##  In the News

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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 07 2026

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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=378)

September 03 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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### [As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33308:as-california-debated-sharing-data-on-drivers-homeland-security-subpoenaed-17-million-records&catid=425)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### COVID Fatigue, Mask Fatigue, and the Need to Save Our Society

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 26 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22165:covid-fatigue-mask-fatigue-and-the-need-to-save-our-society&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/28/059u-28ee6cee.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22162:environmental-report-moves-forward-for-800-s-fairfax-development&catid=312)Written by Elizabeth Fuller on July 26 2021. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Environmental Report Moves Forward for 800 S. Fairfax Development](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22162:environmental-report-moves-forward-for-800-s-fairfax-development&catid=312)

 The next day, on July 8, the Planning Department approved the environmental review and forwarded it to the City Council Planning and Land Use Manage…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/059j-8882a88e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22158:how-judicial-top-down-corruption-plays-out-in-california&catid=312)### [How Judicial Top-Down Corruption Plays Out in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22158:how-judicial-top-down-corruption-plays-out-in-california&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a6/059p-a656fc90.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22157:millenials-are-a-lot-less-progressive-than-you-think&catid=312)### [Millenials Are A Lot Less Progressive Than You Think](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22157:millenials-are-a-lot-less-progressive-than-you-think&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin & Samuel J. Abrams on July 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/29/059l-29424a89.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22155:the-britney-effect-how-california-is-grappling-with-conservatorship&catid=312)### [The Britney effect: How California is grappling with conservatorship](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22155:the-britney-effect-how-california-is-grappling-with-conservatorship&catid=312)

Written by Jocelyn Wiener on July 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/059m-23555b3a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22154:could-crime-surge-push-newsom-recall&catid=312)### [Could Crime Surge Push Newsom Recall?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22154:could-crime-surge-push-newsom-recall&catid=312)

Written by Dan Walters on July 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/059n-a0489f72.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22149:gov-gavin-newsom-faces-another-covid-19-conundrum&catid=312)### [Gov. Gavin Newsom Faces Another COVID-19 Conundrum](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22149:gov-gavin-newsom-faces-another-covid-19-conundrum&catid=312)

Written by Emily Hoeven on July 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/38/059b-38ba0ac8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22148:amazon-s-relentless-surveillance-must-be-stopped&catid=312)### [Amazon's Relentless Surveillance Must Be Stopped](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22148:amazon-s-relentless-surveillance-must-be-stopped&catid=312)

Written by Daniel A. Hanley on July 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/eb/058z4-eb9cb643.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22133:india-needs-you-garcetti-please-take-raquel-beltran-with-you&catid=312)### [India Needs You, Garcetti – Please Take Raquel Beltrán with You](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22133:india-needs-you-garcetti-please-take-raquel-beltran-with-you&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/058z6-6bc6d6a9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22132:the-city-of-la-descends-into-full-on-fascism&catid=312)### [The City of LA Descends into Full-On Fascism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22132:the-city-of-la-descends-into-full-on-fascism&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/058h-ba6e6b7d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22131:gov-newsom-signs-historic-housing-and-homelessness-funding-package&catid=312)### [Gov. Newsom Signs Historic Housing and Homelessness Funding Package](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22131:gov-newsom-signs-historic-housing-and-homelessness-funding-package&catid=312)

Written by RLN Reporters Desk on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/058z-4d85ccd5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22130:farm-workers-are-dying-blame-our-exploitative-food-system&catid=312)### [Farm Workers are Dying. Blame Our Exploitative Food System.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22130:farm-workers-are-dying-blame-our-exploitative-food-system&catid=312)

Written by Jill Richardson on July 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b2/058q-b259184e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22125:uc-tuition-hike-regents-to-vote-on-forever-increase&catid=312)### [UC tuition hike: Regents to vote on ‘forever’ increase](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22125:uc-tuition-hike-regents-to-vote-on-forever-increase&catid=312)

Written by Mikhail Zinshteyn on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d7/058i-d797bc8c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22124:we-re-all-paying-a-price-for-the-pandemic-of-the-unvaccinated&catid=312)### [We’re All Paying a Price for the ‘Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22124:we-re-all-paying-a-price-for-the-pandemic-of-the-unvaccinated&catid=312)

Written by Mark Kreisler on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/058z2-86381a5f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22122:a-price-for-anything-and-everything-in-la-and-beyond&catid=312)### [A Price for Anything and Everything in LA and Beyond](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22122:a-price-for-anything-and-everything-in-la-and-beyond&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/058o-3c58d9ec.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22121:the-latest-false-claims-to-sanitize-speculative-real-estate-investments&catid=312)### [The Latest False Claims to Sanitize Speculative Real Estate Investments](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22121:the-latest-false-claims-to-sanitize-speculative-real-estate-investments&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/058a-4df7e953.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22120:why-not-let-the-church-you-loathe-save-the-theater-you-love&catid=312)### [Why Not Let the Church You Loathe Save the Theater You Love?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22120:why-not-let-the-church-you-loathe-save-the-theater-you-love&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/68/058z1-68eca0c5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22116:to-the-la-city-council-are-the-homeless-are-just-bait-for-the-2022-elections&catid=312)### [To the LA City Council: Are the Homeless Just Bait for the 2022 Elections?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22116:to-the-la-city-council-are-the-homeless-are-just-bait-for-the-2022-elections&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on July 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/27/058w-27688f38.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22115:who-made-raquel-beltran-dictator-for-life&catid=312)### [Who Made Raquel Beltrán Dictator-for-Life? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22115:who-made-raquel-beltran-dictator-for-life&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/59/058m-598f900a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22114:to-mask-or-un-mask-division-death&catid=312)### [To Mask or Un-Mask? Division = Death](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22114:to-mask-or-un-mask-division-death&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 22 2021.

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