##  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 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)

September 07 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Re-Fund, Don’t De-fund the Police

Written by Leonard Isenberg on January 07 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21013:re-fund-don-t-de-fund-the-police&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ed/002j-ed4f8319.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/002j.png&thumbnail=610,370,&hash=e4038d44) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21012:new-year-s-eve-in-beverly-grove-number-3-with-a-bullet&catid=312)Written by Shelley Wagers on January 07 2021. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [New Year’s Eve in Beverly Grove: Number 3 with a Bullet](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21012:new-year-s-eve-in-beverly-grove-number-3-with-a-bullet&catid=312)

Now a New Year’s Eve shooting has moved the issue up a few spots, at least in the quiet Beverly Grove neighborhood. Think of it as Number 3 with a bu…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/89/002n-89d580bd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21011:a-race-against-time-getting-covid-or-get-a-covid-vaccine-or-get-covid-19-19&catid=312)### [A Race Against Time--Getting COVID, or Getting the COVID Vaccine](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21011:a-race-against-time-getting-covid-or-get-a-covid-vaccine-or-get-covid-19-19&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/68/002p-6828856b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21009:a-freedom-of-speech&catid=312)### [A Freedom of Speech?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21009:a-freedom-of-speech&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on January 07 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e0/002l-e0c1cfe3.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/002l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=df268da7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21008:bound-to-fail-pawning-off-urban-reaganomics-as-progressive-housing-policy&catid=312)### [Bound to Fail: Pawning off Urban Reaganomics as ‘Progressive’ Housing Policy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21008:bound-to-fail-pawning-off-urban-reaganomics-as-progressive-housing-policy&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 07 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d2/002o-d2917d14.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21006:a-new-year-of-uncertainty&catid=312)### [A New Year of Uncertainty](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21006:a-new-year-of-uncertainty&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on January 07 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b3/002f-b36abf03.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21004:the-coup-in-washington-why-is-anyone-surprised-by-trump-s-fascist-politics&catid=312)### [The Coup in Washington: Why is Anyone Surprised by Trump’s Fascist Politics?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21004:the-coup-in-washington-why-is-anyone-surprised-by-trump-s-fascist-politics&catid=312)

Written by Anthony DiMaggio on January 07 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/001l-8b9c0f3b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20999:the-year-that-won-t-go-away&catid=312)### [The Year That Won’t Go Away](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20999:the-year-that-won-t-go-away&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/97/001d-97689681.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b3bb3e0a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20997:yippee-2020-is-over-and-done-with&catid=312)### [Yippee, 2020 is Over and Done With!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20997:yippee-2020-is-over-and-done-with&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on January 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/47/001n-4740854f.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d3a40d75) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20996:surge-blame-newsom-garcetti-and-kuehl-et-al&catid=312)### [Surge? Blame Newsom, Garcetti and Kuehl Et Al](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20996:surge-blame-newsom-garcetti-and-kuehl-et-al&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on January 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2b/001p-2ba25a2e.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c6590a4d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20995:powerless&catid=312)### [Powerless](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20995:powerless&catid=312)

Written by Eliot Cohen on January 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cd/001r-cdd30326.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a6e9e405) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20994:king-gavin-doesn-t-give-a-damn-about-us-why-should-we-give-a-damn-about-him&catid=312)### [King Gavin Doesn't Give a Damn About Us, Why Should We Give a Damn About Him?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20994:king-gavin-doesn-t-give-a-damn-about-us-why-should-we-give-a-damn-about-him&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/42/001s-42cc6e94.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=403aa654) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20993:good-news-supportive-housing-project-sprouts-in-the-westlake-neighborhood&catid=312)### [Good News! Supportive Housing Project Sprouts in the Westlake Neighborhood](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20993:good-news-supportive-housing-project-sprouts-in-the-westlake-neighborhood&catid=312)

Written by Connie Acosta on January 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fa/001m-fa130e44.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=caa8f8b5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20991:the-untold-story-of-american-aid-to-israel&catid=312)### [The Untold Story of American Aid to Israel](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20991:the-untold-story-of-american-aid-to-israel&catid=312)

Written by Ramzy Baroud on January 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/09/001x-0964851b.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=941fed42) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20989:corruption-stalks-america&catid=312)### [Corruption Stalks America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20989:corruption-stalks-america&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d6/001e-d6fbbc07.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=00760394) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20985:what-would-it-take-to-create-an-11-member-la-county-board-of-supervisors&catid=312)### [What Would it Take to Create an 11-Member LA County Board of Supervisors?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20985:what-would-it-take-to-create-an-11-member-la-county-board-of-supervisors&catid=312)

Written by Chris Rowe on January 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8b/104w-8bf3a9ab.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2020/104w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c1c83831) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20978:analysts-warn-at-current-pace-us-will-take-10-years-to-adequately-vaccinate-the-public-against-covid-19&catid=312)### [Analysts Warn: At Current Pace, US Will Take 10 Years to Adequately Vaccinate the Public Against Covid-19](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20978:analysts-warn-at-current-pace-us-will-take-10-years-to-adequately-vaccinate-the-public-against-covid-19&catid=312)

Written by Jake Johnson on December 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/104u-eaafa4aa.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2020/104u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fdd0a289) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20977:the-failed-logic-of-planning-in-los-angeles-full-speed-into-the-rocks&catid=312)### [The Failed Logic of Planning in Los Angeles: Full Speed Into the Rocks](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20977:the-failed-logic-of-planning-in-los-angeles-full-speed-into-the-rocks&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 31 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/72/104s-726978d4.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2020/104s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1aa284a0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20975:2021-life-after-lockdown&catid=312)### [2021: Life After Lockdown](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20975:2021-life-after-lockdown&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 28 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cf/104q-cff8f633.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2020/104q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3dcbbc15) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20974:adjourning-thoughts-and-silver-linings-2020&catid=312)### [Adjourning Thoughts and Silver Linings, 2020](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20974:adjourning-thoughts-and-silver-linings-2020&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on December 28 2020.

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