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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)

September 10 2026

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### [Olympics: LA28’s Drip‑Drip‑Drip Tactics Leave Los Angeles Holding the Bag](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312)

September 07 2026

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### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396)

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#  POLITICS

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### Political Seats Are Up For Grabs…Control Hangs In The Balance

Written by Tim Deegan on January 19 2026.

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  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c3/006o-c3ed06c4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32132:the-disunited-states-of-america&catid=396)Written by Eliot Cohen on January 19 2026. Posted in [POLITICS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=396).

## [The Disunited States of America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32132:the-disunited-states-of-america&catid=396)

MY P.O.V. - We are not in a civil war in the nineteenth-century sense. There are no massed armies, secession conventions, territorial front lines, or…

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Written by Nick Antonicello on January 15 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/005k-c96c843d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32115:transparency-denied-why-city-hall-is-sitting-on-charter-reform&catid=396)### [Transparency Denied: Why City Hall Is Sitting on Charter Reform](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32115:transparency-denied-why-city-hall-is-sitting-on-charter-reform&catid=396)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on January 15 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/64/003l-645da364.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32077:building-a-shared-civic-spirit-how-angelenos-can-make-the-next-election-count&catid=396)### [Building a Shared Civic Spirit: How Angelenos Can Make the Next Election Count](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32077:building-a-shared-civic-spirit-how-angelenos-can-make-the-next-election-count&catid=396)

Written by Nick Patsaouras on January 08 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/001e-7d8e3532.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32027:anti-semitism-as-a-warning-sign-in-an-age-of-extremes&catid=396)### [Anti-Semitism as a Warning Sign in an Age of Extremes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32027:anti-semitism-as-a-warning-sign-in-an-age-of-extremes&catid=396)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 01 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/104j-83299015.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32021:does-oily-politician-wendy-carrillo-think-voters-are-idiots&catid=396)### [Does Oily Politician Wendy Carrillo Think Voters Are Idiots? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32021:does-oily-politician-wendy-carrillo-think-voters-are-idiots&catid=396)

Written by Hans Johnson on December 29 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 29 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/102n2-0bffcaa9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31997:the-democrats-greatest-challenge-ever&catid=396)### [The Democrats' Greatest Challenge Ever](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31997:the-democrats-greatest-challenge-ever&catid=396)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on December 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/102k-7436c8e4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31994:we-the-people-of-the-united-states-yada-yada-yada&catid=396)### [We the People of the United States, Yada, Yada, Yada](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31994:we-the-people-of-the-united-states-yada-yada-yada&catid=396)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3b/102o-3b104b71.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31993:intentional-harm-presidential-speech-and-the-disposability-of-the-disabled&catid=396)### [Intentional Harm: Presidential Speech and the Disposability of the Disabled](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31993:intentional-harm-presidential-speech-and-the-disposability-of-the-disabled&catid=396)

Written by George Payne on December 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/69/100b-697c66bc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31954:i-am-a-refugee-from-the-democratic-party-now-that-its-officially-in-bed-with-the-democratic-socialists&catid=396)### [I Am a Refugee From the Democratic Party Now That It’s Officially in Bed With the Democratic Socialists](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31954:i-am-a-refugee-from-the-democratic-party-now-that-its-officially-in-bed-with-the-democratic-socialists&catid=396)

Written by Abe Gurko on December 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/100f-37c0026f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31953:trumps-disgraceful-and-destructive-use-of-the-presidential-pardon&catid=396)### [Trump’s Disgraceful And Destructive Use Of The Presidential Pardon](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31953:trumps-disgraceful-and-destructive-use-of-the-presidential-pardon&catid=396)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on December 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/35/099b-35b99bad.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31941:lapd-finally-faces-charter-reform-the-real-question-is-who-tried-to-stop-it&catid=396)### [LAPD Finally Faces Charter Reform. The Real Question Is: Who Tried to Stop It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31941:lapd-finally-faces-charter-reform-the-real-question-is-who-tried-to-stop-it&catid=396)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on December 11 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/099f-107a1256.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31936:senator-schiff-proposes-legislation-to-address-this-countrys-housing-crisis&catid=396)### [Senator Schiff Proposes Legislation To Address This Country’s Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31936:senator-schiff-proposes-legislation-to-address-this-countrys-housing-crisis&catid=396)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 11 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/098o-3ce57418.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31925:dark-streets-darker-accountability-whats-really-happening-at-las-bureau-of-street-lighting&catid=396)### [Dark Streets, Darker Accountability: What’s Really Happening at LA’s Bureau of Street Lighting](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31925:dark-streets-darker-accountability-whats-really-happening-at-las-bureau-of-street-lighting&catid=396)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on December 08 2025.

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Written by Michael Feinstein on December 01 2025.

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Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on November 20 2025.

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Written by CityWatch on November 06 2025.

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Written by Sara Roos on November 06 2025.

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