##  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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### Eve’s Choice: Patriarchy No Longer Rules

Written by Robert C. Koehler on May 19 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24623:eve-s-choice-patriarchy-no-longer-rules&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/040t.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24618:making-impregnators-pay-their-fair-share&catid=375)Written by Rob Okun on May 19 2022. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Making “Impregnators” Pay Their Fair Share](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24618:making-impregnators-pay-their-fair-share&catid=375)

“Impregnators” have always had the choice to walk away. Sure, they could be on the hook for child support after birth, but what if they could be held…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/46/040v-46f67396.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24616:why-should-we-the-people-respect-a-court-that-subverts-the-will-of-the-people&catid=375)### [Why Should We the People Respect a Court That Subverts the Will of the People?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24616:why-should-we-the-people-respect-a-court-that-subverts-the-will-of-the-people&catid=375)

Written by JIM HIGHTOWER on May 19 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 19 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9b/040i1-9bc79b5e.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2022/040i1.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7bb5cc3d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24605:one-more-thing&catid=375)### [Equality: A Message to my Daughters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24605:one-more-thing&catid=375)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on June 21 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5b/039a-5b54ce53.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24599:medical-board-of-california-under-oversight-microscope&catid=375)### [Medical Board of California Under Oversight Microscope](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24599:medical-board-of-california-under-oversight-microscope&catid=375)

Written by Sasha Lauren on May 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ef/039k-efe06ed7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24596:guns-guns-and-more-guns&catid=375)### [Guns, Guns and More Guns](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24596:guns-guns-and-more-guns&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/039d-e705c40e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24595:wannabe-controller-paul-koretz-proves-pay-to-play-is-alive-and-well-in-city-hall&catid=375)### [Wannabe Controller Paul Koretz Proves “Pay-to-Play” is Alive and Well in City Hall](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24595:wannabe-controller-paul-koretz-proves-pay-to-play-is-alive-and-well-in-city-hall&catid=375)

Written by Susan Gans on May 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0e/039l-0ec623e2.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24590:does-the-constitution-screw-california&catid=375)### [Does The Constitution Screw California?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24590:does-the-constitution-screw-california&catid=375)

Written by Paul Street on May 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/48/039r-4875dc7d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24584:between-the-stupid-and-the-evil&catid=375)### [Between the Stupid and the Evil](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24584:between-the-stupid-and-the-evil&catid=375)

Written by Joel Kotkin on May 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/039v-fd97d6ac.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24580:neofascist-minority-rule-by-the-gop-is-laying-waste-to-the-united-states&catid=375)### [Neofascist Minority Rule by the GOP Is Laying Waste to the United States](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24580:neofascist-minority-rule-by-the-gop-is-laying-waste-to-the-united-states&catid=375)

Written by Thom Hartmann on May 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1a/038o-1a3f91b1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24562:graduates-aren-t-feeling-too-optimistic-this-year&catid=375)### [Graduates Aren’t Feeling Too Optimistic This Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24562:graduates-aren-t-feeling-too-optimistic-this-year&catid=375)

Written by Tracey L. Rogers on May 12 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ff/038m-ff3c940d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24554:is-it-inflation-or-is-it-profiteering&catid=375)### [Is It Inflation or Is It Profiteering?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24554:is-it-inflation-or-is-it-profiteering&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 12 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/038b-a8fc0981.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24552:will-the-leaked-roe-v-wade-draft-unravel-the-myth-of-judicial-honesty&catid=375)### [Will the Leaked Roe v Wade Draft Unravel the Myth of Judicial Honesty?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24552:will-the-leaked-roe-v-wade-draft-unravel-the-myth-of-judicial-honesty&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 12 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/038g-0ce34cd6.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24545:personal-history-the-supreme-court-i-argued-before-fifty-years-ago&catid=375)### [Personal History: The Supreme Court I Argued Before Fifty Years Ago ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24545:personal-history-the-supreme-court-i-argued-before-fifty-years-ago&catid=375)

Written by Robert Reich on May 12 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cb/037d-cb71986f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24534:could-caruso-or-bass-be-one-and-done&catid=375)### [Could Caruso or Bass Be One And Done?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24534:could-caruso-or-bass-be-one-and-done&catid=375)

Written by Tim Deegan on May 09 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4a/037l-4a8da687.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24532:everything-is-free-fuh-ree-i-tell-ya&catid=375)### [Everything is Free! Fuh-Ree, I Tell Ya'!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24532:everything-is-free-fuh-ree-i-tell-ya&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on May 09 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on May 09 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on May 09 2022.

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