##  In the News

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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://www.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)

September 10 2026

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### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398)

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### [QUID PRO NO](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33338:quid-pro-no&catid=378)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Here’s What Bernie Wants

Written by Bernie Sanders on June 23 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11343:here-s-what-bernie-wants&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/51k-ad74ba9c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11342:hahn-we-have-a-long-way-to-go-to-end-gun-violence-but-you-have-to-start-somewhere&catid=9)Written by Janice Hahn on June 23 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Hahn: We have a Long Way to Go to End Gun Violence … but You Have to Start Somewhere](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11342:hahn-we-have-a-long-way-to-go-to-end-gun-violence-but-you-have-to-start-somewhere&catid=9)

GUEST WORDS--Fourteen county workers in San Bernardino, nine parishioners in a Charleston, S.C., church, 12 military employees in Navy Yard, 20 child…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/51r-6387492d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11336:a-welcome-democratic-stand-on-guns-but-are-these-the-bills-we-re-looking-for&catid=9)### [A Welcome Democratic Stand on Guns, But Are These the Bills We're Looking For?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11336:a-welcome-democratic-stand-on-guns-but-are-these-the-bills-we-re-looking-for&catid=9)

Written by Phyllis Bennis on June 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/51/050a-51ff4d2e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11330:ya-wanna-be-a-true-american-don-t-let-the-orlando-shooting-divide-us&catid=9)### [Ya Wanna Be a ‘True American’? Don't Let the Orlando Shooting Divide Us!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11330:ya-wanna-be-a-true-american-don-t-let-the-orlando-shooting-divide-us&catid=9)

Written by Ken Alpern on June 20 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/050c-e0abc129.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11328:veterans-talk-about-hate-and-violence-after-orlando-nightclub-tragedy&catid=9)### [Veterans Talk about Hate and Violence after Orlando Nightclub Tragedy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11328:veterans-talk-about-hate-and-violence-after-orlando-nightclub-tragedy&catid=9)

Written by Brian Trautman on June 20 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/050i-34cf1336.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11323:gay-bars-another-word-for-safe&catid=9)### [Gay Bars: Another Word for Safe](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11323:gay-bars-another-word-for-safe&catid=9)

Written by Lisa Wade on June 20 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/050m-b19dc86c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11320:exposed-orlando-terrorist-employed-by-g4s-security-are-feds-paying-big-bucks-for-pc&catid=9)### [Exposed! Orlando Terrorist Employed by G4S Security: Are Feds Paying Big Bucks for PC?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11320:exposed-orlando-terrorist-employed-by-g4s-security-are-feds-paying-big-bucks-for-pc&catid=9)

Written by Michael Connelly on June 20 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/050r-b9d59d0d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11314:california-now-the-world-s-sixth-largest-economy-because-of-tax-hikes-on-the-rich&catid=9)### [California Now the World’s Sixth-Largest Economy … Because of Tax Hikes on the Rich?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11314:california-now-the-world-s-sixth-largest-economy-because-of-tax-hikes-on-the-rich&catid=9)

Written by Donald Kaufman on June 20 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/20/049e-20eb3a8a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11305:the-democrats-need-reform-let-me-help-with-that&catid=9)### [The Democrats Need Reform … Let Me Help with That](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11305:the-democrats-need-reform-let-me-help-with-that&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on June 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/05/049k-058a5585.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11299:judge-who-sentenced-stanford-swimmer-blocked-from-hearing-sex-crime-case&catid=9)### [Judge Who Sentenced Stanford Swimmer Blocked from Hearing Sex Crime Case](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11299:judge-who-sentenced-stanford-swimmer-blocked-from-hearing-sex-crime-case&catid=9)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on June 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/049o-a9e0286d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11296:diary-of-a-transgender-teen-they-re-killing-us-help-us-stop-them&catid=9)### [Diary of a Transgender Teen: They’re Killing Us! Help Us Stop Them!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11296:diary-of-a-transgender-teen-they-re-killing-us-help-us-stop-them&catid=9)

Written by Grace Dolan-Sandrino on June 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/01/049s-01ad3c1d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11293:chamber-exposed-who-does-the-biggest-lobbying-force-in-the-us-represent-not-its-members&catid=9)### [Chamber Exposed: Who Does the Biggest Lobbying Force in the US Represent? Not Its Members](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11293:chamber-exposed-who-does-the-biggest-lobbying-force-in-the-us-represent-not-its-members&catid=9)

Written by Andrea Germanos on June 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1f/049w-1f0a1e00.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11291:academic-leader-stanford-tops-crime-list-as-well&catid=9)### [Academic Leader Stanford Tops Crime List as Well](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11291:academic-leader-stanford-tops-crime-list-as-well&catid=9)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on June 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/048d-ac65923b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11285:trump-s-resplendent-awfulness-prevents-him-from-being-the-country-s-populist-voice&catid=9)### [Trump’s Resplendent Awfulness Prevents Him from being the Country’s Populist Voice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11285:trump-s-resplendent-awfulness-prevents-him-from-being-the-country-s-populist-voice&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on June 13 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fc/048e-fc35786c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11284:tainted-votes-the-new-jim-crow-meets-citizens-united&catid=9)### [Tainted Votes: The New Jim Crow Meets Citizens United](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11284:tainted-votes-the-new-jim-crow-meets-citizens-united&catid=9)

Written by Marc Haefele on June 13 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e8/048n-e87a8898.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11276:i-blame-hate&catid=9)### [I Blame Hate](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11276:i-blame-hate&catid=9)

Written by Mischa Haider on June 13 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/048p-0c8f57b5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11274:don-t-mythologize-ali-s-rage&catid=9)### [Don’t Mythologize Ali’s Rage](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11274:don-t-mythologize-ali-s-rage&catid=9)

Written by Stephen Kinzer on June 13 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/047b-0bb0336b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11263:stanford-rape-case-brock-turner-and-the-culture-of-blame&catid=9)### [Stanford Rape Case: Brock Turner and the Culture of Blame](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11263:stanford-rape-case-brock-turner-and-the-culture-of-blame&catid=9)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on June 09 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/66/047d-668c6004.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11261:the-media-is-on-the-verge-of-a-murrow-moment-trump-is-today-s-mccarthy&catid=9)### [The Media is on the Verge of a Murrow Moment … Trump is Today’s McCarthy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11261:the-media-is-on-the-verge-of-a-murrow-moment-trump-is-today-s-mccarthy&catid=9)

Written by Ryan Grim on June 09 2016.

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Written by Donna Smith on June 09 2016.

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