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### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312)

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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

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##  [ California’s Hidden Debt Bomb ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33179:californias-hidden-debt-bomb&catid=385)

THINK ABOUT IT - Let me tell you how it will be There's one for you, nineteen for me Cause I'm the taxman – The Beatles 1966 Taxifornia is California's well-deserved moniker. California ranks in the top 1 or 2 States for tax burden. We…

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## [Facts Are Stubborn Things. AB 130: Streamlining While Infrastructure Is Crumbling](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33145:facts-are-stubborn-things-ab-130-streamlining-while-infrastructure-is-crumbling&catid=385)

PERSPECTIVE - “Facts are stubborn things.” — John Adams, 1770 California lawmakers asked Californians to accept one of the most significant reductions in environmental review in decades. Legislators argued that California simply could…

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