## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/078f-f106f609.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33444-lahsa-is-gone-but-the-homeless-industrial-complex-lives-on) ### [LAHSA Is Gone, but the Homeless-Industrial-Complex Lives On](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33444-lahsa-is-gone-but-the-homeless-industrial-complex-lives-on) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/078b-bcdfc148.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33434-karen-bass-trails-in-reelection-race-can-she-turn-it-around) ### [Karen Bass Trails in Reelection Race — Can She Turn It Around?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33434-karen-bass-trails-in-reelection-race-can-she-turn-it-around) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/98/078p-98489d4f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/finance/33442-the-settlement-bill-nobody-is-managing-inside-los-angeles-countys-sheriff-litigation-tab) ### [The Settlement Bill Nobody Is Managing — Inside Los Angeles County's Sheriff Litigation Tab](https://mail.citywatchla.com/finance/33442-the-settlement-bill-nobody-is-managing-inside-los-angeles-countys-sheriff-litigation-tab) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/077a-56ff870c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) ### [With National Implications, Corporate Landlords Take Aim at Three Pro-Rent Control Campaigns in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) September 24 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/073b-0be3f312.jpg) ### L’Shanah Tovah — Wishing You And Your Family A Sweet, Healthy And Peaceful New Year Written by Jim Hampton on September 10 2026. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33331-lshanah-tovah-wishing-you-and-your-family-a-sweet-healthy-and-peaceful-new-year) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/072d-44d71f12.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33319-when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time)Written by Yonthan Mendal on September 10 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33319-when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time) MY THOUGHTS - Gavin Newsom came to the final days of his final regular legislative session with one more major problem he wanted California lawmakers… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d1/072e-d18d5c64.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33318-in-my-opinion-why-i-believe-the-ajc-and-adl-took-the-wrong-path-on-dei)### [IN MY OPINION - Why I Believe the AJC and ADL Took the Wrong Path on DEI](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33318-in-my-opinion-why-i-believe-the-ajc-and-adl-took-the-wrong-path-on-dei) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 07 2026. 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