## In the News [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/37/086d-37193955.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters) ### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? 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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 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ca/050g-ca1ecf14.jpg) ### Tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Between Hawaii and the Santa Monica Bay. It’s 2X the Size of Texas Written by Liz Amsden on June 25 2026. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32922-tackling-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-between-hawaii-and-the-santa-monica-bay-its-2x-the-size-of-texas) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7a/049j2-7a8ea7f7.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32910-can-google-debug-california-as-well-as-computers)Written by Liz Amsden on June 23 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices). ## [Can Google Debug California As Well As Computers?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32910-can-google-debug-california-as-well-as-computers) ACCORDING TO LIZ - Or just boost the population of treatment-resistant blood-sucking biters and the attendant ailments they spread? Remember Wuhan… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/69/049d-69002984.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32908-trump-listened-to-stephen-miller-ignored-bibi-netanyahu-and-mohammed-bin-salman-disaster-ensued)### [Trump Listened to Stephen Miller, Ignored Bibi Netanyahu and Mohammed Bin Salman; Disaster Ensued](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32908-trump-listened-to-stephen-miller-ignored-bibi-netanyahu-and-mohammed-bin-salman-disaster-ensued) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 22 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/0e/048o-0e97f085.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32900-one-history-focused-guys-take-on-the-u-s-iran-mou)### [One History-Focused Guy’s Take on the U.S.-Iran MOU](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32900-one-history-focused-guys-take-on-the-u-s-iran-mou) Written by Ken Alpern on June 18 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e5/048m-e570bfd5.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32897-californias-new-health-care-tax-grab-working-families-are-about-to-pay-more)### [Sacramento says it’s saving Medi-Cal. Critics say it’s shifting billions in costs onto privately insured Californians.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32897-californias-new-health-care-tax-grab-working-families-are-about-to-pay-more) Written by Yonatan Mendel on June 18 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/4e/048k-4ec92e1b.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32896-empty-apartments-full-paychecks-hud-exposes-lahsas-10-million-homeless-housing-scandal)### [Empty Apartments, Full Paychecks: HUD Exposes LAHSA's $10 Million Homeless Housing Scandal](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32896-empty-apartments-full-paychecks-hud-exposes-lahsas-10-million-homeless-housing-scandal) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on June 18 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/50/048i-50080701.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32894-an-american-tragedy-in-three-acts)### [An American Tragedy in Three Acts](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32894-an-american-tragedy-in-three-acts) Written by Liz Amsden on June 18 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/54/048f-545b24cd.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32891-trumps-folly-turned-the-usa-into-a-vassal-state-of-iran)### [Trump’s Folly Turned the USA into a Vassal State of Iran](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32891-trumps-folly-turned-the-usa-into-a-vassal-state-of-iran) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 18 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/34/048b-34207e01.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32887-how-a-divorce-attorney-can-help-you-protect-your-assets-in-court)### [How a Divorce Attorney Can Help You Protect Your Assets in Court](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32887-how-a-divorce-attorney-can-help-you-protect-your-assets-in-court) Written by CityWatch on June 18 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d3/047c-d3d624af.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32882-politicians-must-use-multi-pronged-strategy-for-housing-affordability-crisis)### [Politicians Must Use Multi-Pronged Strategy for Housing Affordability Crisis](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32882-politicians-must-use-multi-pronged-strategy-for-housing-affordability-crisis) Written by Patrick Range McDonald on June 15 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f1/047n-f13e27cb.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32881-3-8-billion-later-did-newsoms-homeless-housing-gamble-deliver-or-become-californias-next-boondoggle)### [$3.8 Billion Later: Did Newsom’s Homeless Housing Gamble Deliver — Or Become California’s Next Boondoggle?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32881-3-8-billion-later-did-newsoms-homeless-housing-gamble-deliver-or-become-californias-next-boondoggle) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on June 15 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/5d/047l-5d206373.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32874-three-years-after-the-legacy-of-daniel-ellsberg)### [Three Years After: The Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32874-three-years-after-the-legacy-of-daniel-ellsberg) Written by Liz Amsden on June 15 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/9e/047i-9edfd93b.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32871-trumps-surrender-to-iran-is-no-deal)### [Trump’s Surrender to Iran is No Deal](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32871-trumps-surrender-to-iran-is-no-deal) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 15 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/40/046f-4037e4f9.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32863-which-is-more-lethal-wokeism-or-maga-2)### [Which Is More Lethal – Wokeism or MAGA?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32863-which-is-more-lethal-wokeism-or-maga-2) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 11 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/07/046o-0771db11.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32861-la-is-now-the-voting-laughingstock-of-the-nation)### [LA Is Now The Voting Laughingstock of the Nation ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32861-la-is-now-the-voting-laughingstock-of-the-nation) Written by Ken Alpern on June 19 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/90/046h-9034384e.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32860-to-fix-the-treasury-and-inflation-make-amazon-a-usps-public-service)### [To Fix the Treasury and Inflation, Make Amazon a USPS Public Service?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32860-to-fix-the-treasury-and-inflation-make-amazon-a-usps-public-service) Written by Liz Amsden on June 11 2026. 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[ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/cc/045a-ccd9ac4f.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32850-metro-access-difficult-for-travelers-with-luggage-why-isnt-metro-fixing-it)### [Metro Access Difficult for Travelers With Luggage. Why Isn't Metro Fixing It?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32850-metro-access-difficult-for-travelers-with-luggage-why-isnt-metro-fixing-it) Written by Matthew Hetz on June 08 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ea/045j-eac6ba0f.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32844-has-nithya-raman-helped-make-los-angeles-unsafe-for-jews)### [Has Nithya Raman Helped Make Los Angeles Unsafe for Jews?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32844-has-nithya-raman-helped-make-los-angeles-unsafe-for-jews) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 08 2026. 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