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		<title>A Close-Up Look at Slow-Motion Democracy at Occupy LA</title>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/economy/2011/admin/a-night-of-slow-motion-democracy-at-occupy-la/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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This past Saturday night I became&#8212;albeit briefly&#8212; a voting member of Occupy LA&#8217;s Finance Committee.  
I&#8217;d been to OLA&#8217;s City Hall camp site for a minute or two a couple of times before on my way elsewhere.  But on Saturday, I decided all other commitments could wait.  My neighbor, the talented journalist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police Trash Occupy Oakland&#8217;s Camp, Crowd Gets Tear Gassed, Iraq Vet Hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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This rough video taken by a protester gives an alarmingly visceral feeling&#8212;minus the choking&#8212;of the chaos of the second round of tear gassing plus use of flash bang grenades*  by Oakland Police when Occupy Oakland protesters amassed after the OWL encampment located at Frank Ogawa Plaza was destroyed by police early Tuesday morning.
*NOTE:  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sanctity of Facebook Posts: A Constitutional Fight Brewing? &#8230;. and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Courts]]></category>
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SHOULD STATE BE ABLE TO DEMAND A JUROR&#8217;S FACEBOOK POSTS?  CALIFORNIA SUPREMES WANT THE QUESTION CAREFULLY CONSIDERED
This one&#8217;s a doozey and is shaping up to be a Constitutional battle.  On one side you have the right to privacy and freedom of expression, on the other hand you have the constitutional rights of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Some Logic &amp; Common Sense to the Deficit Wars</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/economy/2011/admin/bringing-some-logic-common-sense-to-the-deficit-wars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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Bruce Schmiechen has just launched a new blog that is worth your time.  It is called The Titanic Sails at Dawn and it breaths much fresh air and sanity into the discussion about the American economy, the deficit and the politics surrounding both of the aforementioned. 
Tuesday, for example, Schmiechen talks about why Elizabeth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Conservatives&#8221; and Prison Cost, Poisoned Prison Water, the Ruben Salazar Files&#8230;and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime and punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parole policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison policy]]></category>

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NOW THAT SHERIFF BACA IS GOING TO RELEASE THE  SALAZAR FILES TO REPORTERS AND SCHOLARS, AND THE OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW  REPORT IS IN, LA TIMES&#8217; ROBERT LOPEZ EXPLAINS WHY THE BIG QUESTIONS ARE FAR FROM SETTLED
The LA Times Robert Lopez is writing a book about Ruben Salazar and he is one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin &#8211; A Line in the Sand:   What The Nightwatchman Said</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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And while you&#8217;re here, check the Libya updates on the WLA Twitter feed to the right.  Amazing. 
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		<title>To Clueless UC Execs &amp; Tyranical Fillibuster Fanatics: OH, SHUT UP!</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/education/2011/admin/to-clueless-uc-execs-tyranical-fillibuster-fanatics-oh-shut-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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REFORMING THE FILIBUSTERER
Hendrick Hertzberg at the New Yorker writes about the wild outside chance that the havoc-wreaking filibuster rules might possibly get reformed.  (Please, please, please, let it be so!)
Here&#8217;s a clip:
Our two-year election cycle leaves little time for long-acting changes to ripen and be judged fairly. That basic structure has its pluses as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Controller Audits What LA Has Done With the Stimulous $$</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/economy/2010/admin/city-controller-audits-what-la-has-done-with-the-stimulous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Controller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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Thursday, City Controller Wendy Greuel released findings on her audit of how  the City of Los Angeles has used its $111 million in stimulus dollars, otherwise known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.
Specifically Wendy Greuel looked at how many jobs have been created by the two agencies who got the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Education/Prison Disparity &#8211; 2010 Version</title>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/education/2010/admin/the-educationprison-disparity-2010-version/</link>
		<comments>http://witnessla.com/education/2010/admin/the-educationprison-disparity-2010-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 07:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CDCR]]></category>
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Okay, comparative cost time:
The state of California spends 35 percent of its budget, or nearly $50 billion, on its 900,000 students in K-12 education.  
Even after all the budget cuts made this past year or two, California spends 11 percent of its budget, or $8.6 billion, on state prisons in order to house approximately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FRIDAY:  Gates RIP &amp; Goldman-the-Vampire Squid</title>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/lapd/2010/admin/friday-fraudulent-goldman-joblessness-gates-rip/</link>
		<comments>http://witnessla.com/lapd/2010/admin/friday-fraudulent-goldman-joblessness-gates-rip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LAPD]]></category>
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CONTROVERSIAL LAPD CHIEF DARYL GATES DIES
He was the LAPD chief lots of us loved to hate, and was beloved by many of the rank and file.  Whatever you thought of him, Gates affected Los Angeles in large ways.  From his actions&#8212;or tragic lack thereof&#8212;following the Rodney King verdicts and his community-demonizing Big Blue [...]]]></description>
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