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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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### [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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#  POLITICS

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### The Unitary Executive: Trump’s Power Play That Could Break the Republic

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 03 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31757:the-unitary-executive-trumps-power-play-that-could-break-the-republic&catid=396)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f4/087j-f496cf88.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2025/087j.jpg&thumbnail=610,332,&hash=9f0f3f69) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31742:riddle-me-this-what-does-bass-on-a-plate-and-bass-in-city-hall-have-in-common&catid=396)Written by Fred Rosen on October 30 2025. Posted in [POLITICS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=396).

## [Riddle Me This: What Does Bass On A Plate And Bass In City Hall Have In Common?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31742:riddle-me-this-what-does-bass-on-a-plate-and-bass-in-city-hall-have-in-common&catid=396)

AND ANOTHER THING – The Answer to the Riddle: Neither one can make Los Angeles better! --and spare me that I'm being mean--someone has to say it…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/087l-1085b0d6.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31735:from-a-beacon-of-democracy-to-authoritarian-rule&catid=396)### [From A Beacon Of Democracy To Authoritarian Rule](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31735:from-a-beacon-of-democracy-to-authoritarian-rule&catid=396)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f6/086g-f6893743.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31719:prop-50-power-maps-and-the-politics-of-control-in-california&catid=396)### [Prop 50: Power, Maps, and the Politics of Control in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31719:prop-50-power-maps-and-the-politics-of-control-in-california&catid=396)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on October 27 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/086e-60e7dbcc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31718:the-slow-and-very-public-suicide-of-the-democrat-party&catid=396)### [The Slow And Very Public Suicide Of The Democrat Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31718:the-slow-and-very-public-suicide-of-the-democrat-party&catid=396)

Written by Mark Dutton on October 27 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/64/086j-64f728a7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31712:why-is-caruso-pushing-for-passage-of-prop-50&catid=396)### [Why is Caruso Pushing for Passage of Prop 50? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31712:why-is-caruso-pushing-for-passage-of-prop-50&catid=396)

Written by Nick Antonicello on October 27 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/086n-233df2d5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31708:whether-its-medicare-medicaid-or-the-aca-the-bill-is-now-due&catid=396)### [Whether It’s Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA, The Bill is Now Due](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31708:whether-its-medicare-medicaid-or-the-aca-the-bill-is-now-due&catid=396)

Written by Ken Alpern on October 27 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/085i-377485a8.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31697:the-race-for-attorney-general-in-virginia-is-a-moment-of-truth-for-democrats&catid=396)### [The Race For Attorney General In Virginia Is A Moment Of Truth For Democrats](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31697:the-race-for-attorney-general-in-virginia-is-a-moment-of-truth-for-democrats&catid=396)

Written by Matthew Hetz on October 23 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 20 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/084j-7588c898.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31680:three-dimensional-political-chess-enters-the-race&catid=396)### [Three-Dimensional Political Chess Enters The Race](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31680:three-dimensional-political-chess-enters-the-race&catid=396)

Written by Tim Deegan on October 20 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0e/083e-0e42e037.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31666:the-gops-moral-reckoning-why-silence-on-hate-is-political-suicide&catid=396)### [The GOP’s Moral Reckoning: Why Silence on Hate Is Political Suicide](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31666:the-gops-moral-reckoning-why-silence-on-hate-is-political-suicide&catid=396)

Written by Eric W. Rose on October 16 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/13/081f-138b93c7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31629:the-health-care-emergency-behind-the-government-shutdown&catid=396)### [The Health Care Emergency Behind the Government Shutdown](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31629:the-health-care-emergency-behind-the-government-shutdown&catid=396)

Written by Karen Dolan on October 09 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/080h-79dece70.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31614:two-wrongs-make-a-right-for-gavin-newsom-our-sociopathetically-socialist-governor&catid=396)### [Two Wrongs Make A Right For Gavin Newsom - Our Sociopathetically Socialist Governor](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31614:two-wrongs-make-a-right-for-gavin-newsom-our-sociopathetically-socialist-governor&catid=396)

Written by Mark Dutton on October 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/080i-e08e0fea.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31608:better-elections-for-los-angeles-through-charter-reform&catid=396)### [Better Elections for Los Angeles Through Charter Reform](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31608:better-elections-for-los-angeles-through-charter-reform&catid=396)

Written by Denise Robb on October 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/079c-d4c547cd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31597:an-open-letter-to-mike-pence-your-saving-the-soul-of-america-campaign-is-hypocritical-nonsense&catid=396)### [An Open Letter to Mike Pence: Your ‘Saving the Soul of America’ Campaign Is Hypocritical Nonsense](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31597:an-open-letter-to-mike-pence-your-saving-the-soul-of-america-campaign-is-hypocritical-nonsense&catid=396)

Written by David M. Hamlin on October 02 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 29 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/075e-de72319b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31532:short-term-thinking-on-long-term-problems&catid=396)### [Short Term Thinking on Long Term Problems](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31532:short-term-thinking-on-long-term-problems&catid=396)

Written by Liz Amsden on September 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/50/074p-502f2a4f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31512:why-los-angeles-doesnt-need-an-engineer-as-mayor&catid=396)### [Why Los Angeles Doesn’t Need an Engineer as Mayor](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31512:why-los-angeles-doesnt-need-an-engineer-as-mayor&catid=396)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on September 15 2025.

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Written by Ken Ross on September 15 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 15 2025.

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