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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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August 20 2026

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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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Tenants Kicked Out to Make Way for USC Student Housing

Written by Adrienne Nicole Edwards & Charlie Williamson on August 27 2018.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16069:tenants-kicked-out-to-make-way-for-usc-student-housing&catid=312)

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## [Will City Council’s Bigotry Toward Elaine Chao Cost LA Millions?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16059:will-city-council-s-bigotry-toward-elaine-chao-cost-la-millions&catid=312)

But in the case of Elaine Chao, President Trump’s Cabinet Secretary for the Department of Transportation, the LA City Council condemned her appointme…

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Written by Jay Handal on August 20 2018.

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Written by S.Novi on August 20 2018.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on August 20 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 20 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on August 22 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/067q-0ca11b2a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16050:o-farrell-sides-with-rich-property-owner-against-burlington-tenants&catid=312)### [O'Farrell Sides with Rich Property Owner Against Burlington Tenants](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16050:o-farrell-sides-with-rich-property-owner-against-burlington-tenants&catid=312)

Written by VyBe Local LATU on August 27 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on August 20 2018.

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Written by James O’Sullivan on August 27 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S Alpern on August 20 2018.

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Written by Joe Mathews on August 20 2018.

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Written by Dennis Zine on August 16 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on August 16 2018.

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Written by Matt Levin on August 16 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 16 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on August 16 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 16 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on August 16 2018.

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