##  In the News

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

August 20 2026

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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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### [A Prisoner, A Peacemaker, and Israel’s Defining Choice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375)

August 20 2026

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### [LAUSD Demolishes Closed Schools, Wasting Public Assets and Community Hopes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33228:lausd-demolishes-closed-schools-wasting-public-assets-and-community-hopes&catid=312)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### When the Fault Lies With ‘We the People’

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 15 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18069:when-the-fault-lies-with-we-the-people&catid=312)

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## [Costly ICE Raid Lies by Kamala, Gavin and Garcetti](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18068:costly-ice-raid-lies-by-kamala-gavin-and-garcetti&catid=312)

That is the long and short of it; ICE is targeting people who have gone through the federal court system and were ordered to leave. But to listen t…

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Written by Robert Hunziker on July 15 2019.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on July 15 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c3/057l-c35605a6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18064:the-dangerous-rise-of-the-woke-corporation&catid=312)### [The Dangerous Rise of the Woke Corporation](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18064:the-dangerous-rise-of-the-woke-corporation&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin on July 15 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/057o-7d0139a1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18063:imperialism-is-over-or-is-it&catid=312)### [Imperialism Is Over ... or Is It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18063:imperialism-is-over-or-is-it&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 15 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ea/057j-eaab80ad.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18062:chartergate-austin-beutner-s-transparency-problem&catid=312)### [Chartergate: Austin Beutner’s Transparency Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18062:chartergate-austin-beutner-s-transparency-problem&catid=312)

Written by Bill Raden on July 15 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/057m-63650fe6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18061:robert-blake-responds-to-citywatch-on-corrupt-lapd-dirty-prosecutors-and-20-20&catid=312)### [Robert Blake Responds to CityWatch on Corrupt LAPD, Dirty Prosecutors and 20/20](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18061:robert-blake-responds-to-citywatch-on-corrupt-lapd-dirty-prosecutors-and-20-20&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on July 15 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/057p-c0374a69.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18060:help-wanted-a-climate-czar-for-la&catid=312)### [Help Wanted: A Climate Czar For LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18060:help-wanted-a-climate-czar-for-la&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on July 15 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/056p-dc97bb66.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18056:oil-the-missing-three-letter-word-in-the-iran-crisis&catid=312)### [Oil! The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18056:oil-the-missing-three-letter-word-in-the-iran-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Michael T. Klare on July 11 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/056o-e9ed384e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18055:note-to-tech-companies-please-read-history&catid=312)### [Note to Tech Companies: Please Read History](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18055:note-to-tech-companies-please-read-history&catid=312)

Written by Alissa Quart on July 11 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 11 2019.

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Written by Jill Richardson on July 11 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c3/056x-c3d21007.png&src=images/stories/July-2019/056x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=26b5e9ad) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18052:the-inevitable-divide-between-american-jews-and-israel&catid=312)### [The Inevitable Divide Between American Jews and Israel ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18052:the-inevitable-divide-between-american-jews-and-israel&catid=312)

Written by Josef Avesar on July 11 2019.

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Written by Dick Platkin on July 11 2019.

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Written by Mona Curry on July 11 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 11 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/73/056z-73b19d0f.png&src=images/stories/July-2019/056z.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2be02ebb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18048:detention-centers-are-part-of-america-s-dark-history&catid=312)### [Detention Centers are Part of America’s Dark History](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18048:detention-centers-are-part-of-america-s-dark-history&catid=312)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on July 11 2019.

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Written by Cecilia Munoz on July 11 2019.

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Written by Tony Butka on July 11 2019.

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