##  In the News

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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

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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

#  VOICES

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### GOP Pushes for Even Larger Pentagon Budget Amid 'Unconscionable' Profiteering

Written by Jake Johnson on May 22 2023.

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  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/08/041d-08848da9.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2023/041d.jpg&thumbnail=610,345,&hash=523f855d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26977:tossing-neoliberalism-into-the-dumpster&catid=375)Written by Robert Hunziker on May 22 2023. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Tossing Neoliberalism into the Dumpster](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26977:tossing-neoliberalism-into-the-dumpster&catid=375)

GUEST COMMENTARY - It’s official, according to a speech by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the United States is jumping off the neoliberal g…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c6/041c-c687c88d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26973:how-to-gain-a-competitive-advantage-in-the-job-market-in-the-age-of-ai&catid=375)### [How to Gain a Competitive Advantage in the Job Market in the Age of AI](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26973:how-to-gain-a-competitive-advantage-in-the-job-market-in-the-age-of-ai&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch Desk on May 22 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2e/040g1-2edd4e7d.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2023/040g1.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7e8a34c3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26970:democracy-a-cancer-eating-our-society&catid=375)### [Democracy, a Cancer Eating Our Society](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26970:democracy-a-cancer-eating-our-society&catid=375)

Written by Richard Abrams on May 18 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/040i-9998a62f.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2023/040i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=27ef574e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26962:student-suicides-at-harvard-westlake-no-coverage-in-a-one-newspaper-town&catid=375)### [Student Suicides at Harvard-Westlake. No Coverage in a One Newspaper Town](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26962:student-suicides-at-harvard-westlake-no-coverage-in-a-one-newspaper-town&catid=375)

Written by Yuval Kremer on May 18 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c6/040q-c6a5412b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26959:housing-is-for-people-not-stuff&catid=375)### [Housing Is for People, Not Stuff](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26959:housing-is-for-people-not-stuff&catid=375)

Written by John Mirisch on May 18 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fc/040u-fc35eac7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26971:i-declare&catid=375)### [I Declare...](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26971:i-declare&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 18 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/54/039h-542bcbe5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26939:justices-who-repealed-roe-v-wade-side-with-pigs-over-profit&catid=375)### [Justices Who Repealed Roe v. Wade Side with Pigs over Profit](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26939:justices-who-repealed-roe-v-wade-side-with-pigs-over-profit&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 15 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6f/038k-6f8d88aa.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26923:yes-price-gouging-and-profiteering-are-bad-not-just-when-big-oil-is-doing-it&catid=375)### [Yes, Price Gouging And Profiteering Are Bad, Not Just When Big Oil Is Doing It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26923:yes-price-gouging-and-profiteering-are-bad-not-just-when-big-oil-is-doing-it&catid=375)

Written by John Mirisch on May 11 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/038n-c8da614c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26920:did-he-or-didn-t-he-that-is-not-the-question&catid=375)### [Did He or Didn’t He? THAT is not the question.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26920:did-he-or-didn-t-he-that-is-not-the-question&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 11 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/21/038r-216da4ce.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26915:madness-federal-judge-rules-18-to-20-year-olds-can-t-be-barred-from-gun-purchases&catid=375)### ['Madness': Federal Judge Rules 18-to-20-Year-Olds Can't Be Barred from Gun Purchases](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26915:madness-federal-judge-rules-18-to-20-year-olds-can-t-be-barred-from-gun-purchases&catid=375)

Written by Julia Conley on May 11 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d9/037j-d986a332.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26906:the-real-right-wing-death-squad-is-the-cowardly-republican-party&catid=375)### [The Real 'Right Wing Death Squad' Is the Cowardly Republican Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26906:the-real-right-wing-death-squad-is-the-cowardly-republican-party&catid=375)

Written by Thom Hartmann on May 08 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/84/037i-8463979c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26905:texas-gop-s-top-anti-groomer-crusader-resigns-over-sexual-misconduct-with-teenage-aide&catid=375)### [Texas GOP's Top Anti-Groomer Crusader Resigns Over Sexual Misconduct With Teenage Aide](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26905:texas-gop-s-top-anti-groomer-crusader-resigns-over-sexual-misconduct-with-teenage-aide&catid=375)

Written by Jon Queally on May 08 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7f/037a-7fd8c61c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26901:if-it-s-the-economy-stupid-then-dems-better-start-talking-about-it&catid=375)### [If It's The Economy Stupid, Then Dems Better Start Talking About It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26901:if-it-s-the-economy-stupid-then-dems-better-start-talking-about-it&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on May 08 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/037b-5299cd8b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26899:woke-mob-attempt-to-cancel-iowa-s-st-giuseppe-s-pizza-joint-backfires-instead-helps-sales-skyrocket&catid=375)### [Woke Mob Attempt To Cancel Iowa’s St Giuseppe’s Pizza Joint Backfires, Instead Helps Sales Skyrocket](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26899:woke-mob-attempt-to-cancel-iowa-s-st-giuseppe-s-pizza-joint-backfires-instead-helps-sales-skyrocket&catid=375)

Written by Marc Ang on May 08 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on May 04 2023.

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Written by Mihran Kalaydjian / David Alpern on May 04 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/035s-d3eb12bf.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26881:lawmakers-want-more-social-media-regulation-here-are-the-legal-hurdles-that-could-face&catid=375)### [Lawmakers Want More Social Media Regulation. Here Are The Legal Hurdles That Could Face](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26881:lawmakers-want-more-social-media-regulation-here-are-the-legal-hurdles-that-could-face&catid=375)

Written by GRACE GEDYE on May 01 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on May 01 2023.

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