##  In the News

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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)

August 31 2026

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### [As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33308:as-california-debated-sharing-data-on-drivers-homeland-security-subpoenaed-17-million-records&catid=425)

September 03 2026

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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 07 2026

#  SAY WHAT?

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  [### The Empire Strikes Back: The Largest Voter Suppression Campaign in US History Is Underway

Written by Harvey Wasserman on February 08 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21193:the-empire-strikes-back-the-largest-voter-suppression-campaign-in-us-history-is-underway&catid=376)

 Written by Daniel Beaumont on February 04 2021. Posted in [SAY WHAT?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=376).

## [Pillow Fight: Mike Lindell’s Battle to Save Donald Trump and You](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21169:pillow-fight-mike-lindell-s-battle-to-save-donald-trump-and-you&catid=376)

In the final desperate days of his presidency, a visit by even Mr. Pillow might not seem very important to Trump, but Trump was more isolated than he…

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### [The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21150:the-boogaloo-bois-have-guns-criminal-records-and-military-training-now-they-want-to-overthrow-the-government&catid=376)

Written by A.C. Thompson, Lila Hassan, Karim Hajj on February 01 2021.

### [Hate Group Leader Tony Perkins To Followers: ‘Buy Pillows to Save Christianity’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21130:hate-group-leader-tony-perkins-to-followers-buy-pillows-to-save-christianity&catid=376)

Written by Bil Browning on January 28 2021.

### [Ending the Disinformation Era](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21104:ending-the-disinformation-era&catid=376)

Written by Sarah Rothbard on January 25 2021.

### [Unity Is Impossible Without Accountability](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21085:unity-is-impossible-without-accountability&catid=376)

Written by Chris Winters on January 21 2021.

### [Trump’s Legacy Through the Eyes of Those His Presidency Hurt](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21067:trump-s-legacy-through-the-eyes-of-those-his-presidency-hurt&catid=376)

Written by Elise Foley & Akbar Shahid Ahmed on January 18 2021.

### [‘No One Took Us Seriously’: Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers for Years](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21045:no-one-took-us-seriously-black-cops-warned-about-racist-capitol-police-officers-for-years&catid=376)

Written by Joshua Kaplan & Joaquin Sapien on January 14 2021.

### [No One Loved Los Angeles Like Tom LaBonge Loved Los Angeles … American Politician Dies at 67](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21018:no-one-loved-los-angeles-like-tom-labonge-loved-los-angeles-american-politician-dies-at-67&catid=376)

Written by Jon Regardie on January 11 2021.

### [Being Indian-American Today: Reflecting on Kamala Harris’ rise to Vice President](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21000:being-indian-american-today-reflecting-on-kamala-harris-rise-to-vice-president&catid=376)

Written by Krishna Sudhir on January 07 2021.

### [What Can Be Done: A New Year’s Wish](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20982:what-can-be-done-a-new-year-s-wish&catid=376)

Written by Saskia Hostetler Lippy, MD on January 04 2021.

### [Billy Porter Reminds Us That LGBTQ People Made the Difference In the Election.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20960:billy-porter-reminds-us-that-lgbtq-people-made-the-difference-in-the-election&catid=376)

Written by Juwan J. Holmes on December 28 2020.

### [The Boy Who Loved Lint: A Christmas Story](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20944:the-boy-who-loved-lint-a-christmas-story&catid=376)

Written by Tony Castro on December 21 2020.

### [Gay Teen Schools the School Board After Being Suspended for Wearing Nail Polish](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20925:gay-teen-schools-the-school-board-after-being-suspended-for-wearing-nail-polish&catid=376)

Written by Alex Bollinger on December 17 2020.

### [Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Pushing Anti-Trans Ban](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20908:congresswoman-tulsi-gabbard-pushing-anti-trans-ban&catid=376)

Written by Alex Bollinger on December 14 2020.

### [Can Democracy Survive the Age of the Idiot?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20882:can-democracy-survive-the-age-of-the-idiot&catid=376)

Written by Umair Haque on December 10 2020.

### [Supremes Hand Victory to Transgender Students](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20862:supremes-hand-victory-to-transgender-students&catid=376)

Written by Bill Browning on December 07 2020.

### [Celebrating Another Maskless, Clueless, Death-Haunted, Staggeringly Hypocritical ‘Special Time of the Year’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20839:celebrating-another-maskless-clueless-death-haunted-staggeringly-hypocritical-special-time-of-the-year&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 03 2020.

### [Joe Biden Will Make LGBTQ Rights a Priority After Inauguration](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20820:joe-biden-will-make-lgbtq-rights-a-priority-after-inauguration&catid=376)

Written by Bil Browning on November 30 2020.

### [The Official Christmas Boycott List for Evangelical Christians has Arrived. Happy Holidays!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20785:the-official-christmas-boycott-list-for-evangelical-christians-has-arrived-happy-holidays&catid=376)

Written by Bill Browning on November 23 2020.

### [Trump’s Legal Team is Giving Up—Because Ethically They Have to](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20766:trump-s-legal-team-is-giving-up-because-ethically-they-have-to&catid=376)

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