##  In the News

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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

August 31 2026

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### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395)

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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)

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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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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### California Wants Right to Oppose Citizens United Act … Court Decision Opens That Door

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 22 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10348:california-wants-right-to-oppose-citizens-united-act-court-decision-opens-that-door&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5d/1407h-5d5fbdff.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10350:california-taking-on-exxonmobil-for-climate-cover-up&catid=9)Written by Deirdre Fulton on January 22 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [California Taking On ExxonMobil … for Climate Cover-Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10350:california-taking-on-exxonmobil-for-climate-cover-up&catid=9)

EXXON NOT NEW TO SERIOUS SCANDAL--California's attorney general has joined New York state in investigating Exxon Mobil's decades-long climate change…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/38/1407k-388426db.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10351:ontario-airport-returns-to-local-control-it-s-about-time&catid=9)### [Ontario Airport Returns to Local Control – It’s About Time!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10351:ontario-airport-returns-to-local-control-it-s-about-time&catid=9)

Written by Julie Butcher on January 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f3/1407t-f3116827.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10355:petition-tennis-anyone&catid=9)### [Petition Tennis, Anyone?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10355:petition-tennis-anyone&catid=9)

Written by Richard Risemberg on January 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/62/1407z12-6205c098.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10361:stains-on-brown-s-legacy-san-onofre-san-bruno-and-now-aliso-canyon-in-porter-ranch&catid=9)### [Stains on Brown’s Legacy - San Onofre, San Bruno and Now … Aliso Canyon in Porter Ranch](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10361:stains-on-brown-s-legacy-san-onofre-san-bruno-and-now-aliso-canyon-in-porter-ranch&catid=9)

Written by Jamie Court on January 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d1/1407z16-d1a7aca8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10363:a-case-for-inclusivity-race-based-conversations-in-higher-education&catid=9)### [A Case for Inclusivity: Race-based Conversations in Higher Education](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10363:a-case-for-inclusivity-race-based-conversations-in-higher-education&catid=9)

Written by Ciarra on January 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1f/1406z9-1fe5c4ad.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10314:yosemite-corporate-tiff-threatens-family-memories-yellowstone-could-be-renamed-aramark&catid=9)### [Yosemite: Corporate Tiff Threatens Family Memories … Yellowstone could be Renamed Aramark](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10314:yosemite-corporate-tiff-threatens-family-memories-yellowstone-could-be-renamed-aramark&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/1406z15-e75416c3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10308:ultra-rich-philanthrocapitalist-class-undermining-global-democracy-report&catid=9)### [Ultra-Rich 'Philanthrocapitalist' Class Undermining Global Democracy: Report](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10308:ultra-rich-philanthrocapitalist-class-undermining-global-democracy-report&catid=9)

Written by Sarah Lazare on January 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/87/1406z16-871b5c9b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10312:the-oscars-are-so-white-that-spike-lee-refuses-to-attend&catid=9)### [The Oscars Are So White That Spike Lee Refuses To Attend](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10312:the-oscars-are-so-white-that-spike-lee-refuses-to-attend&catid=9)

Written by Matthew Jacobs on January 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7c/1405b-7cfe5e82.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10263:hey-donald-trump-wake-up-and-smell-the-turkish-coffee-i-m-throwing-my-fez-in-the-ring&catid=9)### [Hey, Donald Trump, Wake up and Smell the Turkish Coffee: I’m Throwing My Fez in the Ring](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10263:hey-donald-trump-wake-up-and-smell-the-turkish-coffee-i-m-throwing-my-fez-in-the-ring&catid=9)

Written by Khalil Bendib on January 14 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c2/1405e-c22d1ff2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10262:bernie-sanders-is-digging-into-a-vein-of-anger-over-healthcare&catid=9)### [Bernie Sanders Is Digging Into a Vein of Anger over Healthcare](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10262:bernie-sanders-is-digging-into-a-vein-of-anger-over-healthcare&catid=9)

Written by Bill Boyarsky on January 14 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4e/1405k-4e71dd55.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10259:fame-can-we-separate-bowie-s-legacy-from-his-troubling-past&catid=9)### [Fame: Can We Separate Bowie’s Legacy from His Troubling Past?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10259:fame-can-we-separate-bowie-s-legacy-from-his-troubling-past&catid=9)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 14 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5e/1405z3-5ec9168a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10251:rip-st-louis-rams-a-tough-lesson-in-the-business-of-pro-sports&catid=9)### [RIP, St. Louis Rams: A Tough Lesson in the Business of Pro Sports](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10251:rip-st-louis-rams-a-tough-lesson-in-the-business-of-pro-sports&catid=9)

Written by Dan Wetzel on January 14 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/1404b-e7235d71.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10246:there-s-no-place-like-home-gun-violence-homelessness-a-new-civil-consciousness&catid=9)### [There’s No Place Like Home: Gun Violence, Homelessness, a New Civil Consciousness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10246:there-s-no-place-like-home-gun-violence-homelessness-a-new-civil-consciousness&catid=9)

Written by James Preston Allen on January 14 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/17/1404j-17d3daee.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10269:us-congress-should-wake-up-to-the-california-political-model&catid=9)### [US Congress Should Wake Up to the California Political Model](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10269:us-congress-should-wake-up-to-the-california-political-model&catid=9)

Written by Hoyt Hilsman on January 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/1404l-ad29219e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10270:lessons-from-the-golden-state-80-years-of-immigration-exploitation-and-the-price-the-gop-paid&catid=9)### [Lessons from the Golden State: 80 Years of Immigration Exploitation and the Price the GOP Paid](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10270:lessons-from-the-golden-state-80-years-of-immigration-exploitation-and-the-price-the-gop-paid&catid=9)

Written by Harold Meyerson on January 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/1404q-f44667ad.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10273:alert-get-to-know-the-friedrichs-case-it-could-be-labor-s-citizens-united&catid=9)### [Alert! Get to Know the Friedrichs Case … It Could Be Labor’s ‘Citizens United’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10273:alert-get-to-know-the-friedrichs-case-it-could-be-labor-s-citizens-united&catid=9)

Written by Bill Raden on January 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/77/1404z1-776b7db3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10277:the-best-way-up-for-minorities&catid=9)### [The Best Way Up for Minorities](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10277:the-best-way-up-for-minorities&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on January 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5c/1404z9-5ce74ae4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10281:s-o-s-means-save-our-sanity&catid=9)### [S.O.S. Means ‘Save Our Sanity’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10281:s-o-s-means-save-our-sanity&catid=9)

Written by Ken Alpern on January 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/ca-term-limits-754fb22a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10283:politics-before-and-after-term-limits-two-different-worlds&catid=9)### [Politics Before and After Term Limits: Two Different Worlds](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10283:politics-before-and-after-term-limits-two-different-worlds&catid=9)

Written by Tony Butka on January 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/mobilizing-mothers-def9f7b2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10284:mobilizing-mothers-the-history-of-mommy-activists&catid=9)### [Mobilizing Mothers: The History of “Mommy” Activists](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10284:mobilizing-mothers-the-history-of-mommy-activists&catid=9)

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