##  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)

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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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Trumpdemic

Written by James Preston Allen on May 18 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19787:trumpdemic&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c4/041m-c41c0f67.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/041m.png&thumbnail=610,347,&hash=7d6a1b74) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19785:to-those-who-can-put-on-your-mask-and-get-back-to-work&catid=312)Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 18 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [To Those Who Can, Put on Your Mask and Get Back to Work!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19785:to-those-who-can-put-on-your-mask-and-get-back-to-work&catid=312)

Some of us think with our heads, and some of us think with We need to fight to get our economy back, just as much as we need to fight to slow down th…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/041p-c94ca402.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19782:la-county-we-need-more-air-quality-management-district-monitoring-stations&catid=312)### [LA County: We Need More Air Quality Management District Monitoring Stations](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19782:la-county-we-need-more-air-quality-management-district-monitoring-stations&catid=312)

Written by Chris Rowe on May 18 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/041k-acde2fdd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19781:trump-s-latest-idea-is-more-death-less-money&catid=312)### [Trump’s Latest Idea Is More Death, Less Money](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19781:trump-s-latest-idea-is-more-death-less-money&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 18 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/040g-2d93c267.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19773:the-young-the-restless-and-the-stupid&catid=312)### [The Young, the Restless and the Stupid](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19773:the-young-the-restless-and-the-stupid&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/58/040m-5814ed62.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19772:reopening-the-economy-is-a-death-sentence-for-workers&catid=312)### [Reopening the Economy is a Death Sentence for Workers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19772:reopening-the-economy-is-a-death-sentence-for-workers&catid=312)

Written by Negin Owliaei on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/040n-3cab2819.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19771:renters-left-out-in-the-cold-despite-coronavirus-eviction-protection&catid=312)### [Renters Left Out in the Cold Despite Coronavirus Eviction Protection](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19771:renters-left-out-in-the-cold-despite-coronavirus-eviction-protection&catid=312)

Written by Kirk McClure and Alex Schwartz on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/040p-6de73101.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19770:exposed-the-real-estate-contributors-who-want-to-stop-rent-control-in-california&catid=312)### [Exposed! The Real Estate Contributors Who Want to Stop Rent Control in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19770:exposed-the-real-estate-contributors-who-want-to-stop-rent-control-in-california&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/81/040e-81f842a7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19769:three-crises-that-feed-on-each-other-covid-19-pandemic-financial-crash-and-climate-change&catid=312)### [Three Crises that Feed on Each Other: Covid-19 Pandemic, Financial Crash, and Climate Change](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19769:three-crises-that-feed-on-each-other-covid-19-pandemic-financial-crash-and-climate-change&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/53/040s-53a436fe.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19768:a-public-sector-crash-coming-in-july-2020&catid=312)### [A Public Sector Crash Coming in July 2020?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19768:a-public-sector-crash-coming-in-july-2020&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/eb/040j-eb58e683.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19767:the-controversial-burbank-airport-noise-bruhaha-in-the-faa-s-hands-for-now&catid=312)### [The Controversial Burbank Airport Noise Bruhaha: In the FAA’s Hands for Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19767:the-controversial-burbank-airport-noise-bruhaha-in-the-faa-s-hands-for-now&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/040d-90a2a7ca.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19766:unmasking-the-mask-controversy&catid=312)### [Unmasking the Mask Controversy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19766:unmasking-the-mask-controversy&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/040o-402ff19b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19765:nation-must-prepare-to-vote-by-mail&catid=312)### [Nation Must Prepare to Vote by Mail](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19765:nation-must-prepare-to-vote-by-mail&catid=312)

Written by Harvey Wasserman on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/040r-de2b20eb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19763:chandelier-stores-open-why-not-porn-booze-nicotine-and-dog-groomers&catid=312)### [Chandelier Stores Open - Why Not Porn, Booze, Nicotine and Dog Groomers?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19763:chandelier-stores-open-why-not-porn-booze-nicotine-and-dog-groomers&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on May 14 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/79/039o-7981085d.png&src=images/stories/May-2020/039o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6eff8237) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19756:it-s-off-to-work-we-go-heigh-ho&catid=312)### [It’s Off to Work We Go, Heigh-ho](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19756:it-s-off-to-work-we-go-heigh-ho&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/73/039w-735f1c04.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19755:accepting-blame-not-in-this-president-s-dna&catid=312)### [Accepting Blame: Not In This President’s DNA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19755:accepting-blame-not-in-this-president-s-dna&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on May 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7b/039s-7b90e2b8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19753:community-activists-locked-down-and-locked-out&catid=312)### [Community Activists: Locked Down and Locked Out](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19753:community-activists-locked-down-and-locked-out&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on May 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e5/039p-e5eb7588.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19752:i-just-flew-it-was-worse-than-i-thought-it-would-be&catid=312)### [I Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19752:i-just-flew-it-was-worse-than-i-thought-it-would-be&catid=312)

Written by McKay Coppins on May 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/039t-63d9fc5c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19750:california-apartment-association-once-again-opposes-renter-protections&catid=312)### [California Apartment Association, Once Again, Opposes Renter Protections](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19750:california-apartment-association-once-again-opposes-renter-protections&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on May 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/039d-67cdab5b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19749:where-is-la-s-rent-stabilization-ordinance-headed&catid=312)### [Where is LA’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance Headed?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19749:where-is-la-s-rent-stabilization-ordinance-headed&catid=312)

Written by Connie Acosta on May 11 2020.

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