##  In the News

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### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312)

August 06 2026

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### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12)

August 07 2025

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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

August 03 2026

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### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332)

August 10 2026

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##  [ GM Barnette and City Officials Stay ‘Notably Silent’ as LAAS Pit Bull Attack Victim Begins Long Road to Recovery ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12532:gm-barnette-and-city-officials-stay-notably-silent-as-laas-pit-bull-attack-victim-begins-long-road-to-recovery&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH-Priscilla Romero, Animal Care Technician for LA Animal Services, who was viciously mauled by a Pit Bull on January 14, is healing but the road to physical and emotional recovery will be long and painful, as she realistically a…

###  More Coverage

- [Should the Government Shoot Wild Horses?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11826:should-the-government-shoot-wild-horses&catid=361)
- [Is LA’s Anti-Barking Dog Law Fair?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11787:is-la-s-anti-barking-dog-law-fair&catid=361)
- [LA Animal Services’ Brenda Barnette: Hiding the Truth about Coyote Attacks and Rabies, or Clueless?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11639:la-animal-services-brenda-barnette-hiding-the-truth-about-coyote-attacks-and-rabies-or-clueless&catid=361)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/69/080h-69d53d86.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11902:la-animal-services-mismanagement-on-a-gerbil-wheel-round-and-round-it-goes&catid=361)ANIMAL WATCH

## [LA Animal Services: Mismanagement on a Gerbil Wheel … Round and Round It Goes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11902:la-animal-services-mismanagement-on-a-gerbil-wheel-round-and-round-it-goes&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH-LA Animal Services’ GM Brenda Barnette announced on the Department’s intranet messaging board on September 15 at 5:00 p.m., that new Assistant General Manager Derek Brown—hired in June--had resigned. Barnette stated that the j…

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ANIMAL WATCH-California is one of the states with the highest percentage of surplus wild horses and burros; yet, little public or political…

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2b/074m-2b9d7b43.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11787:is-la-s-anti-barking-dog-law-fair&catid=361)### [Is LA’s Anti-Barking Dog Law Fair?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11787:is-la-s-anti-barking-dog-law-fair&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH-On September 9, 2016, important changes to Los Angeles Municipal Code Sec. 53.63 -- BARKING DOG NOISE were agendized for consi…

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/066j-bafd39f8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11639:la-animal-services-brenda-barnette-hiding-the-truth-about-coyote-attacks-and-rabies-or-clueless&catid=361)### [LA Animal Services’ Brenda Barnette: Hiding the Truth about Coyote Attacks and Rabies, or Clueless?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11639:la-animal-services-brenda-barnette-hiding-the-truth-about-coyote-attacks-and-rabies-or-clueless&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH-On May 24, Councilman Joe Buscaino introduced a motion instructing LA Animal Services to make recommendations to “further cont…

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/055n-07bb22bd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11414:coyote-shooting-in-silver-lake-is-the-public-losing-patience-with-city-hall-and-animal-services&catid=361)### [Coyote Shooting in Silver Lake – Is the Public Losing Patience with City Hall and Animal Services?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11414:coyote-shooting-in-silver-lake-is-the-public-losing-patience-with-city-hall-and-animal-services&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH-The exploding coyote presence in Los Angeles -- and obvious lack of concern by LA Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette and other…

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ANIMAL WATCH-On June 15, the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee (PAW) of the LA City Council agendized a hearing on the May 24 motion …

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/048i-8a41f924.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11281:los-angeles-peta-celebrates-rock-star-prince-and-his-compassion-for-animals&catid=361)### [Los Angeles PETA Celebrates Rock Star Prince … and His Compassion for Animals](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11281:los-angeles-peta-celebrates-rock-star-prince-and-his-compassion-for-animals&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH-Hollywood celebrities, friends and animal lovers gathered on the roof-top deck of PETA’s LA headquarters in Echo Park last wee…

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/58/046k-58e55e52.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11230:doublethink-leaves-la-torn-between-coyotes-and-feral-cats&catid=361)### [Doublethink Leaves LA Torn Between Coyotes and Feral Cats](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11230:doublethink-leaves-la-torn-between-coyotes-and-feral-cats&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH--Councilman Paul Koretz’ naive doublethink now has the City Council ensnared between powerful competing groups—coyote advocate…

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7c/044j-7cd141c2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11195:la-pet-and-horse-owners-may-be-on-their-own-in-fires-or-disasters&catid=361)### [LA Pet and Horse Owners May be on Their Own in Fires or Disasters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11195:la-pet-and-horse-owners-may-be-on-their-own-in-fires-or-disasters&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH-Before Brenda Barnette was hired as General Manager of LA Animal Services in 2010, the mantra for the Department was, at all t…

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/042l-d67d1275.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11154:la-animal-services-pit-bull-with-a-violent-history-attacks-potential-adopter-what-did-we-learn&catid=361)### [LA Animal Services: Pit Bull with a Violent History Attacks Potential Adopter … What Did We Learn?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11154:la-animal-services-pit-bull-with-a-violent-history-attacks-potential-adopter-what-did-we-learn&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH-A Pit Bull named Sammy with a prior record of repeated aggression and who had just bitten a Los Angeles Animal Services kennel…

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/032b-fbc1098f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10940:rabies-is-on-the-rise-here-s-how-to-protect-your-pets&catid=361)### [Rabies is on the Rise! Here’s How to Protect Your Pets](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10940:rabies-is-on-the-rise-here-s-how-to-protect-your-pets&catid=361)

ANIMAL WATCH-Rabies is a virus that infects the brain and ultimately leads to death. Any mammal can spread rabies. It is also preventable i…

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