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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)

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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

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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

September 07 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### For Minorities in the Golden State, the California Dream is Still Hard to Come By

Written by Joel Kotkin on August 02 2018.

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## [Christopher Hawthorne Brings an Urban Design Sense to New City Hall Post](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15899:christopher-hawthorne-brings-an-urban-design-sense-to-new-city-hall-post&catid=312)

It’s “a new post created to improve the quality of civic architecture and urban design across Los Angeles” explained the Mayor, that will “help bring…

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 26 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 26 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/51/060c-51c8b28a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15891:what-led-to-inglewood-mayor-s-ouster-at-la-airports-police-department&catid=312)### [What Led to Inglewood Mayor’s Ouster at LA Airports Police Department](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15891:what-led-to-inglewood-mayor-s-ouster-at-la-airports-police-department&catid=312)

Written by 2 Urban Girls on July 26 2018.

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Written by Michele Hanisee on July 26 2018.

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Written by S. Novi on July 26 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on July 26 2018.

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Written by Abby Zimet on July 26 2018.

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Written by Larry Gross on July 26 2018.

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Written by Patrick Young on July 26 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on July 26 2018.

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Written by Elizabeth Castillo on July 26 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5d/060s-5d6c9744.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15877:ca-dems-endorse-kevin-de-leon-is-he-really-a-left-wing-progressive&catid=312)### [CA Dems Endorse Kevin de Leon: Is He Really a Left Wing Progressive?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15877:ca-dems-endorse-kevin-de-leon-is-he-really-a-left-wing-progressive&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on July 26 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7c/059b-7ce165c9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15870:you-may-not-know-john-parkinson-but-for-sure-he-changed-your-la-life&catid=312)### [You May Not Know John Parkinson but for Sure He Changed Your LA Life](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15870:you-may-not-know-john-parkinson-but-for-sure-he-changed-your-la-life&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on July 26 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/059f-9b3773dc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15868:terrified-by-progressive-enthusiasm-sweeping-la-and-the-nation-corporate-dems-plan-a-counterrevolution&catid=312)### [Terrified by Progressive Enthusiasm Sweeping LA and the Nation, Corporate Dems Plan a 'Counterrevolution'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15868:terrified-by-progressive-enthusiasm-sweeping-la-and-the-nation-corporate-dems-plan-a-counterrevolution&catid=312)

Written by Jake Johnson on July 23 2018.

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Written by Dan Walters on July 26 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on July 26 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on July 26 2018.

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