##  In the News

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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

August 31 2026

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### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395)

August 31 2026

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### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

September 03 2026

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### City Takes Over San Pedro NC, Makes Bad Situation Worse

Written by Bob Gelfand on June 15 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13422:city-takes-over-san-pedro-nc-makes-bad-situation-worse&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048i.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13421:continuing-effort-to-silence-california-senator-kamala-harris-speaks-volumes&catid=312)Written by Francis Maxwell on June 15 2017. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Continuing Effort to Silence California Senator Kamala Harris Speaks Volumes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13421:continuing-effort-to-silence-california-senator-kamala-harris-speaks-volumes&catid=312)

 The first example took place on Monday, when Senator Harris was told to remember her place ― meaning not to raise her voice to a poor helpless man…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fc/048j-fc456d18.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13420:digital-billboards-in-la-a-plum-committee-harvest&catid=312)### [Digital Billboards in LA: A PLUM (Committee) Harvest](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13420:digital-billboards-in-la-a-plum-committee-harvest&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Frank on June 15 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/58/048l-587fc07e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13418:finally-something-good-to-write-about&catid=312)### [Finally, Something Good to Write About](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13418:finally-something-good-to-write-about&catid=312)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on June 15 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/85/048m-85cffd32.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13417:l-a-style-governance-by-litigation&catid=312)### [L A Style: Governance by Litigation](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13417:l-a-style-governance-by-litigation&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 15 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/27/048n-278c7dbd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13416:la-s-ghost-ship-is-this-justice-or-just-us&catid=312)### [LA’s ‘Ghost Ship’: Is This Justice or Just Us?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13416:la-s-ghost-ship-is-this-justice-or-just-us&catid=312)

Written by Harold Greenberg on June 15 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/77/048v-77bf83b8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13410:uneasy-rider-nixes-garcetti-s-monorail&catid=312)### [Uneasy Rider … Nixes Garcetti’s Monorail](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13410:uneasy-rider-nixes-garcetti-s-monorail&catid=312)

Written by Matthew Hetz on June 15 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/047a-a4f6fa11.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13404:aclu-passes-on-legal-representation-of-skid-row-nc-effort-not-our-expertise&catid=312)### [ACLU Passes on Legal Representation of Skid Row NC Effort … ‘Not Our Expertise’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13404:aclu-passes-on-legal-representation-of-skid-row-nc-effort-not-our-expertise&catid=312)

Written by General Jeff on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e3/047b-e337f7a4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13403:bill-maher-is-a-dangerous-white-man&catid=312)### [Bill Maher is a Dangerous White Man](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13403:bill-maher-is-a-dangerous-white-man&catid=312)

Written by Ja’han Jones on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e8/047d-e814b22e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13402:citizens-group-sues-city-over-toxic-bike-lanes-mayor-not-listening&catid=312)### [Citizens Group Sues City Over Toxic Bike Lanes … Mayor Not Listening](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13402:citizens-group-sues-city-over-toxic-bike-lanes-mayor-not-listening&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/51/047f-51ce5b60.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13400:done-and-city-attorney-pull-a-power-overreach-with-their-trumpian-takeover-of-san-pedro-nc&catid=312)### [DONE and City Attorney Pull a Power Overreach with Their Trumpian Takeover of San Pedro NC](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13400:done-and-city-attorney-pull-a-power-overreach-with-their-trumpian-takeover-of-san-pedro-nc&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/27/047h-272fb593.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13399:google-this-you-are-a-silicon-valley-lab-rat&catid=312)### [Google This: You are a Silicon Valley Lab Rat](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13399:google-this-you-are-a-silicon-valley-lab-rat&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/047i-8f30734c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13398:judge-runs-homeless-out-of-skid-row&catid=312)### [Judge Runs Homeless Out of Skid Row](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13398:judge-runs-homeless-out-of-skid-row&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/33/047k-33227ad5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13397:prison-unions-are-punishing-california-taxpayers-here-s-how&catid=312)### [Prison Unions are Punishing California Taxpayers … Here’s How](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13397:prison-unions-are-punishing-california-taxpayers-here-s-how&catid=312)

Written by Steven Greenhut on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/047l-e46b5e8b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13396:race-class-and-an-la-bike-movement-face-off&catid=312)### [Race, Class and an LA Bike Movement Face Off](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13396:race-class-and-an-la-bike-movement-face-off&catid=312)

Written by Robert Gottlieb on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/03/047m-033447ab.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13395:rescued-dogs-imported-from-asia-infected-with-deadly-influenza-was-la-properly-warned&catid=312)### [‘Rescued Dogs’ Imported from Asia Infected with Deadly Influenza … Was LA Properly Warned?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13395:rescued-dogs-imported-from-asia-infected-with-deadly-influenza-was-la-properly-warned&catid=312)

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/66/047n-66b16d3c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13394:resistmarch-100-000-activists-fill-streets-from-hollywood-highland-to-west-hollywood&catid=312)### [\#ResistMarch: 100,000 Activists Fill Streets from Hollywood &amp; Highland to West Hollywood](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13394:resistmarch-100-000-activists-fill-streets-from-hollywood-highland-to-west-hollywood&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on June 12 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven &amp; Joshua Preven on June 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/39/047s-397fc75d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13390:we-need-more-than-words-to-stem-the-rising-tide-of-homelessness&catid=312)### [We Need More than Words to Stem the Rising Tide of Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13390:we-need-more-than-words-to-stem-the-rising-tide-of-homelessness&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on June 12 2017.

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Written by Daniel Guss on June 12 2017.

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