##  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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### Everything is Free! Fuh-Ree, I Tell Ya'!

Written by Ken Alpern on May 09 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24532:everything-is-free-fuh-ree-i-tell-ya&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/42/037i-42f5a27f.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2022/037i.jpg&thumbnail=610,434,&hash=b7893df3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24531:significant-dissatisfaction-with-the-neighborhood-council-system&catid=375)Written by Liz Amsden on May 09 2022. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Significant Dissatisfaction with the Neighborhood Council System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24531:significant-dissatisfaction-with-the-neighborhood-council-system&catid=375)

But no, this is from February 3, 2004, in a letter written by Rocky Delgadillo to the then-members of the Education and Neighborhoods Committee – Jan…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/037p-8adeaa34.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24525:do-we-need-a-capitalist-civil-war&catid=375)### [Do We Need a Capitalist Civil War?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24525:do-we-need-a-capitalist-civil-war&catid=375)

Written by Joel Kotkin on May 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/037r-af900a58.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24524:for-my-body-and-the-choice-of-millions-i-m-going-to-fight-like-hell&catid=375)### [For My Body and the Choice of Millions, I'm Going to Fight Like Hell](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24524:for-my-body-and-the-choice-of-millions-i-m-going-to-fight-like-hell&catid=375)

Written by Olivia Alperstein on May 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7b/036l-7b383afd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24518:our-rights-taken-for-granted&catid=375)### [Our Rights Taken, For Granted](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24518:our-rights-taken-for-granted&catid=375)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/01/036o-015310bc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24516:primaries-test-the-violent-dishonesty-of-the-right&catid=375)### [Primaries Test The Violent Dishonesty Of The Right](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24516:primaries-test-the-violent-dishonesty-of-the-right&catid=375)

Written by Wim Laven on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/36/036m-363b3e51.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24514:men-s-voices-urgently-needed-to-defend-reproductive-rights&catid=375)### [Men’s Voices Urgently Needed to Defend Women's Rights](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24514:men-s-voices-urgently-needed-to-defend-reproductive-rights&catid=375)

Written by Rob Okun on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1b/036r-1bc254a5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24512:welcome-to-america-2-0&catid=375)### [Welcome to America 2.0](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24512:welcome-to-america-2-0&catid=375)

Written by Joel Kotkin on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/036w-6bf516c4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24507:of-barbarians-breeders-and-the-men-of-the-new-old-order&catid=375)### [Of Barbarians, Breeders, and the Men of the New Old Order](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24507:of-barbarians-breeders-and-the-men-of-the-new-old-order&catid=375)

Written by Richard Eskow on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/036x-23eda580.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24506:the-cheshire-cat-which-way-do-you-want-to-go&catid=375)### [Ask The Cheshire Cat, “Which Way Do You Want To Go?”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24506:the-cheshire-cat-which-way-do-you-want-to-go&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/11/036c-113fdbc1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24500:hillary-nancy-and-rbg-three-most-responsible-for-roe-vs-wade-s-death&catid=375)### [Hillary, Nancy, and RBG: Three Most Responsible for Roe vs. Wade’s Death](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24500:hillary-nancy-and-rbg-three-most-responsible-for-roe-vs-wade-s-death&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/036f-96871b14.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24499:they-re-going-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-what-are-you-going-to-do-about-it&catid=375)### [They’re Going to Overturn Roe v. Wade–What are You Going to Do About It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24499:they-re-going-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-what-are-you-going-to-do-about-it&catid=375)

Written by Beth Cone on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/04/035k-04a1acc1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24480:radical-left-wing-science-fiction&catid=375)### [Radical Left-Wing Science Fiction](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24480:radical-left-wing-science-fiction&catid=375)

Written by Eve Ottenberg on May 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3b/035l-3b3524f2.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24479:how-america-s-truckers-got-hijacked&catid=375)### [How America’s Truckers Got Hijacked](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24479:how-america-s-truckers-got-hijacked&catid=375)

Written by Jim Hightower on May 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/62/035q-62e918c6.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24472:what-s-next-for-the-reenergized-us-labor-movement&catid=375)### [What’s Next for the Reenergized US Labor Movement?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24472:what-s-next-for-the-reenergized-us-labor-movement&catid=375)

Written by Aaron White on May 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/38/035c-38d1ae2d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24465:how-nancy-pelosi-and-wokers-will-turn-congress-deep-red&catid=375)### [How Nancy Pelosi and Wokers Will Turn Congress Deep Red](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24465:how-nancy-pelosi-and-wokers-will-turn-congress-deep-red&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/35/035a-3501b841.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24464:killing-our-children&catid=375)### [Gun Violence is Killing Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24464:killing-our-children&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e6/035g-e6f6944c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24458:are-dems-opening-the-door-to-the-next-villanueva&catid=375)### [Are Dems Opening the Door to the Next Villanueva?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24458:are-dems-opening-the-door-to-the-next-villanueva&catid=375)

Written by Mitchell M. Tsai on May 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/51/034w-519a65cb.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24451:angelenos-dislike-democracy&catid=375)### [Angelenos Dislike Democracy ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24451:angelenos-dislike-democracy&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/034v-bfad1754.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24450:stop-lapd-spying-sues-city-councilmember-paul-koretz-for-hiding-communications&catid=375)### [Stop LAPD Spying Sues City Councilmember Paul Koretz for Hiding Communications](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24450:stop-lapd-spying-sues-city-councilmember-paul-koretz-for-hiding-communications&catid=375)

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