##  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)

August 31 2026

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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)

August 31 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Smash and Grab Versus Stack and Pack. Who Are the Bigger Crooks?

Written by Dick Platkin on December 09 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23266:smash-and-grab-versus-stack-and-pack-who-are-the-bigger-crooks&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/56/098f-5653bb91.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2021/098f.png&thumbnail=610,407,&hash=b142d94b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23250:has-the-time-for-the-fbi-s-protecting-eric-garcetti-expired&catid=312)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 09 2021. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Has the Time for the FBI’s Protecting Eric Garcetti Expired?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23250:has-the-time-for-the-fbi-s-protecting-eric-garcetti-expired&catid=312)

A full list of Garcetti’s “crimes” is too long for one CityWatch article to enumerate. The quotation marks around “crimes” denote that no one has e…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f5/098z6-f5acc3cf.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23248:holiday-political-follies-northeast-la-edition&catid=312)### [Holiday Political Follies From 3 Wise Men - Kevin, Gil and Mitch](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23248:holiday-political-follies-northeast-la-edition&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on December 09 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/097h-3ea2a966.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23244:criminals-pillage-where-lax-on-crime-das-rule&catid=312)### [Criminals Pillage Where ‘Lax On Crime’ DAs Rule](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23244:criminals-pillage-where-lax-on-crime-das-rule&catid=312)

Written by Eric W. Siddall on December 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/71/097e-71deac1e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23218:city-council-redistricting-no-bed-of-roses-promised&catid=312)### [City Council Redistricting. No Bed of Roses Promised.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23218:city-council-redistricting-no-bed-of-roses-promised&catid=312)

Written by Connie Acosta on December 06 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/096a-406eb1f4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23199:la-at-top-of-violent-crime-wave-list&catid=312)### [LA At Top of Violent Crime Wave List](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23199:la-at-top-of-violent-crime-wave-list&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on December 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f2/096h-f285c7d4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23197:what-the-housing-crisis-reveals-about-u-s-global-decline&catid=312)### [What The Housing Crisis Reveals About U.S. Global Decline?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23197:what-the-housing-crisis-reveals-about-u-s-global-decline&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/096f-43cbf878.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23194:charter-schools-owe-lausd-students-over-13m-who-is-responsible-for-the-failure&catid=312)### [Charter Schools Owe LAUSD Students Over $13M. Who Is Responsible For The Failure?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23194:charter-schools-owe-lausd-students-over-13m-who-is-responsible-for-the-failure&catid=312)

Written by CARL PETERSON on December 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/096l-1da9fbee.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23192:is-there-a-progressive-s-power-shift-coming-at-city-hall&catid=312)### [Is There A Progressive Power Shift Coming At City Hall?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23192:is-there-a-progressive-s-power-shift-coming-at-city-hall&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on December 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/096z2-afdbe5c1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23187:the-great-resignation-it-s-a-real-thing-and-long-overdue&catid=312)### [The Great Resignation: It's a Real Thing, and Long Overdue](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23187:the-great-resignation-it-s-a-real-thing-and-long-overdue&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on December 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/30/096b-30cbf20e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23185:done-messes-up-nc-2021-elections&catid=312)### [DONE Messes Up NC 2021 Elections](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23185:done-messes-up-nc-2021-elections&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on December 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/096j-b95290e5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23181:la-s-predatory-ways-support-the-powerful-divide-the-rest&catid=312)### [LA’s Predatory Ways Support The Powerful, Divide The Rest](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23181:la-s-predatory-ways-support-the-powerful-divide-the-rest&catid=312)

Written by Richard Abrams on December 02 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3b/095z2-3b264baa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23174:omicron-omigod-as-in-omigod-we-re-overreacting-to-this-variant&catid=312)### ["Omicron? Omigod! We're Overreacting To This Variant!"](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23174:omicron-omigod-as-in-omigod-we-re-overreacting-to-this-variant&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on November 29 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/094v-c0fad532.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23150:tis-the-season-to-pay-attention-to-this-crisis&catid=312)### [‘Tis the Season to Pay Attention to this Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23150:tis-the-season-to-pay-attention-to-this-crisis&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on November 24 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/094c-905cc16b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23148:housing-policy-an-agent-for-growth&catid=312)### [Housing Policy: An Agent for “Growth.”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23148:housing-policy-an-agent-for-growth&catid=312)

Written by John Mirisch on November 24 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/51/094n-5105fd7f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23134:ten-things-to-hopefully-be-thankful-for-in-a-lousy-and-challenging-era&catid=312)### [Ten Things To (Hopefully) Be Thankful For In A Lousy And Challenging Era](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23134:ten-things-to-hopefully-be-thankful-for-in-a-lousy-and-challenging-era&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on November 24 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/093x2-b561b530.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23116:can-gascon-company-please-make-up-their-minds&catid=312)### [Can Gascon & Company Please Make Up Their Minds?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23116:can-gascon-company-please-make-up-their-minds&catid=312)

Written by Karen Roseberry on November 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/093z2-c86540c8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23103:puzzling-council-district-boundary-lines-improve-in-the-valley&catid=312)### [Puzzling Council District Boundary Lines Improve in the Valley](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23103:puzzling-council-district-boundary-lines-improve-in-the-valley&catid=312)

Written by Connie Acosta on November 22 2021.

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Written by Johana Bhuiyan and Sam Levin on November 22 2021.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on November 18 2021.

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