#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Must Read! How Nextdoor Found 10 Million People While LA City Planning Found 100](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14174-must-read-how-nextdoor-found-10-million-people-while-la-city-planning-found-100 "Must Read! How Nextdoor Found 10 Million People While LA City Planning Found 100")

      Details    Jorge Castañeda    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 12 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14174-must-read-how-nextdoor-found-10-million-people-while-la-city-planning-found-100)

SPECIAL REPORT--In 2013, I was organizing for the startup Nextdoor, the social networking app for neighborhoods whose logo is a cute ’n chunky house. Nobody had heard of Nextdoor, and Los Angeles had only a handful of users. Four years later, Nextdoor has [10 million](https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/23/12005456/nextdoor-100000-neighborhood-social-network-app-changes-business-plan-expansion) registered users in 160,000 neighborhoods in the U.S., Netherlands, U.K., and Germany.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14174-must-read-how-nextdoor-found-10-million-people-while-la-city-planning-found-100)

   ##  [ Predictable Cash & Endorsements Fuel the ‘Lifer Pipeline’ for Assembly District 51](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14171-predictable-cash-endorsements-fuel-the-lifer-pipeline-for-assembly-district-51 "Predictable Cash & Endorsements Fuel the ‘Lifer Pipeline’ for Assembly District 51")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 12 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14171-predictable-cash-endorsements-fuel-the-lifer-pipeline-for-assembly-district-51)

EASTSIDER-When Wendy Carrillo ran against Jimmy Gomez to replace Xavier Becerra in 34th Congressional District primary, she ran a [distant sixth](http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-april-4-election-results/), with something like 5% of the votes. In the Assembly District 51 primary last week, [she came in first with over 22%](http://www.lavote.net/election-results#year=2017&election=3758). Wanna know why?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14171-predictable-cash-endorsements-fuel-the-lifer-pipeline-for-assembly-district-51)

   ##  [ Stepping on the Neck of Constituents is Just ... Not ... Funny!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14169-stepping-on-the-neck-of-constituents-is-just-not-funny "Stepping on the Neck of Constituents is Just ... Not ... Funny!")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 12 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14169-stepping-on-the-neck-of-constituents-is-just-not-funny)

ALPERN AT LARGE--I can't say "no" to gallows humor, but I can say "no" to bigots and bullies.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14169-stepping-on-the-neck-of-constituents-is-just-not-funny)

   ##  [ To Oust Hawkish, Centrist Feinstein, Progressives Push for Primary Challenge](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14168-to-oust-hawkish-centrist-feinstein-progressives-push-for-primary-challenge "To Oust Hawkish, Centrist Feinstein, Progressives Push for Primary Challenge")

      Details    Jessica Corbett    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 12 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14168-to-oust-hawkish-centrist-feinstein-progressives-push-for-primary-challenge)

**VOICE OF THE STATUS QUO**--Progressives are gearing up to challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) after the long-time senator [announced](https://twitter.com/DianneFeinstein/status/917389235145117696) this week that she will run for re-election next year.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14168-to-oust-hawkish-centrist-feinstein-progressives-push-for-primary-challenge)

   ##  [ What Next for California’s Sanctuary Defiance?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14166-what-next-for-california-s-sanctuary-defiance "What Next for California’s Sanctuary Defiance?")

      Details    Dan Walters    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 12 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14166-what-next-for-california-s-sanctuary-defiance)

CAL MATTERS--So California has declared itself to be a sanctuary for those who have entered the nation illegally.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14166-what-next-for-california-s-sanctuary-defiance)

   ##  [ Proof! Neighborhood Councils are ‘Protectors of the Community’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14165-proof-neighborhood-councils-are-protectors-of-the-community "Proof! Neighborhood Councils are ‘Protectors of the Community’")

      Details    Jay Handal    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 12 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14165-proof-neighborhood-councils-are-protectors-of-the-community)

JUST SAYIN’-Last week I wrote about the proposed "Drunk Tank" that was uncovered by West LA/ Sawtelle Neighborhood Council and the secrets and lies perpetrated on this community by the LA County Board of Supervisors.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14165-proof-neighborhood-councils-are-protectors-of-the-community)

   ##  [ Who Wins the Corruption Games, Republicans or the Democrats?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14164-who-wins-the-corruption-games-republicans-or-the-democrats "Who Wins the Corruption Games, Republicans or the Democrats?")

      Details    Michael Cohen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 12 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14164-who-wins-the-corruption-games-republicans-or-the-democrats)

THE COHEN COLUMN-- “When comparing criminal indictments of those serving in the executive branch of presidential administrations it's so lopsided as to be ridiculous. Yet all I ever hear is how corrupt the Democrats are. So why don't we break it down by president and the numbers.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14164-who-wins-the-corruption-games-republicans-or-the-democrats)

   ##  [ California Sues Trump: A Voice for Millions of Women Upset Over Trump’s Vengeful Birth Control Rollback](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14158-california-sues-trump-a-voice-for-millions-of-women-upset-over-trump-s-vengeful-birth-control-rollback "California Sues Trump: A Voice for Millions of Women Upset Over Trump’s Vengeful Birth Control Rollback")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14158-california-sues-trump-a-voice-for-millions-of-women-upset-over-trump-s-vengeful-birth-control-rollback)

THE KRAMER FILE--The Trump administration is continuing its mission to unravel President Obama’s legacy, this time, rolling back the ACA mandate that employer-provided health insurance policies cover birth control at no cost to women. *(President Trump shakes hands with a nun from Little Sisters of the Poor.)*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14158-california-sues-trump-a-voice-for-millions-of-women-upset-over-trump-s-vengeful-birth-control-rollback)

   ##  [ Doctors Getting Paid More - Now Will They Treat California’s Poor](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14156-doctors-getting-paid-more-now-will-they-treat-california-s-poor "Doctors Getting Paid More - Now Will They Treat California’s Poor")

      Details    Matt Levin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14156-doctors-getting-paid-more-now-will-they-treat-california-s-poor)

CAL MATTERS-It seems like a simple solution. Raise what you pay doctors for treating low-income patients, and they’ll treat more of them.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14156-doctors-getting-paid-more-now-will-they-treat-california-s-poor)

   ##  [ Guns and Common Sense: Why the Bump Stock is Not Such a Slippery Slope](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14153-guns-and-common-sense-why-the-bump-stock-is-not-such-a-slippery-slope "Guns and Common Sense: Why the Bump Stock is Not Such a Slippery Slope")

      Details    Kevin J. Suscavage    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14153-guns-and-common-sense-why-the-bump-stock-is-not-such-a-slippery-slope)

VIEW FROM THE CENTER-Platitudes, platitudes everywhere abound on guns. They're becoming as "Americlique" as apple pie. Here's a quick couple from the Right: "All *they* want to do is take away our guns!"

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14153-guns-and-common-sense-why-the-bump-stock-is-not-such-a-slippery-slope)

   ##  [ Liberty Park: Can a Lawn Become a Protected Landmark?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14151-liberty-park-can-a-lawn-become-a-protected-landmark "Liberty Park: Can a Lawn Become a Protected Landmark?")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14151-liberty-park-can-a-lawn-become-a-protected-landmark)

DEEGAN ON LA-One man’s lawn may be another man’s landmark. That seems to be the proposition being advanced concerning Koreatown’s Liberty Park, a large 2.5-acre swath of green separating Wilshire Boulevard from the 1967-built Beneficial Plaza building, an 11-story Late Modern office building that was set back 315 feet from the roadway to create the green open space.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14151-liberty-park-can-a-lawn-become-a-protected-landmark)

   ##  [ My Doubts about Single-Payer Just Show I’m Sick in the Head](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14150-my-doubts-about-single-payer-just-show-i-m-sick-in-the-head "My Doubts about Single-Payer Just Show I’m Sick in the Head")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14150-my-doubts-about-single-payer-just-show-i-m-sick-in-the-head)

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--I’m so disappointed in myself.

I really should be 100 percent supportive of the effort to establish a single-payer health system in California. Because all the best Californians are for it.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14150-my-doubts-about-single-payer-just-show-i-m-sick-in-the-head)

   ##  [ PETA ‘Dog’ and ‘Cat’ Ask Mayor Garcetti to Fix LA Animal Services](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14149-peta-dog-and-cat-ask-mayor-garcetti-to-fix-la-animal-services "PETA ‘Dog’ and ‘Cat’ Ask Mayor Garcetti to Fix LA Animal Services")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14149-peta-dog-and-cat-ask-mayor-garcetti-to-fix-la-animal-services)

ANIMAL WATCH-PETA supporters dressed as a [cat and a dog](https://www.peta.org/blog/dog-cat-urge-mayor-fix-los-angeles-animal-services/) demonstrated their dismay on Oct. 3 over the failure of Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles Animal Services' General Manager Brenda Barnette to fix a phone system that continuously fails LA callers needing help for animals.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14149-peta-dog-and-cat-ask-mayor-garcetti-to-fix-la-animal-services)

   ##  [ Ref Rodriguez’s Problem is Our Education Problem Too](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14148-ref-rodriguez-s-problem-is-our-education-problem-too "Ref Rodriguez’s Problem is Our Education Problem Too")

      Details    Joshua Leibner    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14148-ref-rodriguez-s-problem-is-our-education-problem-too)

EDUCATION POLITICS--In the never-ending saga of LAUSD absurdity, last week, my wife and I received a robo- call from Superintendent Michelle King informing us that a music teacher who was not a District employee may have contaminated recorders with semen and given them to students. Any parent concerned that their child might have been affected was instructed to call their office.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14148-ref-rodriguez-s-problem-is-our-education-problem-too)

   ##  [ The Culture Wars Not Good For SoCal Biz](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14146-the-culture-wars-not-good-for-socal-biz "The Culture Wars Not Good For SoCal Biz")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14146-the-culture-wars-not-good-for-socal-biz)

NEW GEOGRAPHY--America’s seemingly unceasing culture wars are not good for business, particularly for a region like Southern California. As we see Hollywood movie stars, professional athletes and the mainstream media types line up along uniform ideological lines, a substantial portion of the American ticket and TV watching population are turning them off, sometimes taking hundreds of millions of dollars from the bottom line.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14146-the-culture-wars-not-good-for-socal-biz)

   ##  [ The Harvey Weinstein Example: When White Women are Violated America Responds Accordingly](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14145-the-harvey-weinstein-example-when-white-women-are-violated-america-responds-accordingly "The Harvey Weinstein Example: When White Women are Violated America Responds Accordingly")

      Details    Jasmyne A. Cannick    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14145-the-harvey-weinstein-example-when-white-women-are-violated-america-responds-accordingly)

When white women are violated, America responds and the response is immediate.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14145-the-harvey-weinstein-example-when-white-women-are-violated-america-responds-accordingly)

   ##  [ The Virtues of Doing Film On a Shoestring](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14143-the-virtues-of-doing-film-on-a-shoestring "The Virtues of Doing Film On a Shoestring")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14143-the-virtues-of-doing-film-on-a-shoestring)

GELFAND’S WORLD--We've now completed the first weekend of the San Pedro International Film Festival, aka [Spiff](http://www.Spiffest.org). The fun part of a film festival, certainly this one, is the chance to see a lot of short films -- both documentaries and fictions -- by young and unknown artists. The abundance of decent quality short films raises an interesting question: In the absence of a movie theater circuit that shows these films, how does a mass audience experience them? It turns out that there are a couple of answers to this question, neither of them being entirely satisfying. There are a lot of well-made stories that deserve to be seen on the big screen by a live audience.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14143-the-virtues-of-doing-film-on-a-shoestring)

   ##  [ Untrue, Ryu! City Councilmember Busted Lying about Crime](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14142-untrue-ryu-city-councilmember-busted-lying-about-crime "Untrue, Ryu! City Councilmember Busted Lying about Crime")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 09 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/081t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14142-untrue-ryu-city-councilmember-busted-lying-about-crime)

@THE GUSS REPORT-How soon Los Angeles City Councilmember David Ryu forgets about a rash of burglaries and mail thefts that he and the LAPD ignored this year, all caught on [video](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwXAuqQJKBGwSUwtbFpNVWZMclk/view), in the Sherman Oaks area he represents.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14142-untrue-ryu-city-councilmember-busted-lying-about-crime)

   ##  [ 2nd Amendment Sham: Touting the Right to Kill Each Other](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14140-2nd-amendment-sham-touting-the-right-to-kill-each-other "2nd Amendment Sham: Touting the Right to Kill Each Other")

      Details    Doug Epperhart    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/080a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14140-2nd-amendment-sham-touting-the-right-to-kill-each-other)

THE EPPERHART EXPRESS-The cover of *Life* magazine on August 12, 1966 featured a bullet hole in a store window caused by Charles Whitman, whom they dubbed, “The Texas Sniper.” The 25-year-old Whitman was an All-American boy who was an Eagle Scout and Marine Corps veteran. On August 1, 51 years ago, he carried a footlocker containing a shotgun, three rifles and two pistols up to the 29th floor observation deck of the University of Texas administration building in Austin and started shooting.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14140-2nd-amendment-sham-touting-the-right-to-kill-each-other)

   ##  [ Airbnb: Will There Be a Staff Report … or, Will We Just Get Steamrolled?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14139-airbnb-will-there-be-a-staff-report-or-will-we-just-get-steamrolled "Airbnb: Will There Be a Staff Report … or, Will We Just Get Steamrolled?")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/080b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14139-airbnb-will-there-be-a-staff-report-or-will-we-just-get-steamrolled)

EASTSIDER-Back in June, I wrote an [article](http://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles-for-rss/13428-airbnb-and-the-plum-committee-houston-we-have-a-problem) in *CityWatch* about the PLUM Committee’s hearings on Airbnb called, *“Airbnb and the PLUM Committee - Houston We Have a Problem.”*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14139-airbnb-will-there-be-a-staff-report-or-will-we-just-get-steamrolled)

   ##  [ Big Tech to Political Allies: Please ‘Friend’ Me](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14137-big-tech-to-political-allies-please-friend-me "Big Tech to Political Allies: Please ‘Friend’ Me")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/080d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14137-big-tech-to-political-allies-please-friend-me)

ALIENATING THE LEFT AND RIGHT-Our nation’s ruling tech oligarchs may be geniuses in making money through software, but they are showing themselves to be not so adept in the less quantifiable world of politics. Once the toast of the political world, the ever more economically dominant tech elite now face growing political opposition, both domestically and around the world.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14137-big-tech-to-political-allies-please-friend-me)

1. [ California Game Changer: Making College Free Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14136-california-game-changer-making-college-free-again)
2. [ Cooking Up a Grassroots Community Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14135-cooking-up-a-grassroots-community-plan)
3. [ LA School Board Bait n’ Switch was Insulting and Sneaky](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14133-la-school-board-bait-n-switch-was-insulting-and-sneaky)
4. [ Mass Transit Experience in LA: If You Build it, They Won’t Come!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14132-mass-transit-experience-in-la-if-you-build-it-they-won-t-come)
5. [ ‘Show Your Taxes’—Could California Really Make Presidential Contenders Like Trump Do It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14129-show-your-taxes-could-california-really-make-presidential-contenders-like-trump-do-it)
6. [ Urgent! We Must Reinstate a National Assault Weapon Ban](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14128-urgent-we-must-reinstate-a-national-assault-weapon-ban)
7. [ We Have the Power to Stop the Carnage](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14127-we-have-the-power-to-stop-the-carnage)
8. [ ‘Buy Clean’ Bill Would Swing Climate Change Battle to CA Construction Projects](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14123-buy-clean-bill-would-swing-climate-change-battle-to-ca-construction-projects)
9. [ California: Late to the Primary Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14121-california-late-to-the-primary-party)
10. [ CEQA: What’s Really Behind CA’s Affordable Housing Shortage?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14120-ceqa-what-s-really-behind-ca-s-affordable-housing-shortage)
11. [ Garcetti’s LA Mobility Plan 2035 … More Like New York City 1895](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14118-garcetti-s-la-mobility-plan-2035-more-like-new-york-city-1895)
12. [ Hepatitis A and the Homeless - A Crisis in the Making?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14117-hepatitis-a-and-the-homeless-a-crisis-in-the-making)
13. [ Huge](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14116-huge)
14. [ I’ve Been Everywhere … In Search of Transit Solutions](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14115-i-ve-been-everywhere-in-search-of-transit-solutions)
15. [ ‘Input’ Is NOT the Same as ‘Respect’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14114-input-is-not-the-same-as-respect)
16. [ Kicked to the Curb: How USC Drove a Bicycle Repairman into the Street](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14113-kicked-to-the-curb-how-usc-drove-a-bicycle-repairman-into-the-street)
17. [ LA Animal Rescuers Sentenced for Cruelty, Neglect by Judge Shellie Samuels ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14112-la-animal-rescuers-sentenced-for-cruelty-neglect-by-judge-shellie-samuels)
18. [ Maybe California has a Couple of Reasons to be Paranoid](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14111-maybe-california-has-a-couple-of-reasons-to-be-paranoid)
19. [ President Garcetti? Surely You Jest](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14110-president-garcetti-surely-you-jest)
20. [ Secrets, Lies, Deception](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14108-secrets-lies-deception)

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