#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Los Angeles, San Francisco in Political Turmoil](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14811-los-angeles-san-francisco-in-political-turmoil "Los Angeles, San Francisco in Political Turmoil")

      Details    Dan Walters    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     February 01 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2018/010w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14811-los-angeles-san-francisco-in-political-turmoil)

CAL MATTERS-Los Angeles and San Francisco may be economic and cultural rivals, but politics in the state’s two most important cities are similarly harsh.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14811-los-angeles-san-francisco-in-political-turmoil)

   ##  [ LA Running Woefully Behind on Updated General Plan … and is Paying a Price](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14810-la-running-woefully-behind-on-updated-general-plan-and-is-paying-a-price "LA Running Woefully Behind on Updated General Plan … and is Paying a Price")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     February 01 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2018/010x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14810-la-running-woefully-behind-on-updated-general-plan-and-is-paying-a-price)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-According to California State law, the Los Angeles City Charter, the Los Angeles Municipal Code, professional city planning practice, and common sense, Los Angeles must have a current, comprehensive General Plan. Minimally, the General Plan must contain elements (stand alone chapters) that address housing, land use, noise, transportation, open space, conservation, and public safety. Many cities, like LA, also have added optional elements to address air quality, health, historical preservation, infrastructure, and public services. Other cities are now adding climate change as an optional element, although the State of California may soon make this a mandatory element.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14810-la-running-woefully-behind-on-updated-general-plan-and-is-paying-a-price)

   ##  [ Blue State/Red District: The Dream Coast Under Pressure](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14805-blue-state-red-district-the-dream-coast-under-pressure "Blue State/Red District: The Dream Coast Under Pressure")

      Details    Kelly Candaele    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     February 01 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2018/010z5.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14805-blue-state-red-district-the-dream-coast-under-pressure)

CAPITAL AND MAIN SPECIAL REPORT--Darrell Issa, like the voters in his district, was a man under pressure. He put his finger in the air to test the political winds and then realized it was the ground beneath his feet that was moving.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14805-blue-state-red-district-the-dream-coast-under-pressure)

   ##  [ Black History Month: The Perfect Time to Revisit Civil Rights (and Responsibilities) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14804-black-history-month-the-perfect-time-to-revisit-civil-rights-and-responsibilities "Black History Month: The Perfect Time to Revisit Civil Rights (and Responsibilities)  ")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     February 01 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2018/010z8.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14804-black-history-month-the-perfect-time-to-revisit-civil-rights-and-responsibilities)

ALPERN AT LARGE--One year after the nation's first black President, and one year into the term of a president where racial issues remain as loud as ever, we're still divided as a nation except on one issue: the need to come together as one nation is as desired as ever (at least by the most ardent supporters of both the past and current presidents).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14804-black-history-month-the-perfect-time-to-revisit-civil-rights-and-responsibilities)

   ##  [ A California Trend Worth Catching: Debt Free College Education](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14801-a-california-trend-worth-catching-debt-free-college-education "A California Trend Worth Catching: Debt Free College Education")

      Details    Chuck Collins    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     February 01 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2018/010z011.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14801-a-california-trend-worth-catching-debt-free-college-education)

BEST IDEA SINCE MICKEY MOUSE--California can be an annoyingly trendy state. Think avocado toast, In-N-Out Burger, Hollywood fashion, even legal pot. *(Photo above: Students on UCLA campus.)*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14801-a-california-trend-worth-catching-debt-free-college-education)

   ##  [ Throwing Out the Trust with the Trash in LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14788-throwing-out-the-trust-with-the-trash-in-la "Throwing Out the Trust with the Trash in LA")

      Details    Paul Hatfield    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14788-throwing-out-the-trust-with-the-trash-in-la)

PERSPECTIVE-I don’t like surprises that adversely affect personal finances…anyone’s. The recently approved tax bill had a few, particularly the elimination of personal exemptions and capping state and local taxes.

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   ##  [ State of the State: What Jerry Brown Did NOT Say](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14787-state-of-the-state-what-jerry-brown-did-not-say "State of the State: What Jerry Brown Did NOT Say")

      Details    David Crane    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14787-state-of-the-state-what-jerry-brown-did-not-say)

GUEST COMMENTARY--In his final State of the State address, this is all Jerry Brown had to stay about the state's K-12 public education system, which serves six million children:

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   ##  [ Standing Up to Trump and Letting People Move Freely, We Could Become a True LA-LA Land](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14786-standing-up-to-trump-and-letting-people-move-freely-we-could-become-a-true-la-la-land "Standing Up to Trump and Letting People Move Freely, We Could Become a True LA-LA Land")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14786-standing-up-to-trump-and-letting-people-move-freely-we-could-become-a-true-la-la-land)

‘TEAR DOWN THAT WALL’--Los Angeles is a great many things, but it is not Latin America.

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   ##  [ Reforming Los Angeles: Radical Surgery on the Neighborhood Council System](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14782-reforming-los-angeles-radical-surgery-on-the-neighborhood-council-system "Reforming Los Angeles: Radical Surgery on the Neighborhood Council System")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14782-reforming-los-angeles-radical-surgery-on-the-neighborhood-council-system)

GELFAND’S WORLD—*(This is another article in a continuing campaign to inform, educate and energize Angelenos on the reformation of city government … explaining the how, the why and the possibilities.)* We've been arguing about what's wrong with the neighborhood council system for sixteen years. The problems we had at the beginning are, by and large, still with us. They were locked into the city's Charter language by the municipal election of 1999, which approved *Article IX: Department of Neighborhood Empowerment*. We've been forced to deal with that section's inadequacies ever since.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14782-reforming-los-angeles-radical-surgery-on-the-neighborhood-council-system)

   ##  [ Making Los Angeles Great Again … When Quality of Life Mattered](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14780-making-los-angeles-great-again-when-quality-of-life-mattered "Making Los Angeles Great Again … When Quality of Life Mattered")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14780-making-los-angeles-great-again-when-quality-of-life-mattered)

CORRUPTION WATCH—What if the City of Los Angeles based its land use decisions on the Quality of Life of Angelenos?

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   ##  [ LA’s Street Furniture Program Doesn’t Pay … In More Ways Than One](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14779-la-s-street-furniture-program-doesn-t-pay-in-more-ways-than-one "LA’s Street Furniture Program Doesn’t Pay … In More Ways Than One")

      Details    Dennis Hathaway    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14779-la-s-street-furniture-program-doesn-t-pay-in-more-ways-than-one)

BILLBOARD WATCH--The news that LA’s street furniture program is bringing less than $4 million a year to the city treasury will hopefully stimulate debate over the question of whether an ad-supported program like this is in the best interests of the city and its citizens. In fact, a case can be made that subtracting hundreds of bus shelters and kiosks with their large signs hawking such things as fast food, sugary drinks, and violent movies and TV shows could turn the city’s streets and sidewalks into healthier places.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14779-la-s-street-furniture-program-doesn-t-pay-in-more-ways-than-one)

   ##  [ K’Town is Turning into Boom Town, and that’s Politically Good for Herb Wesson](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14777-k-town-is-turning-into-boom-town-and-that-s-politically-good-for-herb-wesson "K’Town is Turning into Boom Town, and that’s Politically Good for Herb Wesson")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14777-k-town-is-turning-into-boom-town-and-that-s-politically-good-for-herb-wesson)

DEEGAN ON LA-With a skyline dotted by cranes, and waves of paperwork for permits flooding City Planning and Council offices, Koreatown is becoming “boom-town,” and Councilmember Herb Wesson, whose CD10 map includes K’town, is well positioned to ride this concrete and steel tsunami right into the Mayor’s office -- a goal that may be held by this ambitious City Council President and former State Assembly Speaker.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14777-k-town-is-turning-into-boom-town-and-that-s-politically-good-for-herb-wesson)

   ##  [ Judge Warns Convicted LA Animal Rescuers, "You Could Go to Jail!"](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14776-judge-warns-convicted-la-animal-rescuers-you-could-go-to-jail "Judge Warns Convicted LA Animal Rescuers, "You Could Go to Jail!"")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14776-judge-warns-convicted-la-animal-rescuers-you-could-go-to-jail)

**EIGHT MOST READ** - ANIMAL WATCH-Judge Shellie Samuels is a tough lady with obvious empathy for animals and a staunch lack of tolerance for defendants’ failure to obey court orders.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14776-judge-warns-convicted-la-animal-rescuers-you-could-go-to-jail)

   ##  [ Civil Rights and Our Trains: Teaching Riders to Behave Civilly! ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14774-civil-rights-and-our-trains-teaching-riders-to-behave-civilly "Civil Rights and Our Trains: Teaching Riders to Behave Civilly!  ")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14774-civil-rights-and-our-trains-teaching-riders-to-behave-civilly)

ALPERN AT LARGE--In a video that has attracted national attention, a young woman was reportedly arrested for having her shoes on the seat of a Los Angeles Metro subway train. Except she was NOT arrested for that violation, but for something much more serious: violating civil authority when asked to comply with the law, and for disrespecting reasonable police authority.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14774-civil-rights-and-our-trains-teaching-riders-to-behave-civilly)

   ##  [ As the LA Times Implodes, ABC-7 Looks to be the Mayor’s Next ‘Press Agent’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14773-as-the-la-times-implodes-abc-7-looks-to-be-the-mayor-s-next-press-agent "As the LA Times Implodes, ABC-7 Looks to be the Mayor’s Next ‘Press Agent’")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 29 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1609y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14773-as-the-la-times-implodes-abc-7-looks-to-be-the-mayor-s-next-press-agent)

**@TheGussReport** – According to numerous sources, there is a paranoid atmosphere at the LA Times these days. It is mostly due to the fact that, as its content creators (read: reporters and editors) overwhelmingly unionized with the LAT Guild a few weeks ago, its owner, TRONC, appears to be forming a shadow entity that may wind up being staffed by non-union content creators who – let’s be honest – probably won’t serve the public any worse than the Times has for the past several decades.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14773-as-the-la-times-implodes-abc-7-looks-to-be-the-mayor-s-next-press-agent)

   ##  [ Why California’s Protections for Undocumented Workers May Backfire](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14769-why-california-s-protections-for-undocumented-workers-may-backfire "Why California’s Protections for Undocumented Workers May Backfire")

      Details    Massoud Hayoun    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 25 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1608a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14769-why-california-s-protections-for-undocumented-workers-may-backfire)

PERSPECTIVE--California's recent push to bar employers from cooperating with federal [immigration](https://psmag.com/tag/immigration) authorities to identify undocumented workers may soon backfire, some legal experts say. Indeed, a court challenge may further the federal government's footprint in local governments struggling to counter the Trump administration's immigration policies.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14769-why-california-s-protections-for-undocumented-workers-may-backfire)

   ##  [ Who Ya Gonna Call … Ghost Muckrakers? No, CityWatch!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14768-who-ya-gonna-call-ghost-muckrakers-no-citywatch "Who Ya Gonna Call … Ghost Muckrakers? No, CityWatch!")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 25 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1608c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14768-who-ya-gonna-call-ghost-muckrakers-no-citywatch)

EASTSIDER-Back in the “bad old days” at the turn of the century (1900, not 2000) America was in the throes of crooked corporations and banks, employers who treated workers badly, and, oh yes, crooked politicians. Sound familiar? Like 2018? Time to check out a group of journalists referred to as the *Muckrakers.*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14768-who-ya-gonna-call-ghost-muckrakers-no-citywatch)

   ##  [ Where have All the Millennials Gone… ‘Long Time Passing’?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14767-where-have-all-the-millennials-gone-long-time-passing "Where have All the Millennials Gone… ‘Long Time Passing’?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 25 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1608d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14767-where-have-all-the-millennials-gone-long-time-passing)

CORRUPTION WATCH-At one time they were all the rage. They were going to transform America from a horrid land with suburbs and SUVs into the modern world of 100 story sky scrapers amidst flying cars and cubicle size apartments.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14767-where-have-all-the-millennials-gone-long-time-passing)

   ##  [ When are We Going to Stop Being Played for Suckers?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14766-when-are-we-going-to-stop-being-played-for-suckers "When are We Going to Stop Being Played for Suckers?")

      Details    David Bell    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 25 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1608e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14766-when-are-we-going-to-stop-being-played-for-suckers)

BELL VIEW--It should feel good to be right all the time, but it doesn’t. It feels terrible. Arguing with people on “the other side” – whatever that is – of virtually every issue of importance to the survival of our species and the continuation of democracy can be a tiring exercise. Being right all the time doesn’t make it any less of a slog. I have friends – whatever that means – who have deleted everyone from their world who disagrees with them. They tell me that feels good. But I doubt it.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14766-when-are-we-going-to-stop-being-played-for-suckers)

   ##  [ Trump Economic Policy: Wishful Thinking](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14764-trump-economic-policy-wishful-thinking "Trump Economic Policy: Wishful Thinking")

      Details    Doug Epperhart    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 25 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1608h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14764-trump-economic-policy-wishful-thinking)

VIEW FROM HERE--Federal economic policy started with Alexander Hamilton. As the first secretary of the treasury, he insisted that the U.S. government assume the debt incurred by states during the American Revolution. Taking responsibility for the states’ war debt enabled the fledgling U.S. government to, in essence, establish credit with other nations.

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   ##  [ Stumped and Trumped By the City ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14763-stumped-and-trumped-by-the-city "Stumped and Trumped By the City  ")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 25 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1608j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14763-stumped-and-trumped-by-the-city)

ALPERN AT LARGE--Last night, the Mar Vista Community Council (NVCC) Transportation/Infrastructure Committee spent a considerable amount of time and debate on a problem (in this case, the inability to remove unsightly and sometimes-dangerous tree stumps) facing Angelenos, and which is emblematic about other problems facing the citizenry in the City of the Angels:

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1. [ Jerry Brown's Big Idea for Upskilling Workers](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14761-jerry-brown-s-big-idea-for-upskilling-workers)
2. [ It’s Time to Rethink What We Consider an Oscar Performance](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14760-it-s-time-to-rethink-what-we-consider-an-oscar-performance)
3. [ It’s Charter School Co-Location Season](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14759-it-s-charter-school-co-location-season)
4. [ How to Make Transit Riding Safe for All: Just Cooperate!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14758-how-to-make-transit-riding-safe-for-all-just-cooperate)
5. [ How Big Real Estate is Pushing Back Against LA’s ‘Golden Era’ of Good Planning](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14756-how-big-real-estate-is-pushing-back-against-la-s-golden-era-of-good-planning)
6. [ Has LGBT Acceptance Come as Far as We Claim?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14755-has-lgbt-acceptance-come-as-far-as-we-claim)
7. [ California May Up Its Rehab Program … to Keep Ex-Inmates Out of Jail. Get’s Gov’s Support.](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14753-california-may-up-its-rehab-program-to-keep-ex-inmates-out-of-jail-get-s-gov-s-support)
8. [ California Dream Being Legislated Into a Nightmare](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14752-california-dream-being-legislated-into-a-nightmare)
9. [ The Three Most Dangerous Groups in Los Angeles ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14749-the-three-most-dangerous-groups-in-los-angeles)
10. [ Why Jeff Bezos Should Pick the Inland Empire over LA for HQ2](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14747-why-jeff-bezos-should-pick-the-inland-empire-over-la-for-hq2)
11. [ Women’s 2018 March Sets a Record, Celebrates Action](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14743-women-s-2018-march-sets-a-record-celebrates-action)
12. [ Should California Legislature Employees be Unionized?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14740-should-california-legislature-employees-be-unionized)
13. [ Reforming LA City Govt Part II: Reducing the Salaries of City Council Reps](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14738-reforming-la-city-govt-part-ii-reducing-the-salaries-of-city-council-reps)
14. [ LA Councilman’s Sloppy Take on Transgender Murder](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14736-la-councilman-s-sloppy-take-on-transgender-murder)
15. [ Inside the Vote to Unionize the Los Angeles Times](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14735-inside-the-vote-to-unionize-the-los-angeles-times)
16. [ Erwin Chemerinsky and the Case Against Trump: ‘It’s Very Frightening to Me’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14734-erwin-chemerinsky-and-the-case-against-trump-it-s-very-frightening-to-me)
17. [ Listen Up City Hall: Time to Can the Double Talk about the Homeless!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14726-listen-up-city-hall-time-to-can-the-double-talk-about-the-homeless)
18. [ Why Tech Jobs are NOT Coming to LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14725-why-tech-jobs-are-not-coming-to-la)
19. [ Raiding 7-11’s in Koreatown Won't Get Rid of Undocumented Workers … Only Make Them Less Visible.](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14719-raiding-7-11-s-in-koreatown-won-t-get-rid-of-undocumented-workers-only-make-them-less-visible)
20. [ Pushing Back Against City Hall Cheaters](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14718-pushing-back-against-city-hall-cheaters)

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