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Can Congress save Hollywood?

10/8/2026

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With 26 days until the mayoral election, Matt Hamilton is back for another installment of Campaign Supernova. We break down the latest candidate forums, the L.A. Times/UC Berkeley poll that has Nithya Raman ahead of Karen Bass with a third of voters st...

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