## 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/be/062k-be89a2d4.jpg) ### Death By Lettuce – What the Media Won’t Tell You Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 06 2026. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33157-death-by-lettuce-what-the-media-wont-tell-you) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/6b/061n-6b568e89.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33152-how-to-end-los-angeles-doom-loop)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 03 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices). ## [How to End Los Angeles’ Doom Loop](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33152-how-to-end-los-angeles-doom-loop) THE VIEW FROM HERE - We can’t! Why do you think it is called a Doom Loop? Let’s see why the Doom Loop is unstoppable. Los Angeles Operates like a… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/8f/061m-8f44c180.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33151-los-angeles-doesnt-have-an-animal-crisis-it-has-an-accountability-crisis)### [Los Angeles Doesn't Have an Animal Crisis—It Has an Accountability Crisis](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33151-los-angeles-doesnt-have-an-animal-crisis-it-has-an-accountability-crisis) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on August 03 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061h-9ba6a93f.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33150-antizionism-antisemitism-tomato-tomahto-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off)### [Antizionism, Antisemitism. Tomato, Tomahto. 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[ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/50/060h-50a88d5b.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33129-service-above-self-rotary-faces-its-biggest-test-yet)### [Service Above Self? Rotary Faces Its Biggest Test Yet](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33129-service-above-self-rotary-faces-its-biggest-test-yet) Written by Yonthan Mendal on July 30 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/66/060i-660d2aab.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33128-section-214-grants-a-foreign-nation-access-to-the-american-military-juggernaut)### [Section 214 Grants a Foreign Nation Access to the American Military Juggernaut](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33128-section-214-grants-a-foreign-nation-access-to-the-american-military-juggernaut) Written by Liz Amsden on July 30 2026. 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