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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

September 10 2026

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### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398)

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### [Olympics: LA28’s Drip‑Drip‑Drip Tactics Leave Los Angeles Holding the Bag](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312)

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### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Delta Tunnels: A Bad Deal for All Californians

Written by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla on July 17 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13603:the-delta-tunnels-a-bad-deal-for-all-californians&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13593:california-s-unelected-bureaucracies-that-keep-us-stuck-in-traffic&catid=312)Written by Jackie Lavalleye on July 13 2017. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [California’s Unelected Bureaucracies that Keep Us Stuck in Traffic](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13593:california-s-unelected-bureaucracies-that-keep-us-stuck-in-traffic&catid=312)

 Traffic congestion has many negative effects on cities and people, including reduced economic growth as well as adverse health effects for the peo…

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Written by Preserve LA on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/056c-9fb40c2d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13591:calm-down-already-la&catid=312)### [Calm Down Already, LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13591:calm-down-already-la&catid=312)

Written by David Bell on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/056h-1da5669c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13589:getting-hard-to-tell-the-dems-from-the-gop-financial-support-coming-from-same-sources&catid=312)### [Getting Hard to Tell the Dems from the GOP … Financial Support Coming from Same Sources](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13589:getting-hard-to-tell-the-dems-from-the-gop-financial-support-coming-from-same-sources&catid=312)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/76/056j-76c8bf44.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13587:parking-company-says-lax-traffic-study-biased-against-passenger-shuttles&catid=312)### [Parking Company Says LAX Traffic Study Biased against Passenger Shuttles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13587:parking-company-says-lax-traffic-study-biased-against-passenger-shuttles&catid=312)

Written by Benjamin Reznik on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9e/056n-9ef11918.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13584:pindler-eeks-anctions-feuer-s-spokesman-misleads-media&catid=312)### [$pindler $eeks $anctions; Feuer’s Spokesman Misleads Media?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13584:pindler-eeks-anctions-feuer-s-spokesman-misleads-media&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/72/056a-7272345a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13583:california-dems-split-on-single-payer-vs-ideological-purity&catid=312)### [California Dems Split on Single-Payer vs. ‘Ideological Purity’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13583:california-dems-split-on-single-payer-vs-ideological-purity&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c5/056o-c58b27ef.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13582:the-most-meaningful-thing-you-can-do-in-this-age-of-trump&catid=312)### [The Most Meaningful Thing You Can Do in this Age of Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13582:the-most-meaningful-thing-you-can-do-in-this-age-of-trump&catid=312)

Written by Julie Butcher on July 13 2017.

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Written by Dick Platkin on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/45/056s-45ca8471.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13579:trump-s-budget-means-disaster-for-california-and-other-local-governments&catid=312)### [Trump’s Budget Means Disaster for California and Other Local Governments](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13579:trump-s-budget-means-disaster-for-california-and-other-local-governments&catid=312)

Written by Leila Pedersen on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e3/056u-e33227b5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13577:what-the-venice-blvd-traffic-uproar-means-we-need-to-do-our-jobs&catid=312)### [What the Venice Blvd Traffic Uproar Means: ‘We Need to Do Our Jobs’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13577:what-the-venice-blvd-traffic-uproar-means-we-need-to-do-our-jobs&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 13 2017.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/055e-10a77134.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13573:da-who-put-oj-simpson-behind-bars-predicts-he-ll-be-paroled&catid=312)### [DA Who Put OJ Simpson Behind Bars Predicts He’ll Be Paroled](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13573:da-who-put-oj-simpson-behind-bars-predicts-he-ll-be-paroled&catid=312)

Written by David Move on July 10 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9a/055a-9abba2de.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13572:california-cuts-services-staff-to-pay-pension-costs&catid=312)### [California Cuts Services, Staff to Pay Pension Costs](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13572:california-cuts-services-staff-to-pay-pension-costs&catid=312)

Written by David Schwartzman on July 10 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on July 10 2017.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on July 10 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/055f-79f893cb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13569:dog-attack-poster-urged-for-la-animal-services-will-pit-bulls-be-featured&catid=312)### [Dog-Attack Poster Urged for LA Animal Services … Will Pit Bulls be Featured?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13569:dog-attack-poster-urged-for-la-animal-services-will-pit-bulls-be-featured&catid=312)

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on July 10 2017.

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Written by Daniel Guss on July 10 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 10 2017.

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