It’s a Crime to Trust Godhttps://www.citywatchla.com/voices/22108-it-s-a-crime-to-trust-god

July 19 2021 PEACE VOICE-Fundamentalists and Republicans who dominate Mississippi put “In God We Trust” on car license plates, forcing all drivers to promote religion. The only way a motorist can avoid the motto is to pay $30 extra for a special plate of one’s...

• Type: Article
• Author: James A. Haught
• Category: VOICES

Trump: The Final Dazehttps://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20987-trump-the-final-daze

January 04 2021 GUEST WORDS-I don’t put much stock in all the articles and news reports that envision President Donald Trump, once smoked out of his Oval Office hole, suddenly becoming a perpetual motion machine -- launching a new conservative talk channel, running...

• Type: Article
• Author: Matthew Stevenson
• Category: IMPORTANT READS

It Depends on Where You Get Your ‘Facts’https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/20833-it-depends-on-where-you-get-your-facts

November 30 2020 GELFAND’S WORLD--It's curious how the predictions about how Donald Trump would behave after the November election have turned out to be true. In brief, it was predicted that he would never concede, that he would claim that he was robbed, and that he...

• Type: Article
• Author: Bob Gelfand
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Boomers Sense Big Changes in Store for Americahttps://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20679-boomers-sense-big-changes-in-store-for-america

November 02 2020 GUEST WORDS--Momentous change is in the air. On the verge of the 2020 election my Boomer cohorts are quietly sharing a nebulous sense of coming change. One characterized it as “a taste in the air”. Another described it as an “emerging unfamiliar...

• Type: Article
• Author: Vic Napier
• Category: IMPORTANT READS

Affordable Housing is a Scam!https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/20636-affordable-housing-is-a-scam-2

October 26 2020 AFFORDABLE HOUSING-We need more affordable housing. This demand concludes every story about rising rents, gentrification, and homelessness. Increasingly clear, however, is the vast difference between truly affordable housing — housing that supports the...

• Type: Article
• Author: LA Tenants Union
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Ties to Anti-Gay and Anti-Abortion Groups Stain Record of Candidate Marilyn Koziatek https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/20556-ties-to-anti-gay-and-anti-abortion-groups-stain-record-of-candidate-marilyn-koziatek

October 12 2020 EDUCATION POLITICS--School board candidate Marilyn Koziatek’s ties to groups promoting discrimination against LGBTQ people and families and to those defrauding and coercing pregnant women raises concerns about her fitness for office. “We believe that...

• Type: Article
• Author: Carl Petersen
• Category: LOS ANGELES

American College Kids are Not Palestinian Terroristshttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/20216-american-college-kids-are-not-palestinian-terrorists

August 06 2020 GELFAND’S WORLD--In a recent edition of CityWatch, there was a piece suggesting that the protesters in Portland were no better than Palestinian terrorists. The author, David Rubin, is described as the former mayor of Shiloh, which is a town on the West...

• Type: Article
• Author: Bob Gelfand
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Unmasking the Mask Masquerade: Hypocrisy, Double-Standards, and You!https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/20023-unmasking-the-mask-masquerade-hypocrisy-double-standards-and-you

July 02 2020 ALPERN AT LARGE--It appears that Americans want to work. They also want to play, and protest, and all the sorts of things that free people want to do. However, this pandemic shows that there is something that they may not WANT to do, and yet MUST do:...

• Type: Article
• Author: Kenneth S. Alpern
• Category: LOS ANGELES

A Defense of Legitimate Conservatism, and Endless Questionshttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19866-a-defense-of-legitimate-conservatism-and-endless-questions

June 01 2020 GELFAND’S WORLD--Curiously, the weekend’s rioting forces us to admit that there is validity in the conservative viewpoint. At the same time, it forces us to confront some of the fatal weaknesses in the way conservatism has been practiced in this...

• Type: Article
• Author: Bob Gelfand
• Category: LOS ANGELES

A Biden-Trump Election Is a Win-Win for Wall Street and a Loss for Our Democracyhttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19469-a-biden-trump-election-is-a-win-win-for-wall-street-and-a-loss-for-our-democracy

March 19 2020 PERSPECTIVE-It is clear now that Biden will be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020 barring unforeseen circumstances. And the differences between Biden and Trump will be played up by both sides. And, yes, there are many differences between...

• Type: Article
• Author: Kenneth Peres
• Category: LOS ANGELES

The Two Middle Classeshttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19381-the-two-middle-classes

March 02 2020 NEW GEOGRAPHY-Politicians across the Western world like to speak fondly of the “middle class” as if it is one large constituency with common interests and aspirations. But, as Karl Marx observed, the middle class has always been divided by sources of...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Kotkin
• Category: LOS ANGELES

“Affordable Housing” is a Scam!https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19316-affordable-housing-is-a-scam

February 17 2020 ABSTRACT-We need housing that is affordable and accessible for all. But there is a significant difference between housing that working-class households can afford and what is called “Affordable Housing.” The urgent need for housing access has been...

• Type: Article
• Author: LA Tenants Union
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Best Friends: CA Gov. Newsom's $50M Budget Proposal for No-Kill Was a 'Campaign Promise' – to Whom?https://www.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/19165-best-friends-ca-gov-newsom-s-50m-budget-proposal-for-no-kill-was-a-campaign-promise-to-whom

January 20 2020 ANIMAL WATCH-In 2017 Los Angeles Animal Services was proclaimed an "almost-No Kill' shelter by GM Brenda Barnette and Mayor Eric Garcetti. In 2020, the City still falls short of that goal. Despite removing breed ID from shelter cards (to hide Pit Bull...

• Type: Article
• Author: Phyllis M. Daugherty
• Category: ANIMAL WATCH

Twenty Years Into the New Century and What have We Lost: American Dominance in Manufacturing and Our Privacyhttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19058-twenty-years-into-the-new-century-and-what-have-we-lost-american-dominance-in-manufacturing-and-our-privacy

December 30 2019 GELFAND’S WORLD--Some trends are slow but build steadily. The September 11 attacks and the resulting legislation extended the government’s role in surveillance over the American people. But the bigger trend has been in the private sector. Facebook and...

• Type: Article
• Author: Bob Gelfand
• Category: LOS ANGELES

LA’s Continuity of Corruption and Stupidityhttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18967-la-s-continuity-of-corruption-and-stupidity

December 09 2019 @THE GUSS REPORT-While the official hand-off of the LA City Council presidency from Herb Wesson to Nury Martinez doesn’t officially take place until January, it is effectively already underway. Wesson is supposed to represent Council District 10 until...

• Type: Article
• Author: Daniel Guss
• Category: LOS ANGELES

The Silencing of Dissenthttps://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18354-the-silencing-of-dissent

August 29 2019 ESSAY--The ruling elites, who grasp that the reigning ideology of global corporate capitalism and imperial expansion no longer has moral or intellectual credibility, have mounted a campaign to shut down the platforms given to their critics. The attacks...

• Type: Article
• Author: Chris Hedges
• Category: IMPORTANT READS

A Contrarian (and Promising) Jobs Strategy for the Homelesshttps://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/18346-a-contrarian-and-promising-jobs-strategy-for-the-homeless

August 29 2019 EMPLOYMENT POLITICS-For more than fifty years, Peter Cove, (photo above with colleague and wife Lee Bowes) the founder of America Works, has dedicated himself to finding jobs for welfare recipients, ex-offenders and other low-income Americans. During...

• Type: Article
• Author: Michael Bernick
• Category: IMPORTANT READS

A Planet in Crisis: Will it be Unions vs. Environmentalists or Unions and Environmentalists? https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18224-a-planet-in-crisis-will-it-be-unions-vs-environmentalists-or-unions-and-environmentalists

August 08 2019 CLIMATE ECONOMICS-When it comes to heat, extreme weather, wildfires, and melting glaciers, the planet is now in what the media increasingly refers to as “record” territory, as climate change’s momentum outpaces predictions. In such a situation, in a...

• Type: Article
• Author: Aviva Chomsky
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Pit Bull that Attacked LA 'Foster' Had Known History of Aggression - Can Shelters Escape Liability?https://www.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/18203-pit-bull-that-attacked-la-foster-had-known-history-of-aggression-can-shelters-escape-liability

August 05 2019 ANIMAL WATCH-On July 7, Los Angeles drummer/music instructor Noel Jasso and his wife responded to LA Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette’s media pleas to “foster” a homeless dog to relieve overcrowding after the 4th of July, and they opened their hearts...

• Type: Article
• Author: Phyllis M. Daugherty
• Category: ANIMAL WATCH

Dems Second Debate: Getting the Ribbon Clerks Out of the Gamehttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17944-democrats-debate-in-search-of-trump-relief

June 27 2019 GELFAND’S WORLD--Jim Murray used to call it "getting the ribbon clerks out of the game." That's what happens in round one. It's only then that the pros start facing off against each other for real. You might wonder whether this means that Joe Biden is,...

• Type: Article
• Author: Bob Gelfand
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Judgment: Trump Border Policies at Odds with Flores Agreementhttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17924-judgements-trump-border-policies-at-odds-with-flores-agreement

June 24 2019 BCK FILE--This past week, Sarah Fabian, the senior attorney for the DOJ’s Office of Immigration Litigation, told a panel of Ninth Circuit judges that it was “safe and sanitary” to house immigrant children without soap or toothbrushes, forcing them to...

• Type: Article
• Author: Beth Cone Kramer
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Senate Bill 592: The Snake in the Grasshttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17874-senate-bill-592-the-snake-in-the-grass

June 17 2019 CALIFORNIA POLITICS-A “cut and gut” technically may be legal but it is not moral or good governance. The cutting and gutting of SB 592 bespeaks of a legislator unable to accept consensus and all too willing to plan ahead and prepare bills that can then...

• Type: Article
• Author: Hydee Feldstein
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Do Brain-Boosting Supplements Actually Work Or Are They Total B.S.?https://www.citywatchla.com/wellness/314-health-and-wellness/17769-do-brain-boosting-supplements-actually-work-or-are-they-total-b-s

May 30 2019 WELLNESS--Can a supplement really make you smarter? A quick online search for “mental clarity supplements” will turn up tons of products, such as Neurohacker Collective’s “Qualia Mind,” WTHN’s “Fully Charged,” and Bulletproof’s “Unfair Advantage,” just...

• Type: Article
• Author: Locke Hughes
• Category: HEALTH

Pit Bulls, Dog Fighting and ‘Bait Dog’ Hype in LAhttps://www.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/17436-pit-bulls-dog-fighting-and-bait-dog-hype-in-la

April 08 2019 ANIMAL WATCH-There have been no dog-fighting convictions in the city of Los Angeles since Brenda Barnette was appointed as General Manager of Los Angeles Animal Services in 2010, according to a member of the Los Angeles Animal Cruelty Task Force, which...

• Type: Article
• Author: Phyllis M. Daugherty
• Category: ANIMAL WATCH

In Search of Another Solution: Tourism, Automation and the Quest to Replace Lost Jobshttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/17259-in-search-of-another-solution-tourism-automation-and-the-quest-to-replace-lost-jobs

March 11 2019 LENGTH-Somewhere filed in the archives of this newspaper is a historic picture of the marriage between Ms. San Pedro and Mr. Los Angeles — an arrangement the descendants of Ms. Pedro and her cousins in Wilmington and Harbor City have grumbled about for...

• Type: Article
• Author: James Preston Allen
• Category: LOS ANGELES

The Big Bang Moment on Global Warminghttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16805-the-big-bang-moment-on-global-warming

December 24 2018 GELFAND’S WORLD--Dare we hope that the moment of realization is upon us -- that Americans who have been in denial are beginning to accept the fact that global warming is here, that it is caused by human actions, and that something big needs to be done....

• Type: Article
• Author: Bob Gelfand
• Category: LOS ANGELES

The FBI Seeks…But Will Not Findhttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16598-the-fbi-seeks-but-will-not-find

November 19 2018 CORRUPTION WATCH-Despite the seven warrants for Councilmember Jose Huizar’s offices and home, the FBI will be blind to the vast never-ending multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise which is commonly called the LA City Council. For more than a decade,...

• Type: Article
• Author: Richard Lee Abrams
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Why Donald Trump Will Win a Second Term as Presidenthttps://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16403-why-donald-trump-will-win-a-second-term-as-president

October 15 2018 POLITICS-On Oct. 6, 2018, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court by the narrowest of margins, with 50 votes in favor and 48 votes against. He is the first justice in U.S. history to be confirmed by senators representing less than half...

• Type: Article
• Author: Benjamin Waddell
• Category: IMPORTANT READS

Why More Women aren’t on Corporate Boardshttps://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16220-why-more-women-aren-t-on-corporate-boards

September 17 2018 CAL MATTERS--The pipeline of women qualified to serve on corporate boards is overflowing with talented, smart, well-educated candidates. Women in leadership roles have the expertise that would be extremely valuable to corporate boards that today face...

• Type: Article
• Author: Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire
• Category: LOS ANGELES

Judge Refuses to Reduce Sentences for Two Convicted LA Animal Abusershttps://www.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/15393-judge-refuses-to-reduce-sentences-for-two-convicted-la-animal-abusers

May 07 2018 ANIMAL WATCH-On May 2, LA Superior Court Judge Shellie Samuels denied a request to reduce the sentences of the two Los Angeles Lucky Puppy Rescue Retail store owners, Rachel Kennedy and Sandra Vasquez, who are currently on suspended sentences with...

• Type: Article
• Author: Phyllis M. Daugherty
• Category: ANIMAL WATCH