##  In the News

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### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? McKinney Makes His Case to Los Angeles Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters)

October 26 2026

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### [The LA Watchdog’s 2026 Voter Guide](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/la-watchdog/33544-the-la-watchdogs-2026-voters-guide-2)

October 15 2026

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### [The Fools’ Blame Game](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33626-the-fools-blame-game)

October 26 2026

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### [California Film Tax Credits Aren’t Enough. The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too)

October 26 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Corrosive Art of Empty Ritual

Written by Jorge Castañeda on December 07 2017.

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## [Telltale Signs You Might be Hobnobbing with a Gentrifier](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/14494-telltale-signs-you-might-be-hobnobbing-with-a-gentrifier)

Learning from J. Edgar Hoover and Phillip Roth, I am now ready to share some tips about the telltale signs of clandestine gentrifiers who you might u…

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Written by Dennis Zine on December 07 2017.

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Written by Zelda Bronstein on December 07 2017.

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Written by David Bell on December 07 2017.

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Written by Tony Butka on December 07 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 07 2017.

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Written by Tim Deegan on December 04 2017.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on December 05 2017.

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Written by Roxana Tynan on December 04 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 04 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven & Joshua Preven on December 04 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 04 2017.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on December 04 2017.

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Written by Daniel Guss on December 04 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 04 2017.

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Written by Dan Walters on December 04 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 30 2017.

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Written by Dan Walters on November 30 2017.

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Written by Dick Platkin on November 30 2017.

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