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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)

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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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August 20 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### LA Supports Green New Deal. Councilman Bonin Explains Why (Video)

Written by Mike Bonin on February 21 2019.

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## [Battle Royale? Phase 3 Cannabis Licensing in City of Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17141:battle-royale-phase-3-cannabis-licensing-in-city-of-los-angeles&catid=312)

The City completed Phase 1 and Phase 2 licensing without too much crazy change, but Phase 3 is very likely going to be a different story, and will af…

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Written by S. Novi on February 18 2019.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on February 18 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/59/015z1-59b5897a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17128:becerra-and-newsom-think-trump-is-the-emergency&catid=312)### [Becerra and Newsom Think Trump is the Emergency](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17128:becerra-and-newsom-think-trump-is-the-emergency&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 18 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 18 2019.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on February 18 2019.

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Written by Casey Maddren on February 18 2019.

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Written by Joe Mathews on February 18 2019.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on February 18 2019.

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Written by Daniel Guss on February 18 2019.

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Written by Tracey L. Rogers on February 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0c/014a-0c0f872c.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2019/014a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1e236f8c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17106:will-the-drain-from-the-high-speed-train-fall-mainly-to-our-gain&catid=312)### [Will the Drain from the High-Speed Train Fall Mainly to Our Gain?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17106:will-the-drain-from-the-high-speed-train-fall-mainly-to-our-gain&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/da/014g-da0b176a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17105:the-warner-center-2035-specific-plan-a-developers-bonanza&catid=312)### [The Warner Center 2035 Specific Plan: A Developers’ Bonanza](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17105:the-warner-center-2035-specific-plan-a-developers-bonanza&catid=312)

Written by Gina K. Thornburg on February 14 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/014t-1ded15b0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17101:capitalism-s-ownership-of-global-warming&catid=312)### [Capitalism’s Ownership of Global Warming](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17101:capitalism-s-ownership-of-global-warming&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on February 14 2019.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on February 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/014c-f4ce7cc8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17098:what-could-be-worse-than-another-big-fire-caused-by-pg-e&catid=312)### [What Could be Worse Than Another Big Fire … Caused by PG&E?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17098:what-could-be-worse-than-another-big-fire-caused-by-pg-e&catid=312)

Written by Judy Lin on February 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/014m-af412a86.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17097:la-stormwater-measure-can-we-keep-the-city-honest&catid=312)### [LA Stormwater Measure: Can We Keep the City Honest?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17097:la-stormwater-measure-can-we-keep-the-city-honest&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on February 14 2019.

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Written by James Preston Allen on February 11 2019.

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