## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](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) ### [ $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 [ ![](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/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [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 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fb/006q-fbacce81.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/006q.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=4a293e31)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21091:fossil-fueled-fascism&catid=9) IMPORTANT READS ## [ Fossil-Fueled Fascism ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21091:fossil-fueled-fascism&catid=9) But just six days into the new year, these hopes were rudely shattered by images of far-right white supremacists, incited by an aspiring autocrat refusing to admit his electoral defeat, storming the Capitol in an attempt to overthrow the e… ### More Coverage - [On True Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21088:on-true-democracy&catid=9) - [Honor Dr. King’s Legacy by Divesting from the Police](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21077:honor-dr-king-s-legacy-by-divesting-from-the-police&catid=9) - [Lynching Political Correctness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21076:lynching-political-correctness&catid=9) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ed/006r-ed621096.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/006r.png&thumbnail=610,359,&hash=33384da1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21089:donald-trump-revealed-the-truth-about-white-america&catid=9)IMPORTANT READS ## [Donald Trump Revealed the Truth About White America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21089:donald-trump-revealed-the-truth-about-white-america&catid=9) Now, America’s a lot of things. And yet in the end, too, things reach a kind of balance, and in that balance, we can say that the truth of things is revealed at last. Let me explain what I mean. There’s a dynamic that happens these days t… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ef/006n-efd6787a.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/006n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2737cda5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21088:on-true-democracy&catid=9)### [On True Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21088:on-true-democracy&catid=9) IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY-On January 5, 2021, one day before Trump sparked his fascist Attack on the Capitol, the liberal New York Times colu… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/60/005k-6002d364.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/005k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=30205648) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21077:honor-dr-king-s-legacy-by-divesting-from-the-police&catid=9)### [Honor Dr. King’s Legacy by Divesting from the Police](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21077:honor-dr-king-s-legacy-by-divesting-from-the-police&catid=9) RIGHTING HISTORY’S WRONGS-Here’s a hard but undeniable truth: America has a short memory and a long tradition of revising history. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a8/005g-a8736da1.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/005g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c4841b79) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21076:lynching-political-correctness&catid=9)### [Lynching Political Correctness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21076:lynching-political-correctness&catid=9) TEST FOR DEMOCRACY--I still see the noose in front of the capitol building, dangling oh so metaphorically. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c9/005h-c975f554.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/005h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=07defdf8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21075:learn-from-georgia&catid=9)### [Learn from Georgia](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21075:learn-from-georgia&catid=9) SAVING DEMOCRACY-The answer to what happened in Washington last Wednesday is what happened in Georgia last Tuesday. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8c/005n-8c1b6ea5.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/005n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d2c47da3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21070:assault-on-capitol-is-not-about-black-lives-matter&catid=9)### [Assault on Capitol is not about Black Lives Matter](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21070:assault-on-capitol-is-not-about-black-lives-matter&catid=9) VIEW FROM HERE-In the bloody wake of an insurrection on the Capitol by hordes of armed white supremacists and naive Trump supporters, the P… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/39/004i-397cdb02.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/004i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cf0ad105) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21060:the-end-of-american-exceptionalism&catid=9)### [The End of American Exceptionalism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21060:the-end-of-american-exceptionalism&catid=9) SEDITION--Whatever you want to call the violent assault in Washington on January 6, 2021—a mob action, a siege, a coup attempt, a riot, dom… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/16/004m-16d8827c.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/004m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c7c7e05d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21058:hey-maga-marchers-where-was-coward-trump-as-you-died&catid=9)### [Hey MAGA Marchers: Where Was Coward Trump as You Died?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21058:hey-maga-marchers-where-was-coward-trump-as-you-died&catid=9) AN OPEN LETTER TO MAGA MARCHERS--When Donald Trump incited you to assault the Capitol, he said he would be with you. He wasn’t. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/03/004j-03fa7483.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/004j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ce73c121) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21056:sen-josh-hawley-the-face-of-new-american-fascism&catid=9)### [Sen Josh Hawley: The Face of New American Fascism?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21056:sen-josh-hawley-the-face-of-new-american-fascism&catid=9) POLITICS--“No one other than President Donald Trump himself is more responsible for Wednesday’s [January 6th] coup attempt at the U.S. Capi… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ee/004f-eea132f6.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/004f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fb3745fa) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21052:two-timeless-truths-for-these-trying-times&catid=9)### [Two Timeless Truths for These Trying Times](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21052:two-timeless-truths-for-these-trying-times&catid=9) WHO WE ARE OR WHAT WE’VE BECOME?-What’s wrong with people? Has the savagery, selfishness, and raw, animal hatred within the human species f… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/50/003e-5004f7d7.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/003e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7f07f9b0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21033:this-was-always-how-trumpism-was-going-to-end-and-be-born-again&catid=9)### [This Was Always How Trumpism Was Going to End — And Be Born Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21033:this-was-always-how-trumpism-was-going-to-end-and-be-born-again&catid=9) FANATICISM AND RAGE--You know and I know it. This is how Trumpism was always going to end. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d9/002k-d9e275a6.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/002k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9202984d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21010:exit-in-disgrace&catid=9)### [Exit in Disgrace](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21010:exit-in-disgrace&catid=9) DERELICTION OF DUTY-Will he leave in the middle of the night, embarrassed by his four years of crude, rude, lying, and beyond belief incomp… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3d/002e-3d2167b6.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/002e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=73b73d6d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21007:the-gang-leader-speaks&catid=9)### [The Gang Leader Speaks](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21007:the-gang-leader-speaks&catid=9) ELECTION TAMPERING-Donald Trump’s telephone conversation with Georgia’s secretary of state will go down in history as a classic case of ele… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f8/002i-f8c05155.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/002i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=56b745ff) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21005:our-schmuck-godfather-threatens-us-all&catid=9)### [Our ‘Schmuck’ Godfather Threatens Us All](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21005:our-schmuck-godfather-threatens-us-all&catid=9) TRUMP TIRADE-In his infamous one-hour shakedown of Georgia’s Secretary of State, wise-guy Donald Trump TWICE calls himself a “schmuck.” It’… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3f/001q-3f0169cc.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cda5b044) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20992:minority-rule-in-america&catid=9)### [Minority Rule in America?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20992:minority-rule-in-america&catid=9) DEMOCRACY--On October 7, 2020, Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah tweeted, “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prosperity… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/62/001u-62565c53.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3c3cf8f3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20988:from-wealth-tv-to-oan-rich-conservatives-are-brainwashing-the-country&catid=9)### [From Wealth TV to OAN - Rich Conservatives are Brainwashing the Country](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20988:from-wealth-tv-to-oan-rich-conservatives-are-brainwashing-the-country&catid=9) SHOULD NOT SEE TV-A few years ago, there was an obscure little broadcasting channel called AWE that referred to themselves as “Wealth TV.” [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7c/001k-7cac39fd.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2021/001k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=671bdbdb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20987:trump-the-final-daze&catid=9)### [Trump: The Final Daze](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20987:trump-the-final-daze&catid=9) 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 O… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/49/104g-493f4599.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2020/104g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=091208d9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20973:the-coming-battle-over-vaccines&catid=9)### [The Coming Battle Over Vaccines](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20973:the-coming-battle-over-vaccines&catid=9) OTHER WORDS-With the new COVID-19 vaccine available, Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans can begin to achieve herd immunity by next summer. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8f/104e-8f4503e0.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2020/104e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5cc3fa53) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20966:was-it-worth-it-john-kelly-john-bolton-and-other-ex-trump-staffers-all-had-the-same-answer&catid=9)### [Was It Worth It? John Kelly, John Bolton, and Other Ex-Trump Staffers All Had the Same Answer](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20966:was-it-worth-it-john-kelly-john-bolton-and-other-ex-trump-staffers-all-had-the-same-answer&catid=9) 2020-A LOOK BACK--People who work for President Donald Trump typically meet one of two fates. 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