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### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://www.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://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)

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://www.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)

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### [As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records](https://www.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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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Imagine What President Trump and Attorney General Christie Might Do to Marijuana Laws

Written by Phillip Smith on June 02 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11215:imagine-what-president-trump-and-attorney-general-christie-might-do-to-marijuana-laws&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/045n-cd3de889.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11208:bernie-hillary-jerry-and-a-colorful-california-primary&catid=9)Written by William Bradley on June 02 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Bernie, Hillary, Jerry, and a Colorful California Primary](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11208:bernie-hillary-jerry-and-a-colorful-california-primary&catid=9)

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH--“There’s something happening here…What it is ain’t exactly clear ...” -- Stephen Stills, “For What It’s Worth” -- Buffalo Spring…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5b/044a-5b2ce64c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11202:trump-tells-drought-plagued-californians-there-is-no-drought&catid=9)### [Trump Tells Drought-Plagued Californians: ‘There Is No Drought’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11202:trump-tells-drought-plagued-californians-there-is-no-drought&catid=9)

Written by Peter Andrew Hart on May 30 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/66/044d-667826c2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11200:the-times-are-finally-a-changin-obama-in-vietnam&catid=9)### [The Times are Finally a-Changin’: Obama in Vietnam](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11200:the-times-are-finally-a-changin-obama-in-vietnam&catid=9)

Written by James Preston Allen on May 30 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/044o-678b43b4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11190:why-do-cops-lie-because-they-can&catid=9)### [Why Do Cops Lie? Because They Can](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11190:why-do-cops-lie-because-they-can&catid=9)

Written by Hector Villagra on May 30 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a6/043q-a6d8d1ec.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11187:why-national-presidential-polls-are-malarkey&catid=9)### [Why National Presidential Polls are Malarkey](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11187:why-national-presidential-polls-are-malarkey&catid=9)

Written by Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine on May 26 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7b/043r-7b5cb2c9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11186:the-thing-in-trump-s-taxes-that-will-do-him-in&catid=9)### [The Thing in Trump’s Taxes that will Do Him In](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11186:the-thing-in-trump-s-taxes-that-will-do-him-in&catid=9)

Written by Eric Schmeltzer on May 26 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cc/043s-cca200a2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11185:people-power-discovered-amid-election-chaos&catid=9)### [People Power Discovered Amid Election Chaos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11185:people-power-discovered-amid-election-chaos&catid=9)

Written by Sarah van Gelder on May 26 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/043a-cda8ea97.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11184:why-so-many-say-thank-you-to-a-cosby-prosecution&catid=9)### [Why So Many Say ‘Thank You’ to a Cosby Prosecution](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11184:why-so-many-say-thank-you-to-a-cosby-prosecution&catid=9)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 26 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/55/043c-55f7beeb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11182:trump-s-not-so-secret-strategy-violent-anti-trump-protesters&catid=9)### [Trump's Not-So-Secret Strategy: Violent Anti-Trump Protesters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11182:trump-s-not-so-secret-strategy-violent-anti-trump-protesters&catid=9)

Written by Ken Alpern on May 26 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/12/043d-12d269f7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11181:the-desperate-plight-of-petro-states-oil-economies-head-for-the-unknown&catid=9)### [The Desperate Plight of Petro-States … Oil Economies Head for the Unknown ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11181:the-desperate-plight-of-petro-states-oil-economies-head-for-the-unknown&catid=9)

Written by Michael T. Klare on May 26 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/35/043e-3539c0b1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11180:tax-dodgin-silicon-valley-and-what-it-means-to-you-and-me&catid=9)### [Tax Dodgin’ Silicon Valley and What It Means to You and Me](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11180:tax-dodgin-silicon-valley-and-what-it-means-to-you-and-me&catid=9)

Written by Tony Butka on May 26 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/38/042w-388e8aab.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11165:a-commencement-address-for-the-most-indebted-class-ever&catid=9)### [A Commencement Address for the Most Indebted Class Ever](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11165:a-commencement-address-for-the-most-indebted-class-ever&catid=9)

Written by Chuck Collins on May 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/042e-47ab762d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11161:the-battle-for-the-soul-of-american-higher-education-student-protests-vs-the-corporate-university&catid=9)### [The Battle for the Soul of American Higher Education: Student Protests vs. the Corporate University ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11161:the-battle-for-the-soul-of-american-higher-education-student-protests-vs-the-corporate-university&catid=9)

Written by Aviva Chomsky on May 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/042p-347ba206.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11151:donald-trump-the-real-cost-of-ignorance&catid=9)### [Donald Trump: The Real Cost of Ignorance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11151:donald-trump-the-real-cost-of-ignorance&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c4/041e-c455777c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11139:the-age-of-precarious-6-in-10-americans-living-on-the-financial-edge&catid=9)### [The Age of Precarious: 6 in 10 Americans Living on the Financial Edge](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11139:the-age-of-precarious-6-in-10-americans-living-on-the-financial-edge&catid=9)

Written by Deirdre Fulton on May 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/08/041h-08c456ed.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11136:let-s-face-it-racism-is-alive-and-well-in-major-league-basebrawl&catid=9)### [Let’s Face It: Racism is Alive and Well in Major League Basebrawl](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11136:let-s-face-it-racism-is-alive-and-well-in-major-league-basebrawl&catid=9)

Written by Mark Heisler on May 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/041p-dcc0b2cf.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11128:a-cold-can-of-america&catid=9)### [A Cold Can of ‘America’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11128:a-cold-can-of-america&catid=9)

Written by George Will on May 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d9/040c-d9a0d3b6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11120:why-donald-trump-can-lie-and-no-one-seems-to-care&catid=9)### [Why Donald Trump Can Lie and No One Seems to Care](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11120:why-donald-trump-can-lie-and-no-one-seems-to-care&catid=9)

Written by Neal Gabler on May 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c7/040d-c7e3f7dd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11119:the-worship-of-donald-trump-ignoramus-in-chief-and-what-it-says-about-america-s-education-system&catid=9)### [The Worship of Donald Trump …Ignoramus-in-Chief … and What It Says about America’s Education System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11119:the-worship-of-donald-trump-ignoramus-in-chief-and-what-it-says-about-america-s-education-system&catid=9)

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