## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/070h-fb2580dc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395) ### [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) August 31 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/068d-b0cebc17.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375) ### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375) August 27 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/070i-df78b056.jpg) ](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) ### [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) August 31 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/62/070e-62fbbf05.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33275:nithya-raman-has-yet-to-address-hasan-pikers-antisemitism-controversy&catid=375) ### [Nithya Raman Has Yet to Address Hasan Piker’s Antisemitism Controversy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33275:nithya-raman-has-yet-to-address-hasan-pikers-antisemitism-controversy&catid=375) August 31 2026 # POLITICS --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/93/041c-933ef18f.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2026/041c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,619,&hash=3b5ca366) ### Kenneth Mejia Warns LA’s Financial Watchdog Is Critically Understaffed Written by Connie Acosta on May 25 2026. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32773:kenneth-mejia-warns-las-financial-watchdog-is-critically-understaffed&catid=396) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f5/041m-f5ad33fe.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2026/041m.jpg&thumbnail=610,407,&hash=c1cbaf5d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32762:tim-gaspars-political-problem-the-more-voters-learn-the-worse-it-gets&catid=396)Written by Yonthan Mendal on August 02 2026. Posted in [POLITICS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=396). ## [Tim Gaspar’s Political Problem: The More Voters Learn, the Worse It Gets](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32762:tim-gaspars-political-problem-the-more-voters-learn-the-worse-it-gets&catid=396) MY THOUGHTS - Los Angeles voters are exhausted. Exhausted by political talking points. Exhausted by City Hall excuses. Exhausted by watching neighbo… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/038m-2de84077.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32722:californias-homeless-disaster-is-exploding-which-governor-candidate-has-the-courage-to-stop-it&catid=396)### [California’s Homeless Disaster Is Exploding Which Governor Candidate Has the Courage to Stop It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32722:californias-homeless-disaster-is-exploding-which-governor-candidate-has-the-courage-to-stop-it&catid=396) Written by Yonthan Mendal on August 02 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6f/038a-6f4dae79.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32716:one-of-14-john-logsdon-takes-longshot-run-at-la-mayor&catid=396)### [One of 14: John Logsdon Takes Longshot Run at LA Mayor](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32716:one-of-14-john-logsdon-takes-longshot-run-at-la-mayor&catid=396) Written by Nick Antonicello on May 14 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c9/037e-c9b14177.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2026/037e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4dbe2891) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32706:nithya-ramans-police-flip-flop-exposes-the-politics-of-convenience&catid=396)### [Nithya Raman’s Police Flip-Flop Exposes the Politics of Convenience](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32706:nithya-ramans-police-flip-flop-exposes-the-politics-of-convenience&catid=396) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on May 11 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1a/036f-1a69029e.png&src=images/stories/May-2026/036f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f99b345b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32685:trust-and-value-what-it-takes-to-be-governor&catid=396)### [Trust and Value: What it Takes to Be Governor](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32685:trust-and-value-what-it-takes-to-be-governor&catid=396) Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on May 07 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/036l-6acb142d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32683:on-the-road-to-sacramento&catid=396)### [On The Road To Sacramento](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32683:on-the-road-to-sacramento&catid=396) Written by Jack Shakely on May 07 2026. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/69/033n-6900fad6.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32615:is-bernie-sanders-our-revolution-betraying-its-anti-oligarchic-roots&catid=396)### [Is Bernie Sanders’ Our Revolution Betraying Its Anti-Oligarchic Roots?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32615:is-bernie-sanders-our-revolution-betraying-its-anti-oligarchic-roots&catid=396) Written by Liz Amsden on April 27 2026. 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