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### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

September 03 2026

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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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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

August 31 2026

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### [As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33308:as-california-debated-sharing-data-on-drivers-homeland-security-subpoenaed-17-million-records&catid=425)

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#  VOICES

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### Has Nithya Raman Helped Make Los Angeles Unsafe for Jews?

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 08 2026.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32844:has-nithya-raman-helped-make-los-angeles-unsafe-for-jews&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/99/045k-9900b76c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32842:the-new-fight-for-truth-ai-authoritarian-drift-and-the-media&catid=375)Written by Liz Amsden on June 08 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [The New Fight for Truth: AI, Authoritarian Drift and the Media](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32842:the-new-fight-for-truth-ai-authoritarian-drift-and-the-media&catid=375)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - In his encyclical, Magnifica Humanity, Pope Leo wrote: “The use of digital platforms and A.I. systems is driving profound change…

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Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on June 04 2026.

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Written by Liz Amsden on June 04 2026.

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Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on June 01 2026.

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on June 01 2026.

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Written by Michael Bernick on May 28 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/042n-fb5753f7.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32788:a-better-approach-to-gas-and-taxes&catid=375)### [A Better Approach to Gas and Taxes](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32788:a-better-approach-to-gas-and-taxes&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 28 2026.

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Written by Victor Rothman on May 28 2026.

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Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on May 28 2026.

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on May 28 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/041o-ac00dbfa.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32778:crazier-than-a-mayor-pratt-thinking-that-bass-or-raman-want-to-clean-up-la&catid=375)### [Crazier than a “Mayor Pratt”? Thinking That Bass or Raman Want to Clean Up LA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32778:crazier-than-a-mayor-pratt-thinking-that-bass-or-raman-want-to-clean-up-la&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on May 25 2026.

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Written by Liz Amsden on May 25 2026.

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Written by Dimitris Eleas on May 25 2026.

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Written by Mike Bonin on May 25 2026.

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on May 25 2026.

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Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on May 21 2026.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 21 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3b/040f-3bc3548a.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32748:republican-pratt-converts-mayoral-campaign-into-a-performing-art-and-gains-viability&catid=375)### [Republican Pratt Converts Mayoral Campaign into a Performing Art and Gains Viability](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32748:republican-pratt-converts-mayoral-campaign-into-a-performing-art-and-gains-viability&catid=375)

Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on May 21 2026.

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Written by Yonatan Mendel on May 18 2026.

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