##  In the News

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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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 17 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Pushing Back Against City Hall Cheaters

Written by Dick Platkin on January 18 2018.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14718:pushing-back-against-city-hall-cheaters&catid=312)

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## [Permanent Water Rationing is Coming to California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14717:permanent-water-rationing-is-coming-to-california&catid=312)

You’ll just love your personal space filled up with these expensive gadgets. For example, these faucets will probably require voice-activation, turn…

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 18 2018.

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Written by Dan Walters on January 18 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/1605a-6b80a3b0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14707:women-s-march-2018-last-year-we-marched-this-year-we-run&catid=312)### [Women’s March 2018: Last Year We Marched, This Year We Run](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14707:women-s-march-2018-last-year-we-marched-this-year-we-run&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 15 2018.

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Written by Jake Johnson on January 15 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7b/1605h-7b241a72.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14701:pot-biz-spotty-restrictions-on-legal-pot-sales-will-keep-black-markets-alive&catid=312)### [Pot Biz: Spotty Restrictions on Legal Pot Sales Will Keep Black Markets Alive](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14701:pot-biz-spotty-restrictions-on-legal-pot-sales-will-keep-black-markets-alive&catid=312)

Written by Terelle Jerricks on January 15 2018.

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Written by Joe Mathews on January 15 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on January 15 2018.

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Written by Jasmyne Cannick on January 15 2018.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on January 15 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on January 15 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on January 15 2018.

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Written by Razan Azzarkani on January 11 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 11 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 11 2018.

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Written by David Bell on January 11 2018.

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Written by Laurel Rosenhall on January 11 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on January 11 2018.

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