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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)

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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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### How Exactly Should the US Reinvent Its Police Departments?

Written by Thom Hartman on June 08 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19895:how-exactly-should-the-us-reinvent-its-police-departments&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/047o-e7cf2300.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19893:budget-crisis-threatens-la-teachers-hard-won-gains&catid=312)Written by Jack Ross on June 08 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Budget Crisis Threatens LA Teachers’ Hard-Won Gains](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19893:budget-crisis-threatens-la-teachers-hard-won-gains&catid=312)

The elementary school teacher had been sequestered there for days as part of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) bargaining team, which was then n…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/29/047m-297b5c77.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19892:do-we-want-a-bounty-of-justice-or-a-pound-of-flesh&catid=312)### [Do We Want a Bounty of Justice, or a Pound of Flesh?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19892:do-we-want-a-bounty-of-justice-or-a-pound-of-flesh&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/047h-2487c45d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19890:lapd-chief-should-re-retire-after-absurd-race-reveal&catid=312)### [LAPD Chief Should ‘Re-Retire’ After Absurd Race Reveal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19890:lapd-chief-should-re-retire-after-absurd-race-reveal&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/047d-af5dbbce.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19888:will-the-city-of-yulin-hold-the-infamous-dog-meat-festival-on-june-21-30-in-defiance-of-new-chinese-regulations-banning-commercial-dog-meat&catid=312)### [Will the City of Yulin Hold the Infamous Dog Meat Festival on June 21-30, In Defiance of New Chinese Regulations Banning Commercial Dog Meat?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19888:will-the-city-of-yulin-hold-the-infamous-dog-meat-festival-on-june-21-30-in-defiance-of-new-chinese-regulations-banning-commercial-dog-meat&catid=312)

Written by Jeffrey Mausner on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/047i-dd9bf5de.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19887:how-the-judicial-right-of-bigotry-is-upheld-by-california-s-constitution&catid=312)### [How the Judicial Right of Bigotry is Upheld by California’s Constitution](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19887:how-the-judicial-right-of-bigotry-is-upheld-by-california-s-constitution&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/046o-474279c6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19882:update-chinese-ministry-of-agriculture-bans-commercial-dog-and-cat-meat-focus-shifts-to-enforcement&catid=312)### [Update: Chinese Ministry of Agriculture Bans Commercial Dog and Cat Meat – Focus Shifts to Enforcement](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19882:update-chinese-ministry-of-agriculture-bans-commercial-dog-and-cat-meat-focus-shifts-to-enforcement&catid=312)

Written by Jeffrey Mausner on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/046d-7e2e015e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19880:this-is-america-i-can-t-breathe&catid=312)### [This is America: I Can’t Breathe](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19880:this-is-america-i-can-t-breathe&catid=312)

Written by Diedra Greenaway on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/68/046k-689c6a81.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19879:echoes-of-the-past-and-a-challenge&catid=312)### [Echoes of the Past and a Challenge](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19879:echoes-of-the-past-and-a-challenge&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/046b-0cf2bf8a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19878:who-exactly-is-doing-the-looting-and-who-s-being-looted&catid=312)### [Who Exactly Is Doing the Looting, and Who’s Being Looted?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19878:who-exactly-is-doing-the-looting-and-who-s-being-looted&catid=312)

Written by David Sirota on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/046l-e9af0584.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19877:city-planning-department-pats-itself-on-the-back-for-its-recent-awards&catid=312)### [City Planning Department Pats Itself on the Back for its Recent Awards](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19877:city-planning-department-pats-itself-on-the-back-for-its-recent-awards&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/12/046m-12ec2fe1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19876:innovation-in-the-streets-of-la&catid=312)### [Innovation in the Streets of LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19876:innovation-in-the-streets-of-la&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/046c-bbcd5121.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19875:tipping-point-the-arrest-that-triggered-an-american-outcry&catid=312)### [Tipping Point: The Arrest that Triggered an American Outcry ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19875:tipping-point-the-arrest-that-triggered-an-american-outcry&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cf/046g-cfa76133.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19874:maybe-we-should-all-take-a-knee-if-we-really-want-to-win-this-fight&catid=312)### [Maybe We Should ALL Take-a-Knee If We Really Want to Win This Fight](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19874:maybe-we-should-all-take-a-knee-if-we-really-want-to-win-this-fight&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5f/046n-5fd69964.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19871:blm-black-retired-cop-shot-to-death-in-riots&catid=312)### [BLM: Black Retired Cop Shot to Death in Riots](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19871:blm-black-retired-cop-shot-to-death-in-riots&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/09/046i-09105fc0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19870:how-the-moral-depravity-of-the-courts-affects-us-all&catid=312)### [How the Moral Depravity of the Courts Affects Us All](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19870:how-the-moral-depravity-of-the-courts-affects-us-all&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/76/046e-76a43e62.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19869:the-truth-about-lacers-the-lacers-board-part-3&catid=312)### [The Truth About LACERS – The LACERS Board – Part 3](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19869:the-truth-about-lacers-the-lacers-board-part-3&catid=312)

Written by Tom Moutes on June 04 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c7/045u-c7ea6f93.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19866:a-defense-of-legitimate-conservatism-and-endless-questions&catid=312)### [A Defense of Legitimate Conservatism, and Endless Questions](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19866:a-defense-of-legitimate-conservatism-and-endless-questions&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/045r-8a2c9cb6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19862:did-you-really-think-the-death-of-george-floyd-would-make-them-stop-killing-us&catid=312)### [Did You Really Think the Death of George Floyd would Make Them Stop Killing Us?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19862:did-you-really-think-the-death-of-george-floyd-would-make-them-stop-killing-us&catid=312)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/045l-bac33b6b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19861:la-leadership-missing-in-action&catid=312)### [LA Leadership: Missing In Action](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19861:la-leadership-missing-in-action&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on June 01 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ed/045j-ed598590.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19860:something-is-profoundly-wrong-in-america&catid=312)### [Something is Profoundly Wrong in America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19860:something-is-profoundly-wrong-in-america&catid=312)

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