#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Council Passes Garcetti’s Homeless Ordinances … but Will They Have the Courage to Act?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15310-council-passes-garcetti-s-homeless-ordinances-but-will-they-have-the-courage-to-act "Council Passes Garcetti’s Homeless Ordinances … but Will They Have the Courage to Act?")

      Details    James Preston Allen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/033q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15310-council-passes-garcetti-s-homeless-ordinances-but-will-they-have-the-courage-to-act)

AT LENGTH-Fresh from milking political cows in Iowa, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on April 16 gave his annual State of the City address at City Hall.

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   ##  [ Corruption vs Corruptionism: How Garcetti’s LA Has Become a Fact-Free Zone](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15309-corruption-vs-corruptionism-how-garcetti-s-la-has-become-a-fact-free-zone "Corruption vs Corruptionism: How Garcetti’s LA Has Become a Fact-Free Zone")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/033r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15309-corruption-vs-corruptionism-how-garcetti-s-la-has-become-a-fact-free-zone)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Corruption is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by individuals in power, typically involving bribery. “Corruption*ism*” denotes a system, be it political, economic or social. There are tons of “isms” -- Capitalism, Communism, Socialism, etc., and the one most near and dear to Angelenos: “Garcettism.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15309-corruption-vs-corruptionism-how-garcetti-s-la-has-become-a-fact-free-zone)

   ##  [ Beware Mr. Mayor, Angelenos Know a Bully When They See One](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15308-beware-mr-mayor-angelenos-know-a-bully-when-they-see-one "Beware Mr. Mayor, Angelenos Know a Bully When They See One")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/033t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15308-beware-mr-mayor-angelenos-know-a-bully-when-they-see-one)

ALPERN AT LARGE--To many of us who remembered the dream of more responsive Los Angeles city government with respect to transportation and planning, and who remember the push for Neighborhood Councils and Neighborhood Plans, the year 2016 is part of an interesting turning point with respect to how Mayor Eric Garcetti and other City Hall officials chose to work with their citizens.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15308-beware-mr-mayor-angelenos-know-a-bully-when-they-see-one)

   ##  [ What’s Next? ‘Miller High Life Yosemite National Park’?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15303-what-s-next-miller-high-life-yosemite-national-park "What’s Next? ‘Miller High Life Yosemite National Park’?")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15303-what-s-next-miller-high-life-yosemite-national-park)

GELFAND’S WORLD--I had heard about the fight over Yosemite naming rights, but you have to see it to really feel it. In previous years, visitors arriving through the southern entrance would pass the Wawona Hotel.

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   ##  [ US Congressman Ted Lieu – Powerful Voice for the Southland](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15301-us-congressman-ted-lieu-powerful-voice-for-the-southland "US Congressman Ted Lieu – Powerful Voice for the Southland")

      Details    Sara Corcoran    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15301-us-congressman-ted-lieu-powerful-voice-for-the-southland)

D.C. DISPATCH-Taking over Henry Waxman’s job is no easy undertaking.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15301-us-congressman-ted-lieu-powerful-voice-for-the-southland)

   ##  [ Trump Pissed! Gov Brown Sends Troops to Border with ‘California’ Orders on What to Do There](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15300-trump-pissed-gov-brown-sends-troops-to-border-with-california-orders-on-what-to-do-there "Trump Pissed! Gov Brown Sends Troops to Border with ‘California’ Orders on What to Do There")

      Details    Elise Foley    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15300-trump-pissed-gov-brown-sends-troops-to-border-with-california-orders-on-what-to-do-there)

President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/donald-trump) attacked California on Thursday for doing what he and his administration asked it to do: agreeing to deploy state National Guard members to help the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15300-trump-pissed-gov-brown-sends-troops-to-border-with-california-orders-on-what-to-do-there)

   ##  [ Transportation LA: When Boring Ain't Boring!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15299-transportation-la-when-boring-ain-t-boring "Transportation LA: When Boring Ain't Boring!")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15299-transportation-la-when-boring-ain-t-boring)

ALPERN AT LARGE--Despite the attempts of sneaky and agenda-driven idiots, ideologues, and creepy developers to ruin the good that transportation does for an economy, and for civilization, we're now getting into the BORING, the TUNNELING portion of our mass/rapid transit efforts for 21st-Century Los Angeles.

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   ##  [ The YIMBY Guide to Bullying and Its Results: SB 827 Goes Down in Committee](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15298-the-yimby-guide-to-bullying-and-its-results-sb-827-goes-down-in-committee "The YIMBY Guide to Bullying and Its Results: SB 827 Goes Down in Committee")

      Details    CityWatch    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15298-the-yimby-guide-to-bullying-and-its-results-sb-827-goes-down-in-committee)

TACTLESS IN SF-*-Editor’s Note:*On Tuesday, April 17, SB 827 died in the California State Senate Transportation and Housing Committee by a 7-4 vote.

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   ##  [ The Water Wars – Garcetti & Council vs. The MWD. Who Do You Trust?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15297-the-water-wars-garcetti-council-vs-the-mwd-who-do-you-trust "The Water Wars – Garcetti & Council vs. The MWD.  Who Do You Trust?")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15297-the-water-wars-garcetti-council-vs-the-mwd-who-do-you-trust)

EASTSIDER-Mayor Garcetti got ahead of a critical vote by the Metropolitan Water District over the Delta Tunnels, aka WaterFix, with his very own *Daily News*article about a [New Mulholland moment](https://www.dailynews.com/2018/03/03/los-angeles-new-mulholland-moment-for-safe-and-adequate-water-eric-garcetti/). If you believe his tale, I know where the Tooth Fairy lives.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15297-the-water-wars-garcetti-council-vs-the-mwd-who-do-you-trust)

   ##  [ The State’s Most Controversial Housing Bill In Years Just Died. Here’s What to Take Away from That.](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15296-the-state-s-most-controversial-housing-bill-in-years-just-died-here-s-what-to-take-away-from-that "The State’s Most Controversial Housing Bill In Years Just Died. Here’s What to Take Away from That.")

      Details    Matt Levin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15296-the-state-s-most-controversial-housing-bill-in-years-just-died-here-s-what-to-take-away-from-that)

PRESENT TENSE--The most [controversial](https://calmatters.org/articles/what-to-know-about-the-housing-bill-that-has-people-freaking-out-from-marin-to-compton/)state housing bill in recent memory died with a pretty resounding thud.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15296-the-state-s-most-controversial-housing-bill-in-years-just-died-here-s-what-to-take-away-from-that)

   ##  [ Please Doctor… Don’t Throw in the Towel on the LA Times!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15292-please-doctor-don-t-throw-in-the-towel-on-the-la-times "Please Doctor… Don’t Throw in the Towel on the LA Times!")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15292-please-doctor-don-t-throw-in-the-towel-on-the-la-times)

CORRUPTION WATCH-In the U.S., the term Fourth Estate means the media. The first three estates are the three branches of government -- the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial.

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   ##  [ Mayor Snubs Budget Advocates](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15291-mayor-snubs-budget-advocates "Mayor Snubs Budget Advocates")

      Details    Jay Handal    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15291-mayor-snubs-budget-advocates)

GUEST COMMENTARY--On Monday, Mayor Garcetti gave his State of the City speech in the People’s Hall, City Council Chambers.

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   ##  [ California’s Transportation Future: The Fatally Flawed Centerpiece](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15288-california-s-transportation-future-the-fatally-flawed-centerpiece "California’s Transportation Future: The Fatally Flawed Centerpiece")

      Details    Edward Ring    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15288-california-s-transportation-future-the-fatally-flawed-centerpiece)

GUEST WORDS--California’s transportation future is bright. In every area of transportation innovation, California-based companies are leading the way.

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   ##  [ A Plane Full of Heroes and … Humility](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15287-a-plane-full-of-heroes-and-humility "A Plane Full of Heroes and … Humility")

      Details    Ken Draper    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15287-a-plane-full-of-heroes-and-humility)

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL—Just when the Trumpster had you convinced that Americans had lost that touch of humility that once accompanied its braggadocio, along comes a life altering crisis and an airplane full of heroes … and humility. Gives us pause. Maybe our DNA hasn’t been totally rewritten. Maybe there is hope. [Take a look](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNxET6tKU8U). Let me know what you think.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15287-a-plane-full-of-heroes-and-humility)

   ##  [ When Did Terrorism Become ‘Collateral Damage’?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15282-when-did-terrorism-become-collateral-damage "When Did Terrorism Become ‘Collateral Damage’?")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 16 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/031a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15282-when-did-terrorism-become-collateral-damage)

FIRST PERSON-Could somebody explain to me why an unprovoked and senseless attack by Salman Abidi in 2017 on an audience of predominantly innocent children watching an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England is called “terrorism,” while systematic government-sanctioned unprovoked attacks on predominantly innocent children in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and elsewhere are referred to as "collateral damage"?

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   ##  [ This is a Perfect Time for the Elysium’s Richard III … Today’s Climate of Public Lying](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15281-this-is-a-perfect-time-for-the-elysium-s-richard-iii-today-s-climate-of-public-lying "This is a Perfect Time for the Elysium’s Richard III … Today’s Climate of Public Lying")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 16 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/031c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15281-this-is-a-perfect-time-for-the-elysium-s-richard-iii-today-s-climate-of-public-lying)

GELFAND’S WORLD--Shakespeare's Richard III is a disturbing play to experience at any time, but it is particularly haunting in this era of ostentatious, authoritarian public lying.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15281-this-is-a-perfect-time-for-the-elysium-s-richard-iii-today-s-climate-of-public-lying)

   ##  [ Sitting In Starbucks While Black](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15279-sitting-in-starbucks-while-black "Sitting In Starbucks While Black")

      Details    Abby Zimet    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 16 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/031f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15279-sitting-in-starbucks-while-black)

GUEST COMMENTARY--In this once-reasonably-fair democracy in the year of our ostensible Lord 2018, two African-American guys[sitting peaceably](https://twitter.com/missydepino/status/984539713016094721)in a Philadelphia Starbucks waiting for a friend to show up for a meeting were charged with "trespassing" by Starbucks staff, asked "politely" three times to leave, and then[arrested ](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/starbucks-philadelphia-police-viral-video-investigation-race-20180414.html)by a swarm of six cops when they declined to do so.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15279-sitting-in-starbucks-while-black)

   ##  [ Senator Wiener’s SB 827 Amendments Stir Up a Hornet’s Nest](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15278-senator-wiener-s-sb-827-amendments-stir-up-a-hornet-s-nest "Senator Wiener’s SB 827 Amendments Stir Up a Hornet’s Nest")

      Details    Matthew Hetz    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 16 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/031g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15278-senator-wiener-s-sb-827-amendments-stir-up-a-hornet-s-nest)

TRANSIT TALK-Senate Bill No. 827, as newly amended in the Senate on April 9, 2018, was introduced by Senator Wiener, with principal co-authors Senator Skinner and Assembly Member Ting, and co-author Senator Hueso. It stirred a hornet’s nest when introduced, and the recent amendments have not calmed the swarm of angry hornets, but it did clarify their transit definitions:

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15278-senator-wiener-s-sb-827-amendments-stir-up-a-hornet-s-nest)

   ##  [ Rules are For Losers](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15276-rules-are-for-losers "Rules are For Losers")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 16 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/031h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15276-rules-are-for-losers)

ALPERN AT LARGE--Our society has been burned so hard, and from all sides, by those breaking the rules getting rich--and at the expense of those following the rules--that this article might appear to be woefully naive and out of date. Rules are for suckers, and lawbreakers WIN too damned often to decry the lack of rules, right?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15276-rules-are-for-losers)

   ##  [ Physician Candidate ‘Won’t Take a Dime from Insurance Companies or Pharma’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15273-physician-candidate-won-t-take-a-dime-from-insurance-companies-or-pharma "Physician Candidate ‘Won’t Take a Dime from Insurance Companies or Pharma’")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 16 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/031l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15273-physician-candidate-won-t-take-a-dime-from-insurance-companies-or-pharma)

BCK FILE-When Dr. Asif Mahmood decided to throw his hat in the ring, he pledged “not to take a penny from insurance or pharma or tobacco, which place an obstruction between the common man or woman and their right to healthcare.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15273-physician-candidate-won-t-take-a-dime-from-insurance-companies-or-pharma)

   ##  [ LAUSD Makes It Official: The Charter School Fox is Now In the Henhouse](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15271-lausd-makes-it-official-the-charter-school-fox-is-now-in-the-henhouse "LAUSD Makes It Official: The Charter School Fox is Now In the Henhouse")

      Details    Carl Petersen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     April 16 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/031n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15271-lausd-makes-it-official-the-charter-school-fox-is-now-in-the-henhouse)

EDUCATION POLITICS-Under District rules, every charter that is submitted to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for approval must contain District Required Language (DRL). Some of this language simply ensures that the charter conforms to the California Education Code. Other sections cover requirements specific to the LAUSD, like conforming to the [Chanda Smith Modified Consent Decree](https://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Have-Charter-Schools-A-by-Carl-Petersen-Special-Needs-Children-180224-985.html).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15271-lausd-makes-it-official-the-charter-school-fox-is-now-in-the-henhouse)

1. [ LA Times Gets a Karma Beatdown](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15270-la-times-gets-a-karma-beatdown)
2. [ Judicial ‘Code Words’ Benefit the Well-Connected in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15269-judicial-code-words-benefit-the-well-connected-in-california)
3. [ Brown’s Bid to Finesse Trump’s National Guard Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15268-brown-s-bid-to-finesse-trump-s-national-guard-plan)
4. [ The Lost Honor of Ref Rodriguez](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15261-the-lost-honor-of-ref-rodriguez)
5. [ SB 827 Amendments: Affordability, Transit Lines, Height, Ellis Act Protections & More](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15259-sb-827-amendments-affordability-transit-lines-height-ellis-act-protections-more)
6. [ Sacramento: Tying the Hands That ‘Protect and Serve’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15258-sacramento-tying-the-hands-that-protect-and-serve)
7. [ Public Ed on the Brink: Teachers Must Stand Up to Corporate Greed](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15256-public-ed-on-the-brink-teachers-must-stand-up-to-corporate-greed)
8. [ Predatory Judicial Abuse is Passim](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15255-predatory-judicial-abuse-is-passim)
9. [ LA’s Dystopian Future](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15254-la-s-dystopian-future)
10. [ Facebook to Stop Fighting California Privacy Measure](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15251-facebook-to-stop-fighting-california-privacy-measure)
11. [ Councilman and Congresswoman Come to Aid of Tenants Facing Eviction … CA Feuer Remains Silent](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15250-councilman-and-congresswoman-come-to-aid-of-tenants-facing-eviction-ca-feuer-remains-silent)
12. [ CoolSeal Project: Just Another Reminder that No One at City Hall is Listening](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15249-coolseal-project-just-another-reminder-that-no-one-at-city-hall-is-listening)
13. [ City to Toss Out Zoning and Environmental Rules to Speed Homeless Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15248-city-to-toss-out-zoning-and-environmental-rules-to-speed-homeless-housing)
14. [ California Takes on Texas and Trump over Billions of Health Care Dollars](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15247-california-takes-on-texas-and-trump-over-billions-of-health-care-dollars)
15. [ Abusing Authority: Why Scott Pruitt Matters](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15246-abusing-authority-why-scott-pruitt-matters)
16. [ The Impending Aesthetics of Displacement (or, Why the North Westlake Design District Is Just Another YIMBY Policy)](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15242-the-impending-aesthetics-of-displacement-or-why-the-north-westlake-design-district-is-just-another-yimby-policy)
17. [ Gaslighting Californians: No, You're NOT Crazy, But Your Government is Trying to Make You Think You’re a Whack Job](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15239-gaslighting-californians-no-you-re-not-crazy-but-your-government-is-trying-to-make-you-think-you-re-a-whack-job)
18. [ The Doctor is In … the CA Insurance Commissioner Race](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15235-the-doctor-is-in-the-ca-insurance-commissioner-race)
19. [ SB 831: Senator Wiener’s Wacky World on Steroids Must be Defeated!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15234-sb-831-senator-wiener-s-wacky-world-on-steroids-must-be-defeated)
20. [ Sanctuary Cities … Like Los Angeles … are Sacred Spaces](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15233-sanctuary-cities-like-los-angeles-are-sacred-spaces)

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