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He and his allies spent tens of millions of dollars during the primary to tout Garvey’s conservative credentials, boosting the former Major League Baseball star into the general election and averting a more expensive and competitive runoff with Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of Irvine.

That year, Ford wrote a letter saying he was “forever grateful” for the former Marine’s action in averting the assassination.

At the same time, she told Salon she feels "the American people lost on fracking last night. New fracking development is incompatible with averting catastrophic climate change, and it isn't actually popular in Pennsylvania or around the country because people don’t want more fossil fuel production that poisons our water and destroys the climate."

The process allows legislative leaders to quietly halt bills that would have significant costs or pose challenging political dynamics, averting the need for many lawmakers to have to weigh in.

The sale of one of Los Angeles’ largest collections of homeless housing was approved by a judge Wednesday, marking a final step in averting a catastrophic loss of permanent shelter in Skid Row.