## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/083c-2d4e8157.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33543-karen-bass-matters-stop-the-dsa) ### [Karen Bass Matters - Stop the DSA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33543-karen-bass-matters-stop-the-dsa) October 15 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/082a-93b2dc59.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33516-if-your-family-were-being-stalked-who-would-protect-you) ### [If Your Family Were Being Stalked, Who Would Protect You?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33516-if-your-family-were-being-stalked-who-would-protect-you) October 12 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/083q-67b14b9a.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33548-do-we-want-a-governor-or-an-underground-pawn-in-sacramento) ### [Do We Want A Governor, or An Underground Pawn, in Sacramento?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33548-do-we-want-a-governor-or-an-underground-pawn-in-sacramento) October 15 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4a/082g-4a232053.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33523-progressive-vs-pragmatist-erickson-goldsmith-draw-battle-lines-in-lively-senate-contest) ### [ “Progressive vs. Pragmatist? Erickson & Goldsmith Draw Battle Lines in lively Senate Contest”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33523-progressive-vs-pragmatist-erickson-goldsmith-draw-battle-lines-in-lively-senate-contest) October 12 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3b/091c-3bd855f1.jpg) ### Where’s the Money? Mayor’s Budget Betrays Budget Advocates and Neighborhood Councils Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on November 13 2025. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/31815-wheres-the-money-mayors-budget-betrays-budget-advocates-and-neighborhood-councils) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ea/091f-eaa34837.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/31810-every-soldiers-duty-courage-conscience-and-the-constitution)Written by George PAYNE on November 13 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [Every Soldier’s Duty: Courage, Conscience, and the Constitution](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/31810-every-soldiers-duty-courage-conscience-and-the-constitution) REMEMBRANCE - This Veterans Day, I came across a LinkedIn post by an adult ministries pastor that stayed with me. It read in part: “Almighty God, we… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1f/091n-1f00730f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/31808-to-thine-own-self-be-true)### [To Thine Own Self Be True](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/31808-to-thine-own-self-be-true) Written by Liz Amsden on November 13 2025. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/090o-43bbe54b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/31798-the-dnc-a-clear-and-present-danger)### [The DNC – A Clear and Present Danger](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/31798-the-dnc-a-clear-and-present-danger) Written by Liz Amsden on November 10 2025. 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