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### Labor Day 2025: Navigating The White Collar Crack-Up

Written by Michael Bernick on August 28 2025.

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## [SB 79, The Fraud Which Keeps On Destroying](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31385:sb-79-the-fraud-which-keeps-on-destroying&catid=385)

SACRAMENTO - SB 79 (Housing Development Transit-Oriented Development bill) is California legislature’s most recent attempt to transfer wealth from An…

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Written by Patricia Lombard on August 11 2025.

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Written by David M. Hamlin on July 28 2025.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on July 24 2025.

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Written by California County News on July 21 2025.

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Written by ANA B. IBARRA | KRISTEN HWANG on July 10 2025.

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Written by Diana Nicole on July 03 2025.

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Written by Jeff McDonough on July 03 2025.

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Written by CityWatch Staff on June 12 2025.

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Written by Farrah Hassen on June 09 2025.

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