## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064j-ae16d9b9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) ### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) August 13 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/063e-bbfe3056.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) ### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6c/092j-6cccef45.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2022/092j.jpg&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=6c4b8013)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25953:la-election-in-slow-motion&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on November 17 2022. Posted in [GELFAND'S WORLD](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=395). ## [ LA Election in Slow Motion ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25953:la-election-in-slow-motion&catid=395) What we are now seeing is a turnover in the L.A. City Council that could result in the old guard becoming an actual minority and an actual majority made up of newly elected Council members. We may have to wait for elected replacements for… ### More Coverage - [Making Sense of the Election, and Other Things](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25912:making-sense-of-the-election-and-other-things&catid=395) - [Some Useful Choices I Wish We Had on the Ballot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25899:some-useful-choices-i-wish-we-had-on-the-ballot&catid=395) - [LA City Council Up For Grabs](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25879:la-city-council-up-for-grabs&catid=395) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/69/091n-69da2296.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2022/091n.jpg&thumbnail=610,374,&hash=7f510e0b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25937:the-midterms-was-it-a-miracle-or-just-a-dodged-bullet&catid=395)Written by Bob Gelfand on November 14 2022. Posted in [GELFAND'S WORLD](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=395). ## [The Midterms: Was It A Miracle Or Just A Dodged Bullet?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25937:the-midterms-was-it-a-miracle-or-just-a-dodged-bullet&catid=395) Was it dodging a bullet or achieving a miracle? Without resorting to old cliches about half full glasses, I would suggest that holding the Senate was a dodged bullet and also a half-miracle. Let's consider the lessons that turned out to be… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d7/090l-d7a77d7a.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2022/090l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d2a86a83) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25912:making-sense-of-the-election-and-other-things&catid=395)### [Making Sense of the Election, and Other Things](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25912:making-sense-of-the-election-and-other-things&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on November 10 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/94/089m-94748209.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2022/089m.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5ab96008) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25899:some-useful-choices-i-wish-we-had-on-the-ballot&catid=395)### [Some Useful Choices I Wish We Had on the Ballot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25899:some-useful-choices-i-wish-we-had-on-the-ballot&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on November 07 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bc/088n-bce14585.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2022/088n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3b432b4f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25879:la-city-council-up-for-grabs&catid=395)### [LA City Council Up For Grabs](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25879:la-city-council-up-for-grabs&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on November 03 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/83/087q-8363ce33.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2022/087q.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b5a552ef) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25856:republicans-threaten-to-cut-off-aid-to-ukraine&catid=395)### [Republicans Threaten to Cut Off Aid to Ukraine](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25856:republicans-threaten-to-cut-off-aid-to-ukraine&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on October 31 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5c/085v-5cc98354.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2022/085v.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e002f6e0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25795:score-card-for-city-council-members-not-looking-good&catid=395)### [Score Card for City Council Members. Not Looking Good.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25795:score-card-for-city-council-members-not-looking-good&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on October 24 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d5/082m-d5f637ef.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2022/082m.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=152aebbe) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25729:resignations-then-what-and-ca-ag-to-investigate-redistricting&catid=395)### [Resignations. Then What? And CA AG to Investigate Redistricting](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25729:resignations-then-what-and-ca-ag-to-investigate-redistricting&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on October 13 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/40/081o-404e9fdc.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2022/081o.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=741bb2fc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25706:is-there-a-prosecutable-case-against-la-s-redistricting-based-on-the-martinez-de-leon-cedillo-meeting&catid=395)### [Is There A Prosecutable Case Against LA’s Redistricting Based On The Martinez-De Leon-Cedillo Meeting?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25706:is-there-a-prosecutable-case-against-la-s-redistricting-based-on-the-martinez-de-leon-cedillo-meeting&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on October 13 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7e/080o-7e3f28b8.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2022/080o.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=73ed2141) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25668:what-ca-prop-29-is-about&catid=395)### [What CA Prop 29 is About](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25668:what-ca-prop-29-is-about&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on October 06 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cb/079y-cb86f2d0.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2022/079y.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ed7af52b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25644:proposition-27-is-another-con-vote-no-on-both-the-sports-betting-initiatives&catid=395)### [Proposition 27 Is Another Con. Vote NO On Both the Sports Betting Initiatives.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25644:proposition-27-is-another-con-vote-no-on-both-the-sports-betting-initiatives&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on October 03 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/39/078j-39d52ad1.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/078j.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8fd58207) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25605:a-respite-from-all-the-doom-and-gloom&catid=395)### [A Respite From All the Doom and Gloom](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25605:a-respite-from-all-the-doom-and-gloom&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on September 29 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1f/077s-1fc02d0e.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/077s.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8c76b121) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25591:prop-26-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth&catid=395)### [Prop 26: The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25591:prop-26-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on September 26 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/09/076l-0976c927.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/076l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b6e70004) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25554:saturday-s-congress-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-la-runs&catid=395)### [Saturday's Congress, Everything You Need to Know About How LA Runs](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25554:saturday-s-congress-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-la-runs&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on September 22 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/02/075i-02ad21c2.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/075i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=272f3ae2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25528:fight-city-hall-and-win-the-saturday-september-24-neighborhood-congress-will-be-online&catid=395)### [Fight City Hall And Win: The Saturday September 24 Neighborhood Congress Will Be Online](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25528:fight-city-hall-and-win-the-saturday-september-24-neighborhood-congress-will-be-online&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on September 19 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2c/073s-2cc9e46e.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/073s.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=de00d1a1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25486:let-s-get-divisive-time-to-pull-the-plug-on-trump&catid=395)### [Let's Get Divisive: Pull The Plug On Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25486:let-s-get-divisive-time-to-pull-the-plug-on-trump&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on September 12 2022. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c6/071q-c66935a2.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/071q.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=790d6ae8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25420:labor-day-what-it-means-and-what-it-ought-to-mean&catid=395)### [Labor Day: What It Means and What It Ought To Mean](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25420:labor-day-what-it-means-and-what-it-ought-to-mean&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on September 05 2022. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b5/070p-b53edc51.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/070p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a32e2d6e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25389:trump-era-captured-in-exhibit-2a-attachment-f&catid=395)### [Trump Era Captured in Exhibit 2A - Attachment F](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25389:trump-era-captured-in-exhibit-2a-attachment-f&catid=395) Written by Bob Gelfand on September 01 2022. 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