##  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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### [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

#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Racial Wealth Divide Hurts the Entire Middle Class

Written by Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on October 24 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18704:the-racial-wealth-divide-hurts-the-entire-middle-class&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bc/086g-bce04c66.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2019/086g.png&thumbnail=610,361,&hash=6addc1a2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18703:the-betrayal-of-american-core-values-how-it-plays-out-in-la-as-well-as-the-nation&catid=312)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 24 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [The Betrayal of American Core Values: How it Plays Out in LA, as Well as the Nation](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18703:the-betrayal-of-american-core-values-how-it-plays-out-in-la-as-well-as-the-nation&catid=312)

“The thought is father to the deed,” said Sigmund Freud. One need not believe in psychoanalysis to recognize that people’s thoughts and beliefs resul…

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Written by Jon Queally on October 24 2019.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on October 24 2019.

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Written by Eoin Higgins on October 24 2019.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on October 24 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/98/086t-982be30d.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2019/086t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f6314055) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18698:city-hall-never-mind-dc-la-has-its-own-lying-liars&catid=312)### [City Hall: Never Mind DC, LA Has Its Own Lying Liars](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18698:city-hall-never-mind-dc-la-has-its-own-lying-liars&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on October 24 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1d/086n-1dd4e5b2.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2019/086n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f2b00ac9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18697:garcetti-s-green-new-deal-plan-how-real-is-it-and-what-s-at-stake&catid=312)### [Garcetti’s Green New Deal Plan - How Real Is It and What’s at Stake](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18697:garcetti-s-green-new-deal-plan-how-real-is-it-and-what-s-at-stake&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on October 24 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d9/086o-d9fb6c3e.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2019/086o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dc70a1ad) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18696:desperate-efforts-to-keep-the-housing-bubble-inflated-by-building-more-housing&catid=312)### [Desperate Efforts to Keep the Housing Bubble Inflated by “Building More Housing”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18696:desperate-efforts-to-keep-the-housing-bubble-inflated-by-building-more-housing&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on October 24 2019.

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Written by Denny Zane on October 24 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9a/085r-9abc36bb.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/085r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3ded4a6a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18690:an-american-soldier-is-a-killing-machine&catid=312)### [An American Soldier is a “Killing Machine”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18690:an-american-soldier-is-a-killing-machine&catid=312)

Written by Kary Love on October 21 2019.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on October 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/60/085l-601f1dfa.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/085l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=08a623d1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18688:our-tax-system-rewards-polluters&catid=312)### [Our Tax System Rewards Polluters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18688:our-tax-system-rewards-polluters&catid=312)

Written by Charlie Simmons on October 21 2019.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on October 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/dd/085j-dd84734a.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/085j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c533b8b4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18686:the-words-trump-and-honor-never-appear-in-the-same-sentence&catid=312)### [The Words ‘Trump’ and ‘Honor’ Never Appear in the Same Sentence](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18686:the-words-trump-and-honor-never-appear-in-the-same-sentence&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/87/085n-87bc02f6.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/085n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=79229e33) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18685:fbi-notebook-wesson-s-corruption-made-forced-staffer-uncomfortable&catid=312)### [FBI Notebook: Wesson’s Corruption Made ‘Forced’ Staffer ‘Uncomfortable’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18685:fbi-notebook-wesson-s-corruption-made-forced-staffer-uncomfortable&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on October 21 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cc/085k-cc191af5.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/085k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8c067e43) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18684:report-nfl-owners-want-players-to-fund-part-of-2-5b-needed-for-new-la-stadium&catid=312)### [Report: NFL Owners Want Players to Fund Part of $2.5B Needed for New LA Stadium](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18684:report-nfl-owners-want-players-to-fund-part-of-2-5b-needed-for-new-la-stadium&catid=312)

Written by 2Urban Girls on October 21 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on October 21 2019.

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Written by Tim Deegan on October 21 2019.

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