##  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=312)

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)

September 03 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Would Lumpy Trumpy’s Kicking the Bucket Before November 2020 End Our National Nightmare?

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 03 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20188:would-lumpy-trumpy-s-kicking-the-bucket-before-november-2020-end-our-national-nightmare&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/063p-74aa653b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20186:two-great-transportation-mobility-reps-jay-greenstein-and-alek-bartrosouf&catid=312)Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 03 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Two Great Transportation/Mobility Reps: Jay Greenstein and Alek Bartrosouf](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20186:two-great-transportation-mobility-reps-jay-greenstein-and-alek-bartrosouf&catid=312)

Our City Council and Mayor are replete with conflicts of interest, ethical violations, and a lack of transparency and responsiveness that makes the C…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/062f-a9b7adfb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20180:what-do-portland-protestors-have-in-common-with-palestinian-terrorists-everything&catid=312)### [What do Portland Protestors have in Common with Palestinian Terrorists? EVERYTHING!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20180:what-do-portland-protestors-have-in-common-with-palestinian-terrorists-everything&catid=312)

Written by Mayor David Rubin on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/16/062k-16ef17a5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20178:in-defense-of-utla&catid=312)### [In Defense of UTLA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20178:in-defense-of-utla&catid=312)

Written by Glenn Sacks on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a7/062q-a74f6660.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20177:headline-trump-threatens-to-cancel-the-election&catid=312)### [Headline: Trump Threatens to Cancel the Election](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20177:headline-trump-threatens-to-cancel-the-election&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a7/062m-a7232660.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20176:how-to-dismantle-america&catid=312)### [How to Dismantle America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20176:how-to-dismantle-america&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/062e-2c59b52b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20175:why-won-t-the-millennium-project-die-and-what-does-it-mean&catid=312)### [Why Won’t the Millennium Project Die, And What Does It Mean?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20175:why-won-t-the-millennium-project-die-and-what-does-it-mean&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/062j-1d8e0a11.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20174:la-city-council-winks-at-violence-against-police&catid=312)### [LA City Council Winks at Violence Against Police](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20174:la-city-council-winks-at-violence-against-police&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/062n-60bdfed2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20173:history-repeats-itself-first-as-tragedy-second-as-farce-the-case-of-the-purple-line-transit-plan&catid=312)### [‘History Repeats Itself, First as Tragedy, Second as Farce’ . . . The Case of the Purple Line Transit Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20173:history-repeats-itself-first-as-tragedy-second-as-farce-the-case-of-the-purple-line-transit-plan&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/062h-44206f40.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20172:politics-stupidity-covid-19-chaos&catid=312)### [Politics + Stupidity + COVID-19 = Chaos!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20172:politics-stupidity-covid-19-chaos&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7a/062c-7a44834c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20170:la-city-council-corruption-waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop&catid=312)### [LA City Council Corruption: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20170:la-city-council-corruption-waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop&catid=312)

Written by Diedra Greenaway on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/062s-f90cca08.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20168:character-no-longer-counts&catid=312)### [Character No Longer Counts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20168:character-no-longer-counts&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5f/061e-5f40ce79.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20161:the-beginning-of-the-end-for-trump&catid=312)### [The Beginning of the End for Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20161:the-beginning-of-the-end-for-trump&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on July 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8d/061i-8d67e6eb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20160:los-angeles-planning-as-manifest-destiny&catid=312)### [Los Angeles: Planning as Manifest Destiny ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20160:los-angeles-planning-as-manifest-destiny&catid=312)

Written by Jim O’Sullivan on July 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/061o-6da9e826.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20159:california-being-a-hot-spot-used-to-be-a-good-thing&catid=312)### [California Being a Hot Spot Used to be a Good Thing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20159:california-being-a-hot-spot-used-to-be-a-good-thing&catid=312)

Written by Diedra Greenaway on July 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ce/061j-ce75cb92.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20158:latino-elected-officials-serving-northeast-la-turn-their-backs-on-pandemic-needs-of-constituents&catid=312)### [Latino Elected Officials Serving Northeast LA Turn Their Backs on Pandemic Needs of Constituents](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20158:latino-elected-officials-serving-northeast-la-turn-their-backs-on-pandemic-needs-of-constituents&catid=312)

Written by Caroline Aguirre on July 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/061g-249ff42f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20157:racism-lurking-beneath-the-surface-even-in-south-pasadena&catid=312)### [ Racism Lurking Beneath the Surface - Even in South Pasadena](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20157:racism-lurking-beneath-the-surface-even-in-south-pasadena&catid=312)

Written by Victoria Patterson on July 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/71/061h-71a00fb7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20156:mayor-garcetti-ignores-the-rioting-and-abandonment-of-government&catid=312)### [Mayor Garcetti Ignores the Rioting and Abandonment of Government? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20156:mayor-garcetti-ignores-the-rioting-and-abandonment-of-government&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 27 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/061l-34f6d318.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20153:eric-garcetti-is-driving-southern-california-nuts&catid=312)### [Eric Garcetti is Driving Southern California Nuts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20153:eric-garcetti-is-driving-southern-california-nuts&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on July 27 2020.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on July 27 2020.

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