##  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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### [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

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### [Karen Bass Just Sent L.A. Businesses a Dangerous Message: Follow the Rules or Don’t](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33276:karen-bass-just-sent-l-a-businesses-a-dangerous-message-follow-the-rules-or-dont&catid=312)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### In Spite of New Rule, California’s ‘Epidemic of Judicial Misconduct’ Will Continue Unabated

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 18 2018.

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## [CA’s Density Bonuses - Still Not Enough to Boost Low and Moderate-Income Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15644:ca-s-density-bonuses-still-not-enough-to-boost-low-and-moderate-income-housing&catid=312)

The City of Los Angeles’ density bonus ordinance, approved in 2008 to implement SB 1818, allows for density bonuses of up to 35% if developers set as…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on June 18 2018.

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Written by Joe Mathews on June 18 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on June 18 2018.

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Written by Casey Maddren on December 31 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ba/048z-ba6cb158.png&src=images/stories/June-2018/048z.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=846762c5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15632:election-retrospective-california-s-blue-wave-and-why-the-gop-is-rightly-nervous&catid=312)### [Election Retrospective: California’s Blue Wave and Why the GOP is Rightly Nervous](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15632:election-retrospective-california-s-blue-wave-and-why-the-gop-is-rightly-nervous&catid=312)

Written by Ben Christopher on June 18 2018.

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Written by Jeff Turrentine on June 18 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/16/048b-162d499c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15628:why-la-unified-may-face-financial-crisis-even-with-a-giant-surplus-this-year&catid=312)### [Why LA Unified May Face Financial Crisis Even with a Giant Surplus This Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15628:why-la-unified-may-face-financial-crisis-even-with-a-giant-surplus-this-year&catid=312)

Written by Jessica Calefati on June 18 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/09/048c-09344451.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15627:why-do-attorney-complaints-about-judges-go-unaddressed&catid=312)### [Why Do Attorney Complaints about Judges Go Unaddressed?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15627:why-do-attorney-complaints-about-judges-go-unaddressed&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 18 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/048f-db18ade0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15624:the-ca-affordable-housing-crisis-what-we-can-t-afford-is-the-big-lie&catid=312)### [The CA Affordable Housing Crisis: What We Can’t Afford is the Big Lie](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15624:the-ca-affordable-housing-crisis-what-we-can-t-afford-is-the-big-lie&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 18 2018.

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Written by Laurel Rosenhall on June 18 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/048i-7939d6e7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15622:no-trump-is-not-on-to-something&catid=312)### [No, Trump is Not On To Something](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15622:no-trump-is-not-on-to-something&catid=312)

Written by David Bell on June 18 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on June 18 2018.

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Written by Toshio Meronek on June 18 2018.

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Written by Julie Butcher on June 18 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9c/047t-9cb4bf9c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15605:first-person-report-usc-failed-to-protect-us-from-our-abusive-doctor&catid=312)### [First Person Report: USC Failed to Protect Us from Our Abusive Doctor](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15605:first-person-report-usc-failed-to-protect-us-from-our-abusive-doctor&catid=312)

Written by Sarah Allen and Taara Prasad on June 11 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 11 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on June 11 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 11 2018.

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