##  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 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)

September 10 2026

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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)

September 07 2026

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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)

September 07 2026

#  VOICES

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### Lawmakers Want More Social Media Regulation. Here Are The Legal Hurdles That Could Face

Written by GRACE GEDYE on May 01 2023.

 ](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)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/23/035k-23729448.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2023/035k.jpg&thumbnail=610,444,&hash=eba7aaac) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26876:partying-with-the-plutocrats&catid=375)Written by Liz Amsden on May 01 2023. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Partying With the Plutocrats](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26876:partying-with-the-plutocrats&catid=375)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - This travesty of a sell-out of the American people in the House GOP’s budget wet dream demonstrates that these Republicans truly a…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/035l-61839c3f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26875:the-idolatry-of-gun-worship&catid=375)### [The Idolatry of Gun Worship](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26875:the-idolatry-of-gun-worship&catid=375)

Written by Ariel Gold on May 01 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/035e-61f8631a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26869:anthony-avalos-murder-highlights-broken-bloated-government-bureaucracies-worker-apathy&catid=375)### [Anthony Avalos Murder Highlights Broken, Bloated Government Bureaucracies & Worker Apathy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26869:anthony-avalos-murder-highlights-broken-bloated-government-bureaucracies-worker-apathy&catid=375)

Written by Marc Ang on May 01 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f2/035d-f2777007.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26865:books-that-should-be-banned-celebrity-tell-alls&catid=375)### [Books That Should Be Banned: Celebrity Tell-Alls](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26865:books-that-should-be-banned-celebrity-tell-alls&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on May 01 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1b/035b-1b2af9db.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26863:the-real-reason-disney-is-defying-desantis&catid=375)### [The Real Reason Disney Is Defying DeSantis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26863:the-real-reason-disney-is-defying-desantis&catid=375)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on May 01 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/034m-8bd2a587.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26858:as-gop-targets-food-aid-house-dems-remind-mccarthy-of-1-9-trillion-in-trump-tax-cuts&catid=375)### [As GOP Targets Food Aid, House Dems Remind McCarthy of $1.9 Trillion in Trump Tax Cuts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26858:as-gop-targets-food-aid-house-dems-remind-mccarthy-of-1-9-trillion-in-trump-tax-cuts&catid=375)

Written by Kenny Stancil on April 27 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bd/034n-bd948c9c.jpg&src=images/stories/Apr-2023/034n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3a53834e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26857:feinstein-resignation-calls-grow-after-manchin-sides-with-gop-on-pollution-rule&catid=375)### [Feinstein Resignation Calls Grow After Manchin Sides with GOP on Pollution Rule](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26857:feinstein-resignation-calls-grow-after-manchin-sides-with-gop-on-pollution-rule&catid=375)

Written by Jessica Corbett on April 27 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/034d-79764c20.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26854:the-unknown-law-of-prosperity&catid=375)### [The Unknown Law of Prosperity](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26854:the-unknown-law-of-prosperity&catid=375)

Written by Richard Abrams on April 27 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/033k-a0bc1b07.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26829:why-trump-shouldn-t-be-allowed-to-run-in-2024&catid=375)### [Why Trump Shouldn't Be Allowed to Run in 2024](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26829:why-trump-shouldn-t-be-allowed-to-run-in-2024&catid=375)

Written by Robert Reich on April 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/35/033n-35d274a5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26827:anyone-can-buy-a-gun&catid=375)### [Anyone Can Buy a Gun](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26827:anyone-can-buy-a-gun&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on April 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/033p-fd9b776b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26824:don-lemon-fired-by-cnn-minutes-after-tucker-carlson-out-at-fox-news&catid=375)### [Don Lemon Fired By CNN—Minutes After Tucker Carlson Out At Fox News](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26824:don-lemon-fired-by-cnn-minutes-after-tucker-carlson-out-at-fox-news&catid=375)

Written by Nicholas Reimann on April 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/033q-52c17545.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26823:ocasio-cortez-rebukes-alito-tantrum-and-highly-politicized-supreme-court&catid=375)### [Ocasio-Cortez Rebukes Alito 'Tantrum' and 'Highly Politicized' Supreme Court](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26823:ocasio-cortez-rebukes-alito-tantrum-and-highly-politicized-supreme-court&catid=375)

Written by Jon Queally on April 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/032q-8b46652f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26812:trump-concentration-camps&catid=375)### [Trump Concentration Camps](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26812:trump-concentration-camps&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on April 20 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/032c-4d33d5a3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26808:who-gets-a-key-to-the-city-of-angels&catid=375)### [Who Gets a Key to the City of Angels?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26808:who-gets-a-key-to-the-city-of-angels&catid=375)

Written by Eramis Goodspiel on April 20 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/032f-b7f3d177.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26803:small-minds-think-alike-clarence-thomas-and-george-santos-s-yacht-race-to-corruption&catid=375)### [Small Minds Think Alike: Clarence Thomas and George Santos's Yacht Race to Corruption](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26803:small-minds-think-alike-clarence-thomas-and-george-santos-s-yacht-race-to-corruption&catid=375)

Written by Christopher Brauchli on April 20 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/76/032g-76e547bc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26802:why-the-dominion-fox-news-settlement-is-rubbish&catid=375)### [Why the Dominion-Fox News Settlement Is Rubbish](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26802:why-the-dominion-fox-news-settlement-is-rubbish&catid=375)

Written by Robert Reich on April 20 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a3/031f-a3a4b5d8.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26794:fleecing-the-99-the-not-so-invisible-hands-of-the-filthy-rich&catid=375)### [Fleecing the 99% - the Not-So-Invisible Hands of the Filthy Rich](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26794:fleecing-the-99-the-not-so-invisible-hands-of-the-filthy-rich&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on April 17 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ed/031d-edd21466.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26793:the-infamous-nury-martinez-tape-who-sprung-the-leak&catid=375)### [The Infamous Nury Martinez Tape: Who Sprung the Leak?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26793:the-infamous-nury-martinez-tape-who-sprung-the-leak&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 17 2023.

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Written by Abe Gurko on April 17 2023.

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