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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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### [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

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### [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

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 Written by Bob Gelfand on January 17 2022. Posted in [GELFAND'S WORLD](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=395).

##  [ When Do We Say We Are Done With The Pandemic? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23576:when-do-we-say-we-are-done-with-the-pandemic&catid=395)

Suddenly the case numbers went up, people were dying, and hospital administrators started worrying aloud. This may seem like a strange time to start discussing how soon we can call off the pandemic and go back to our normal lives, but may…

###  More Coverage

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- [You Are So Gullible](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23409:you-are-so-gullible&catid=395)
- [Grand Compromises in The Art of the Possible](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23356:grand-compromises-in-the-art-of-the-possible&catid=395)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/002z3-15c6c867.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23497:lessons-of-the-january-6-2021-insurrection&catid=395)Written by Bob Gelfand on January 06 2022. Posted in [GELFAND'S WORLD](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=395).

## [Lessons of the January 6, 2021 Insurrection](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23497:lessons-of-the-january-6-2021-insurrection&catid=395)

I don't mean all the Qanon stuff about a secret government of pedophiles and all that. I mean -- did they have any concept at all that what they were doing was against the law? That it was against some of the highest law in the land? I'v…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 31 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 27 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 20 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 13 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 07 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 29 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 29 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bb/093z9-bb57ed59.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2021/093z9.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cd0ec163) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23108:there-is-more-to-mike-feuer-than-meets-the-eye&catid=395)### [There is More to Mike Feuer Than Meets the Eye](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23108:there-is-more-to-mike-feuer-than-meets-the-eye&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on November 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f6/091z9-f623c276.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23060:gelfand-s-unique-take-on-homelessness&catid=395)### [A Different Perspective on Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23060:gelfand-s-unique-take-on-homelessness&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on November 15 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3d/087z2-3dc40aaa.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2021/087z2.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=29da0999) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22934:done-and-bonc-just-follow-the-law&catid=395)### [DONE and BONC: Follow the Law!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22934:done-and-bonc-just-follow-the-law&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on November 01 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on October 25 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on October 21 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9a/082z11-9a6c9a2b.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2021/082z11.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c548d113) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22790:international-air-travel-resumes-but-is-it-worth-it&catid=395)### [International Air Travel Resumes, But Is It Worth It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22790:international-air-travel-resumes-but-is-it-worth-it&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 14 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fb/075z6-fb7c73f1.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/075z6.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=98f72b93) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22609:the-real-way-to-steal-an-election&catid=395)### [The Real Way to Steal an Election](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22609:the-real-way-to-steal-an-election&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b1/074z4-b1b01550.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/074z4.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2bdc1a6e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22585:the-definition-of-gubernatorial-i-can-t-recall&catid=395)### [The Definition of Gubernatorial? I Can’t Recall.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22585:the-definition-of-gubernatorial-i-can-t-recall&catid=395)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 16 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on September 06 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on August 30 2021.

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