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Pratt said on his website that his “treatment first” approach would direct resources into mental health and drug treatment care, which sounds good except that those responsibilities are primarily under county jurisdiction, not city control.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
We have good banter, but I feel like I have no choice except to move forward on my own.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
No-one wants to talk politics, except to say that they think the whole controversy has been blown out of proportion.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Musk is going to hate this, and for a rare change, there’s nothing he can do about it except hope that the people across from him change their mind.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
This did not pose a problem except that as soon as I hooked the dogs up and got them lined out—I was running an eight-dog team— my head lamp went out.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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