##  In the News

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### [Here’s What Zionism’s Got To Do With It](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33648-heres-what-zionisms-got-to-do-with-it)

October 29 2026

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### [Two Democrats, One Senate Seat: Candidate Brian Goldsmith on Why His Approach Makes Sense for Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33655-two-democrats-one-senate-seat-candidate-brian-goldsmith-on-why-his-approach-makes-sense-for-voters)

October 29 2026

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### [High LADWP Bills: How Politicians Decry the Rate Machine They Built](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33649-high-ladwp-bills-how-politicians-decry-the-rate-machine-they-built)

October 29 2026

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### [How Charter Amendment EE Would Make The Los Angeles City Council Less Accountable To The Public](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33650-how-charter-amendment-ee-would-make-the-los-angeles-city-council-less-accountable-to-the-public)

October 29 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Divided States of America … Easier to Find Villains than Heroes

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 12 2018.

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  [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/21/021k-21a86ad2.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15075-stop-the-la-trash-monopoly)Written by David Hernandez on March 12 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles).

## [Stop the LA Trash Monopoly](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15075-stop-the-la-trash-monopoly)

The Los Angeles Exclusive Trash Franchise Ordinance which spread through the development and implementation process at record speed, crashed down upo…

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Written by Ileana Wachtel on March 12 2018.

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Written by Casey Maddren and Dick Platkin on March 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/38/021s-3890894b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15070-caught-on-video-council-president-tries-to-instigate-violence-to-silence-critics)### [Caught on Video: Council President Tries to Instigate Violence to Silence Critics](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15070-caught-on-video-council-president-tries-to-instigate-violence-to-silence-critics)

Written by Daniel Guss on March 12 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 12 2018.

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Written by Sara Roos on March 12 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on March 12 2018.

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Written by Dennis Zine on March 08 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 12 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 12 2018.

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Written by David Bell on March 12 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on March 12 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on March 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/66/020j-66e8901d.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15051-getting-weary-of-foreign-investors-driving-up-real-estate-in-your-california-neighborhood)### [Getting Weary of Foreign Investors Driving Up Real Estate In Your California Neighborhood?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15051-getting-weary-of-foreign-investors-driving-up-real-estate-in-your-california-neighborhood)

Written by Matt Levin on March 12 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on March 12 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on March 12 2018.

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Written by Dan Walters on March 12 2018.

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Written by S. Novi on March 12 2018.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on March 08 2018.

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