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    Union workers attack Garcetti on homelessness, Green New Deal

    Mayor Eric Garcetti is halfway through his second and final term in office, but that hasn’t stopped one of the city’s biggest unions from releasing new ads attacking him.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Jarrett Hill • Jul 17, 2019 • 1 min read

    Mayor Eric Garcetti is halfway through his second and final term in office, but that hasn’t stopped one of the city’s biggest unions from releasing new ads attacking him. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 has launched an assault on Garcetti’s sweeping environmental plan, and it’s using the homelessness crisis as its weapon.

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    2. 11:32Union workers attack Garcetti on homelessness, Green New DealYou’re reading this
    3. 18:40Orange County's Crystal Cathedral is redesigned as Christ Cathedral
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      Jarrett Hill

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    What black Angeleno voters care about most (hint: it's not Trump)
    1. 0:00Election 2020: What do black voters in LA care most about?
    2. 11:32Union workers attack Garcetti on homelessness, Green New DealYou’re reading this
    3. 18:40Orange County's Crystal Cathedral is redesigned as Christ Cathedral
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