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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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##  [ The Creep in the House ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27861:the-creep-in-the-house&catid=395)

GELFAND’S WORLD - Whoever this Mike Johnson is, he is a creep. He was one of the leaders in the Republican attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election. Notice that not even super-right-winger John Emmer was bad enough to get Donald Tru…

###  More Coverage

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- [Hamas Made a Strategic Mistake](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27813:hamas-made-a-strategic-mistake&catid=395)
- [Donald Trump and The Clown Caucus of Congress](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27783:donald-trump-and-the-clown-caucus-of-congress&catid=395)

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## [Two Kinds of Rino in Republican Zoo](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27841:two-kinds-of-rino-in-republican-zoo&catid=395)

GELFAND’S WORLD - Long ago, a famous pundit provided a definition of whether a senator was a member of a particular political party. Voting with a political party to form the ruling majority party defined somebody as a Democrat or a Republ…

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