##  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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### [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

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### [Why Are Major Skid Row Projects Invisible?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33323:why-are-major-skid-row-projects-invisible&catid=312)

September 07 2026

#  VOICES

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### Is This the End of Democracy or the Democratic Party?

Written by Abe Gurko on May 19 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30902:is-this-the-end-of-democracy-or-the-democratic-party&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9c/040g-9ceea64a.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2025/040g.jpg&thumbnail=610,448,&hash=c270e722) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30901:is-the-state-getting-serious-about-reducing-homelessness&catid=375)Written by Tim Campbell on May 19 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Is the State Getting Serious About Reducing Homelessness?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30901:is-the-state-getting-serious-about-reducing-homelessness&catid=375)

iAUDIT! - On Monday, May 12, Governor Newsom’s office issued a model ordinance and guidance for clearing homeless encampments. Depending on who you l…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/36/039l-36a47f4d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30898:flash-governor-newsom-learns-that-free-health-care-to-illegal-immigrants-isnt-free&catid=375)### [FLASH: Governor Newsom Learns that Free Health Care to Illegal Immigrants Isn’t Free!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30898:flash-governor-newsom-learns-that-free-health-care-to-illegal-immigrants-isnt-free&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on May 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b8/039d-b8106baf.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30895:transform-outrage-into-action-join-anti-chevron-day&catid=375)### [Transform Outrage Into Action: Join Anti-Chevron Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30895:transform-outrage-into-action-join-anti-chevron-day&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/039i-93666b83.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30890:blood-and-oil-why-9-11-still-haunts-the-u-s-saudi-alliance&catid=375)### [Blood and Oil: Why 9/11 Still Haunts the U.S.–Saudi Alliance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30890:blood-and-oil-why-9-11-still-haunts-the-u-s-saudi-alliance&catid=375)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on May 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/039c-db74d200.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30888:nancy-pelosi-the-evil-that-keeps-on-giving&catid=375)### [Nancy Pelosi, the Evil that Keeps on Giving](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30888:nancy-pelosi-the-evil-that-keeps-on-giving&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/038i-107985a7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30874:bad-policies-till-the-day-you-die&catid=375)### [Bad Policies Till the Day You Die](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30874:bad-policies-till-the-day-you-die&catid=375)

Written by Eliot Cohen on May 12 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/038k-dee4e8d9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30870:centrists-lets-stop-supporting-the-knaves-fools-and-prevaricators&catid=375)### [Centrists! Let’s Stop Supporting the Knaves, Fools, and Prevaricators](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30870:centrists-lets-stop-supporting-the-knaves-fools-and-prevaricators&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 12 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1a/038n-1a102e8b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30869:wonder-what-the-tariff-would-be-to-export-trump-to-china&catid=375)### [Wonder What the Tariff Would Be to Export Trump to China?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30869:wonder-what-the-tariff-would-be-to-export-trump-to-china&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 12 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/037q-ae6955d4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30861:how-to-find-real-reviews-of-law-firms-using-instagram&catid=375)### [How to Find Real Reviews of Law Firms Using Instagram](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30861:how-to-find-real-reviews-of-law-firms-using-instagram&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch on May 09 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ff/037d-ff2d5585.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30857:todays-perplexing-immigration-debate-an-immigrants-point-of-view&catid=375)### [Today’s Perplexing Immigration Debate--An Immigrant’s Point Of View](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30857:todays-perplexing-immigration-debate-an-immigrants-point-of-view&catid=375)

Written by Nick Patsaouras on May 08 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/54/037m-54beed7d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30856:a-mothers-day-tribute-to-my-mom&catid=375)### [A Mother’s Day Tribute to My Mom](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30856:a-mothers-day-tribute-to-my-mom&catid=375)

Written by Jim Hampton on May 08 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/037e-c8586d7a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30853:crimea-international-law-and-the-cost-of-global-indifference&catid=375)### [Crimea, International Law, and the Cost of Global Indifference](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30853:crimea-international-law-and-the-cost-of-global-indifference&catid=375)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on May 08 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/037c-bcb94c19.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30850:the-cosplay-presidency-starring-donald-trump-as-everyone&catid=375)### [The Cosplay Presidency: Starring Donald Trump as… Everyone!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30850:the-cosplay-presidency-starring-donald-trump-as-everyone&catid=375)

Written by David M. Hamlin on May 08 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/50/037j-507d2350.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30848:trump-is-a-fucking-moron&catid=375)### [Trump is a Fucking Moron](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30848:trump-is-a-fucking-moron&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 08 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/80/036k-80570d5c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30842:charter-school-raises-concerns-of-exploitation-with-housing-loophole&catid=375)### [Charter School Raises Concerns Of Exploitation With Housing Loophole ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30842:charter-school-raises-concerns-of-exploitation-with-housing-loophole&catid=375)

Written by Hans Johnson on May 05 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/54/036e-542bba20.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30830:conclave-a-congregation-of-cardinals-in-waiting&catid=375)### [Conclave: A Congregation of Cardinals-In-Waiting](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30830:conclave-a-congregation-of-cardinals-in-waiting&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 05 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/59/035f-5919914e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30813:let-press-freedom-ring&catid=375)### [Let Press Freedom Ring](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30813:let-press-freedom-ring&catid=375)

Written by David M. Hamlin on May 01 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/034p-dba4f95f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30801:eeny-meeny-miney-moe-whoever-it-is-it-isnt-trudeau&catid=375)### [Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe. Whoever It Is, It Isn’t Trudeau](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30801:eeny-meeny-miney-moe-whoever-it-is-it-isnt-trudeau&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on April 29 2025.

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Written by Robert Reich on April 28 2025.

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