##  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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### Tangled Web: Gavin Newsom, Ace Smith, California Apartment Association, and the Billionaires Who Love Them

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on December 17 2020.

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  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/53/102d-531e8d86.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20929:the-tamale-wars-of-christmas&catid=312)Written by Tony Castro on December 17 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [The Tamale Wars of Christmas](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20929:the-tamale-wars-of-christmas&catid=312)

It is also the place you can get the best bargain on tamales, especially at this time of year, with the tamal perhaps the best Mexican contribution t…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3f/102g-3faef5d9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20928:the-electoral-college-a-morass-of-ambiguity-and-confusion-that-may-save-the-union&catid=312)### [The Electoral College - a Morass of Ambiguity and Confusion That May Save the Union](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20928:the-electoral-college-a-morass-of-ambiguity-and-confusion-that-may-save-the-union&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 17 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/102l-bc226a68.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20927:menacing-methane-an-analysis&catid=312)### [Menacing Methane - An Analysis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20927:menacing-methane-an-analysis&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on December 17 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/101h-dba8f68c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20920:monday-december-14-2020-the-real-election-day&catid=312)### [Monday, December 14, 2020: The Real Election Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20920:monday-december-14-2020-the-real-election-day&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/04/101f-044dc91a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20919:the-ghosts-of-christmas-present-gop-kick-the-most-vulnerable-amid-pandemic&catid=312)### [The Ghosts of Christmas Present: GOP Kick the Most Vulnerable Amid Pandemic](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20919:the-ghosts-of-christmas-present-gop-kick-the-most-vulnerable-amid-pandemic&catid=312)

Written by Rev Dr Liz Theoharis on December 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/101k-4b0d4f31.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20918:garcetti-s-emergency-personnel-defy-covid-mandates&catid=312)### [Garcetti's Emergency Personnel Defy COVID Mandates](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20918:garcetti-s-emergency-personnel-defy-covid-mandates&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on December 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0f/101e-0f7f78f0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20916:updated-garcetti-ignored-corruption-for-years-former-la-building-safety-head-finally-charged&catid=312)### [(Updated) Garcetti Ignored Corruption for Years. Former LA Building & Safety Head, Finally Charged](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20916:updated-garcetti-ignored-corruption-for-years-former-la-building-safety-head-finally-charged&catid=312)

Written by Robert P. Silverstein on December 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/101j-ac39e87c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20915:is-la-serious-about-fixing-homelessness&catid=312)### [Is LA Serious about Fixing Homelessness? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20915:is-la-serious-about-fixing-homelessness&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 14 2020.

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Written by James Preston Allen on December 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d5/101m-d506d0af.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20912:extremism-in-pursuit-of-power&catid=312)### [Extremism in Pursuit of Power](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20912:extremism-in-pursuit-of-power&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1f/101i-1f8a7547.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20911:let-s-roll&catid=312)### [Let’s Roll!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20911:let-s-roll&catid=312)

Written by Gary Mittin on December 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e5/100e-e50e2bec.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20897:will-garcetti-go-to-d-c-with-biden-or-to-prison-with-huizar&catid=312)### [Will Garcetti Go to D.C. with Biden or to Prison with Huizar?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20897:will-garcetti-go-to-d-c-with-biden-or-to-prison-with-huizar&catid=312)

Written by General Jeff on December 10 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c7/100s-c7d0d262.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20896:raymond-chan-former-la-building-safety-head-charged-in-indictment&catid=312)### [Raymond Chan, Former LA Building & Safety Head, Charged in Indictment](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20896:raymond-chan-former-la-building-safety-head-charged-in-indictment&catid=312)

Written by Robert P. Silverstein on December 10 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/20/100g-20289c77.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20895:want-to-finally-do-something-about-homelessness-let-s-end-phony-solutions&catid=312)### [Want to Finally Do Something about Homelessness? Let’s End Phony Solutions](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20895:want-to-finally-do-something-about-homelessness-let-s-end-phony-solutions&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 10 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on December 10 2020.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 10 2020.

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Written by Tony Butka on December 10 2020.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on December 10 2020.

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