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### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312)

August 06 2026

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August 03 2026

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### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332)

August 10 2026

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##  [ Hollywood Blacklist is Back ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31010:hollywood-blacklist-is-back&catid=395)

GELFAND’S WORLD - The Hollywood Blacklist is back. Only this time it's the Hollywood Fringe Festival blackballing this writer rather than the studios blacklisting all those famous screenwriters. The HFF is the drama festival that is held…

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## [Trump’s ICE Came for L.A., But L.A. Pushed Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30995:trumps-ice-came-for-l-a-but-l-a-pushed-back&catid=395)

GELFAND’S WORLD - It is a battle of the euphemisms and a battle involving traditional practice vs. strict enforcement. Let's start with the traditional practice argument. Whatever the law may actually say, there is an acceptance by loca…

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