##  In the News

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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

August 31 2026

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### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395)

August 31 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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### Bernie Leads CA Democratic Primary Race With Boost from Bloomberg

Written by Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine on February 06 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19263:bernie-leads-ca-democratic-primary-race-with-boost-from-bloomberg&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2020/012m.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19261:four-pillars-for-housing-affordability-moving-beyond-sacramento-s-third-rail&catid=312)Written by Hydee Feldstein on February 06 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Four Pillars for Housing Affordability: Moving Beyond Sacramento's Third Rail](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19261:four-pillars-for-housing-affordability-moving-beyond-sacramento-s-third-rail&catid=312)

What type of incentives or regulation would bring more affordable housing within reach of all our residents? Here are four pillars on which to b…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c8/012k-c84136dc.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/012k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=58ee3874) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19260:sb-50-is-dead-again-so-can-we-get-back-to-helping-the-middle-class&catid=312)### [SB 50 is Dead (Again) So Can We Get Back to Helping the Middle Class?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19260:sb-50-is-dead-again-so-can-we-get-back-to-helping-the-middle-class&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d8/012e-d8478c6a.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/012e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c71d3220) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19258:why-we-will-never-elect-a-joe&catid=312)### [Why We Will Never Elect a Joe](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19258:why-we-will-never-elect-a-joe&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on February 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/af/012h-afae40bc.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/012h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0772b820) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19257:the-state-of-the-union-speech-more-like-a-game-show&catid=312)### [The State of the Union Speech: More Like a Game Show](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19257:the-state-of-the-union-speech-more-like-a-game-show&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on February 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/75/012r-754c1f71.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/012r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d236a9c5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19256:a-radical-call-to-action&catid=312)### [A Radical Call to Action](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19256:a-radical-call-to-action&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on February 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7a/012l-7abc78e0.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/012l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c3adc3f5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19255:how-judge-elizabeth-lippitt-and-coven-of-evil-threaten-the-lives-and-property-of-the-elderly&catid=312)### [How Judge Elizabeth Lippitt and Coven of Evil Threaten the Lives and Property of the Elderly](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19255:how-judge-elizabeth-lippitt-and-coven-of-evil-threaten-the-lives-and-property-of-the-elderly&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c7/011j-c7a4e8f2.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7cc75ffc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19247:sb50-the-more-real-estate-speculation-and-free-air-rights-bill&catid=312)### [SB50: The More Real Estate Speculation and Free Air Rights Bill](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19247:sb50-the-more-real-estate-speculation-and-free-air-rights-bill&catid=312)

Written by John Mirisch on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/33/011p-331ad1bb.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8a243ae7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19246:bernie-sanders-on-fire&catid=312)### [Bernie Sanders on Fire](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19246:bernie-sanders-on-fire&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/45/011h-45610d1b.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2c9e73c1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19244:the-keys-to-the-white-house-why-trump-appears-primed-for-reelection&catid=312)### [The Keys to the White House: Why Trump Appears Primed for Reelection](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19244:the-keys-to-the-white-house-why-trump-appears-primed-for-reelection&catid=312)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7f/011l-7f8d1b20.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dc721622) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19243:good-job-don-le-mon-you-just-re-elected-the-orange-teflon-don&catid=312)### [Good Job, Don Le-Mon, You Just Re-Elected the Orange Teflon Don!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19243:good-job-don-le-mon-you-just-re-elected-the-orange-teflon-don&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a1/011n-a184e13e.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c318198a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19242:fouling-our-own-nest-draining-our-wallets-it-s-time-to-divest-from-endless-wars&catid=312)### [Fouling Our Own Nest & Draining Our Wallets: It’s Time to Divest from Endless Wars](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19242:fouling-our-own-nest-draining-our-wallets-it-s-time-to-divest-from-endless-wars&catid=312)

Written by Greta Zarro on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/28/011i-286f1a43.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c6bb0dad) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19241:senate-bill-sb50-a-non-solution-to-a-very-real-housing-crisis&catid=312)### [Senate Bill SB50: A Non-Solution to a Very Real Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19241:senate-bill-sb50-a-non-solution-to-a-very-real-housing-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Grace Yoo on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f2/011e-f2760a93.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0592038f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19239:trump-s-epa-is-a-huge-cancer-risk&catid=312)### [Trump’s EPA Is a Huge Cancer Risk](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19239:trump-s-epa-is-a-huge-cancer-risk&catid=312)

Written by Sam Pizzigati on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1f/011m-1f0cfc23.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5d57f261) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19238:garcetti-s-filthy-dog-pound-seizes-healthy-dogs-from-respected-rescue&catid=312)### [Garcetti’s Filthy Dog Pound Seizes Healthy Dogs from Respected Rescue](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19238:garcetti-s-filthy-dog-pound-seizes-healthy-dogs-from-respected-rescue&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b8/011k-b8c0686b.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=417f38b2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19236:july-4-1776-january-31-2020-the-life-of-the-american-republic&catid=312)### [July 4, 1776 - January 31, 2020: The Life of the American Republic?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19236:july-4-1776-january-31-2020-the-life-of-the-american-republic&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/011f-99a62d48.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/011f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=61337a12) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19235:the-shame-of-child-poverty-in-the-age-of-trump&catid=312)### [The Shame of Child Poverty in the Age of Trump ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19235:the-shame-of-child-poverty-in-the-age-of-trump&catid=312)

Written by Raian Menon on February 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b1/010n-b1c2d271.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/010n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a443a146) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19230:trump-impeachment-is-a-mccarthy-era-turning-point-can-the-us-survive&catid=312)### [Trump Impeachment is a McCarthy-Era Turning Point - Can the US Survive?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19230:trump-impeachment-is-a-mccarthy-era-turning-point-can-the-us-survive&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth F. McCallion on January 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3e/010h-3ecd392f.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/010h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dece531d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19229:when-you-have-power-you-don-t-need-empowerment-an-epitaph-for-city-hall-s-tombstone&catid=312)### [‘When You Have Power, You Don’t Need Empowerment.’ An Epitaph for City Hall’s Tombstone.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19229:when-you-have-power-you-don-t-need-empowerment-an-epitaph-for-city-hall-s-tombstone&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/010y-ead81162.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/010y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4b6e8c6e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19228:anaheim-school-district-sues-juul-why&catid=312)### [Anaheim School District Sues Juul … Why?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19228:anaheim-school-district-sues-juul-why&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on January 30 2020.

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