesses In 2022](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23581:here-s-what-s-ahead-for-california-businesses-in-2022&catid=385)

Written by GRACE GEDYE on January 17 2022.

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Written by Karen Pank on January 13 2022.

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Written by Dan Walters on January 05 2022.

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Written by Joe Mathews on January 05 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on January 05 2022.

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Written by Jesse Bedayn on January 03 2022.

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Written by Joe Mathews on December 30 2021.

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Written by Mark Kreidler on December 30 2021.

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Written by Marc Ang on December 23 2021.

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