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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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#  VOICES

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### We Are Human Beings, Not Human Doings

Written by Liz Amsden on May 18 2026.

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## [Recalling the “Subway to the Sea” and the Leadership of Villaraigosa and Other Leaders](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32730:recalling-the-subway-to-the-sea-and-the-leadership-of-villaraigosa-and-other-leaders&catid=375)

NICK’S PERSPECTIVE - The opening of the Wilshire subway’s important extension, blandly named the D-Line, was notable not only for what it achieved bu…

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Written by Liz Amsden on May 14 2026.

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Written by Dimitris Eleas on May 14 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/038h-930e9d28.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32711:karen-bass-words-and-deeds-as-mayor-of-los-angeles-2022-present&catid=375)### [Karen Bass: Words and Deeds as Mayor of Los Angeles (2022–Present)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32711:karen-bass-words-and-deeds-as-mayor-of-los-angeles-2022-present&catid=375)

Written by Eliot Cohen on May 14 2026.

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Written by Ken Alpern on May 11 2026.

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Written by Liz Amsden on May 11 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e5/037j-e54d7872.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32700:done-yet&catid=375)### [Done Yet?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32700:done-yet&catid=375)

Written by Eliot Cohen on May 11 2026.

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Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on May 11 2026.

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Written by Eva Amar on May 07 2026.

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Written by Liz Amsden on May 07 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/87/035h-8717b961.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32648:will-california-be-sos-same-ol-stuff-or-rejoin-the-usa-this-year&catid=375)### [Will California Be SOS (Same Ol’…Stuff) Or Rejoin The USA This Year?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32648:will-california-be-sos-same-ol-stuff-or-rejoin-the-usa-this-year&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on May 04 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/035i-d84b100f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32647:the-future-of-the-fed-starring-kevin-warsh-as-trumps-sock-puppet-nominee-for-chair&catid=375)### [The Future of the Fed, Starring Kevin Warsh as Trump’s Sock-Puppet Nominee for Chair](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32647:the-future-of-the-fed-starring-kevin-warsh-as-trumps-sock-puppet-nominee-for-chair&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 07 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/25/034o-2532f904.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32641:la-keeps-tripping-over-the-same-stone-leading-to-a-burdensome-prop-218&catid=375)### [LA Keeps Tripping Over the Same Stone, Leading to a Burdensome Prop. 218](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32641:la-keeps-tripping-over-the-same-stone-leading-to-a-burdensome-prop-218&catid=375)

Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on April 30 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e2/034c-e214ef30.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32640:the-serious-need-for-a-unified-rent-control-movement-in-the-us&catid=375)### [The Serious Need for a Unified Rent Control Movement in the US](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32640:the-serious-need-for-a-unified-rent-control-movement-in-the-us&catid=375)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 30 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/034n-478ab3d5.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32638:the-impacts-of-the-us-and-israeli-war-on-iran-will-last-for-years&catid=375)### [The Impacts of the US and Israeli War on Iran Will Last For Years](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32638:the-impacts-of-the-us-and-israeli-war-on-iran-will-last-for-years&catid=375)

Written by Victor Rothman on April 30 2026.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 30 2026.

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Written by Jim Hampton on April 30 2026.

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Written by Paul Koretz on April 30 2026.

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Written by Ken Alpern on April 27 2026.

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