##  In the News

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

August 20 2026

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August 17 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### COVID-19 "Vaccination Desperation" is Both Understandable and Entirely Inappropriate

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 01 2021.

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## [Memo to AD54 LACDP Constituent-Peeps: Special Primary Race for SD30 is Crucial](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21309:memo-to-ad54-lacdp-constituent-peeps-special-primary-race-for-sd30-is-crucial&catid=312)

A majority of Californians support removing private insurance from the healthcare equation. And if not now -- during a global pandemic when sky-high…

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Written by Chris Rowe on March 01 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/58/016d-5847419d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21297:will-the-gop-air-brush-mitch-mcconnell-out-of-the-picture&catid=312)### [Will the GOP ‘Air Brush’ Mitch McConnell Out of the Picture?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21297:will-the-gop-air-brush-mitch-mcconnell-out-of-the-picture&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on February 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/016h-60120c42.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21296:new-report-estimating-15-minimum-wage-will-cost-1-4-million-jobs-is-wrong&catid=312)### [New Report Estimating $15 Minimum Wage Will Cost 1.4 Million Jobs Is Wrong](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21296:new-report-estimating-15-minimum-wage-will-cost-1-4-million-jobs-is-wrong&catid=312)

Written by Arindraiit Dube on February 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/016m-477dd3ea.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21295:here-come-the-fauxgressives-the-latest-incarnation-of-wall-street-in-my-back-yard-wimbys&catid=312)### [Here Come the Fauxgressives! The Latest Incarnation of Wall Street in My Back Yard (WIMBYs)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21295:here-come-the-fauxgressives-the-latest-incarnation-of-wall-street-in-my-back-yard-wimbys&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on February 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/016g-a42f6fd8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21294:say-no-to-the-405-monorail&catid=312)### [Say No to the 405 Monorail](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21294:say-no-to-the-405-monorail&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Hetz on February 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/016q-2c88afa4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21292:cd-14-s-kevin-de-leon-rides-again-misunderstanding-the-homeless&catid=312)### [CD 14’s Kevin de León Rides Again - Misunderstanding the Homeless?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21292:cd-14-s-kevin-de-leon-rides-again-misunderstanding-the-homeless&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on February 25 2021.

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Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on February 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c6/016o-c68e053c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21289:covid-19-vaccination-update-science-not-politics-will-get-us-past-this-pandemic&catid=312)### [COVID-19/Vaccination Update: Science, Not Politics, Will Get Us Past This Pandemic!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21289:covid-19-vaccination-update-science-not-politics-will-get-us-past-this-pandemic&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 25 2021.

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Written by Olga Zurawska on February 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/016p-0cb8bc5b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21287:corruption-vs-corruptionism&catid=312)### [Corruption vs Corruptionism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21287:corruption-vs-corruptionism&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4f/015n-4f22860d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21282:are-judges-just-politicians-in-robes&catid=312)### [Are Judges Just Politicians in Robes?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21282:are-judges-just-politicians-in-robes&catid=312)

Written by James D. Zirin on February 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b4/015f-b4df467b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21281:what-is-this-qanon-thing-they-re-talking-about&catid=312)### [What is This ‘QAnon’ Thing They’re Talking About?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21281:what-is-this-qanon-thing-they-re-talking-about&catid=312)

Written by Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine on February 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/03/015d-0334381d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21280:a-classroom-teacher-s-view-of-reopening-schools-what-policymakers-the-public-don-t-understand&catid=312)### [A Classroom Teacher’s View of Reopening Schools: What Policymakers & the Public Don’t Understand](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21280:a-classroom-teacher-s-view-of-reopening-schools-what-policymakers-the-public-don-t-understand&catid=312)

Written by Glenn Sacks on February 22 2021.

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Written by Michelle Vega on February 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/015l-8ce3619e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21276:city-attorney-puts-brakes-on-buscaino-s-motion-to-sue-lausd&catid=312)### [City Attorney Puts Brakes on Buscaino’s Motion to Sue LAUSD](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21276:city-attorney-puts-brakes-on-buscaino-s-motion-to-sue-lausd&catid=312)

Written by Mark Friedman on February 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ca/015k-ca663a11.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21273:covid-19-update-schooling-the-schooled-on-reopening-our-schools&catid=312)### [COVID-19 Update: Schooling the Schooled on Reopening our Schools ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21273:covid-19-update-schooling-the-schooled-on-reopening-our-schools&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 22 2021.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 22 2021.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on February 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/59/014n-597bd898.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21261:homeless-living-in-vehicles-screwed-again&catid=312)### [Homeless Living in Vehicles, Screwed Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21261:homeless-living-in-vehicles-screwed-again&catid=312)

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