## 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/48/103s-48b7e26b.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2017/103s.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=e9ba5812)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14576:firstnet-penalty-reversal-could-save-california-billions-of&catid=9) IMPORTANT READS ## [ FirstNet Penalty Reversal Could Save California Billions of $$$ ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14576:firstnet-penalty-reversal-could-save-california-billions-of&catid=9) The “handling the truth” line came to mind this week as a congressionally-created division of the U.S. Commerce Department announced a major 11th hour change to how it will build a public safety network called “FirstNet.” For the past sev… ### More Coverage - [The New Mandarins of the Deep State](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14569:the-new-mandarins-of-the-deep-state&catid=9) - [Strong, Intelligent Women in Politics: Scares the Hell Out of Conservative Republicans](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14543:strong-intelligent-women-in-politics-scares-the-hell-out-of-conservative-republicans&catid=9) - [The Grapes of Wealth: Tom Joad Tops Forbes Fictional 400](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14521:the-grapes-of-wealth-tom-joad-tops-forbes-fictional-400&catid=9) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/102b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14571:three-unelected-men-just-overrode-the-will-of-83-of-the-u-s-population&catid=9)IMPORTANT READS ## [Three Unelected Men Just Overrode the Will Of 83% of the U.S. Population](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14571:three-unelected-men-just-overrode-the-will-of-83-of-the-u-s-population&catid=9) The three men who cast their votes in favor of repeal were Republicans Ajit Pai, Brendan Carr, and Michael O’Rielly. You did not elect any of these men. Prior to today you might not have even known the names of two of them. And yet they ha… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4b/102d-4b7f215a.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2017/102d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=857ae2c7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14569:the-new-mandarins-of-the-deep-state&catid=9)### [The New Mandarins of the Deep State](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14569:the-new-mandarins-of-the-deep-state&catid=9) CRUMBLING DICTATORSHIP-The shocking defeat of GOP Senator hopeful Roy Moore may not spell the end of Trumpism, but you can see it from ther… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cc/0101f-cc6b5475.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2017/0101f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8511ad3c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14543:strong-intelligent-women-in-politics-scares-the-hell-out-of-conservative-republicans&catid=9)### [Strong, Intelligent Women in Politics: Scares the Hell Out of Conservative Republicans](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14543:strong-intelligent-women-in-politics-scares-the-hell-out-of-conservative-republicans&catid=9) WOMEN’S RIGHTS-If there is one thing that scares the living daylights out of conservative Republicans, it is the rise of strong, intelligen… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/04/100c-04a44ec3.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2017/100c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5052c113) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14521:the-grapes-of-wealth-tom-joad-tops-forbes-fictional-400&catid=9)### [The Grapes of Wealth: Tom Joad Tops Forbes Fictional 400](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14521:the-grapes-of-wealth-tom-joad-tops-forbes-fictional-400&catid=9) DATELINE HOLLYWOOD-We’re in a VIP Room at the Avalon Hollywood. It’s a celebration the likes of which this reporter has never seen. An impo… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b5/098b-b517f3a9.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2017/098b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=11e583b8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14499:your-kids-are-listening-to-how-you-talk-about-sexual-assault&catid=9)### [Your Kids are Listening to How You Talk About Sexual Assault](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14499:your-kids-are-listening-to-how-you-talk-about-sexual-assault&catid=9) FIRST PERSON REPORT-My parents love true crime shows. They love Dateline, 20/20, you name it. Lester Holt and Keith Morrison are like famil… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ae/097b-ae5604bd.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2017/097b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a10df767) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14478:vets-challenge-trump-s-islamophobia&catid=9)### [Vets Challenge Trump’s Islamophobia](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14478:vets-challenge-trump-s-islamophobia&catid=9) VETS FOR PEACE SPEAK OUT-The U.S. president, Donald Trump, revealed his inner nature again earlier this week when he retweeted a series of… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/27/097t-2755d59a.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2017/097t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ba7ac4c8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14463:due-process-is-needed-for-sexual-harassment-accusations-but-for-whom&catid=9)### [Due Process Is Needed for Sexual Harassment Accusations -- But For Whom?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14463:due-process-is-needed-for-sexual-harassment-accusations-but-for-whom&catid=9) DEFINING THE DEBATE-The first time I remember being sexually harassed at work was at my second job ever, working at a bookstore. There was… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/90/095a-903c39cd.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/095a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d492a077) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14441:why-net-neutrality-is-a-feminist-issue&catid=9)### [Why Net Neutrality Is a Feminist Issue](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14441:why-net-neutrality-is-a-feminist-issue&catid=9) COMMUNICATIONS POLITICS--The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced it will next month vote on a plan to repeal net neutrali… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c3/095g-c37d38cb.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/095g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2d75faef) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14437:the-genius-of-coco-beyond-pc&catid=9)### [The Genius of “Coco” Beyond PC](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14437:the-genius-of-coco-beyond-pc&catid=9) MUSINGS BY MIRISCH-There’s something about Pixar and senior citizens. The world’s leading animation studio, groundbreaking within an art fo… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3a/095k-3a61feb9.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/095k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9f342a71) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14434:radicalism-the-new-norm-in-american-politics&catid=9)### [Radicalism: The New Norm In American Politics](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14434:radicalism-the-new-norm-in-american-politics&catid=9) NEW GEOGRAPHY--The Republican Party’s road to the 2018 mid-terms looks increasingly like Pickett’s Charge, the Confederate assault on fixed… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/be/095y-beb6aa57.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/095y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=78570f06) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14425:an-angry-black-man-in-the-white-house-the-conversation-we-never-had&catid=9)### [An Angry Black Man in the White House? The Conversation We Never Had](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14425:an-angry-black-man-in-the-white-house-the-conversation-we-never-had&catid=9) AT LENGTH--It seems like it was just two short years ago that we lived in a country that was moving forward past historic racial divides wi… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/75/094j-75c8dc11.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/094j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=59eb65bd) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14409:former-republican-ag-warns-sessions-against-marijuana-crackdown&catid=9)### [Former Republican AG Warns Sessions against Marijuana Crackdown](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14409:former-republican-ag-warns-sessions-against-marijuana-crackdown&catid=9) 420 FILE—(Editor’s Note: For Californian’s ‘drug war’ is descriptive of the Golden State’s relationship with the US Attorney General, Jeff… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c2/093g-c2a192da.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=72792aab) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14398:popular-thanksgiving-turkey-brand-comes-with-a-side-of-antibiotics&catid=9)### [Popular Thanksgiving Turkey Brand Comes with a Side of Antibiotics](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14398:popular-thanksgiving-turkey-brand-comes-with-a-side-of-antibiotics&catid=9) HOLIDAY HEALTH ALERT--Diestel Turkey, sold by Whole Foods and other retailers at premium prices, says on its website that its “animals are… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b1/093n-b1312ef5.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=736ff8e4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14393:in-a-country-of-bigots-and-liars-predators-will-always-survive&catid=9)### [In a Country of Bigots and Liars, Predators Will Always Survive](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14393:in-a-country-of-bigots-and-liars-predators-will-always-survive&catid=9) CORRUPTION WATCH-Suppose Los Angeles Democrats had the choice for U.S. Senator between a Democrat candidate with a history of sexual dallia… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/16/092c-162cdf33.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/092c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6eab9000) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14381:joe-biden-2020-is-a-terrible-idea-in-a-post-weinstein-america&catid=9)### [Joe Biden 2020 Is a Terrible Idea In a Post-Weinstein America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14381:joe-biden-2020-is-a-terrible-idea-in-a-post-weinstein-america&catid=9) WEINSTEIN WATCH--Joe Biden is known for his folksy charm. Joe Biden is a man looking for his moment. Behind those famous aviators, he’s su… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b1/092f-b1837688.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/092f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5bc50893) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14380:american-populism-shouldn-t-have-to-embrace-ignorance&catid=9)### [American Populism Shouldn’t Have to Embrace Ignorance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14380:american-populism-shouldn-t-have-to-embrace-ignorance&catid=9) ASSESSING OUR CULTURE OF IGNORANCE-Public ignorance is an inherent threat to democracy. It breeds superstition, prejudice, and error; and i… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/45/092k-45bae2e0.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/092k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2d388655) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14377:vet-who-sought-va-help-was-told-to-come-back-in-3-months-he-killed-himself-instead&catid=9)### [Vet Who Sought VA Help Was Told To Come Back In 3 Months … He Killed Himself Instead](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14377:vet-who-sought-va-help-was-told-to-come-back-in-3-months-he-killed-himself-instead&catid=9) WAR POLITICS--A veteran who had sought help from a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in New Jersey killed himself in front of the build… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/092s-990863a6.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/092s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=726b7eb4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14372:the-cleansing-frenzy-is-weinstein-a-stand-in-for-trump&catid=9)### [The Cleansing Frenzy: Is Weinstein a Stand-In for Trump?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14372:the-cleansing-frenzy-is-weinstein-a-stand-in-for-trump&catid=9) CORRUPTION WATCH-“Am I my brother’s keeper?” asked the world’s first murderer. This week the United States Senate GOP answered Cain’s quest… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e2/092y-e29a0541.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/092y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=64ad3591) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14366:all-gender-restrooms-send-a-powerful-message&catid=9)### [All-Gender Restrooms Send a Powerful Message](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14366:all-gender-restrooms-send-a-powerful-message&catid=9) THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’--You've probably seen one of the many gender-neutral bathroom signs that have popped up over the past couple… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2f/090p-2f8e7d2c.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/090p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=61be2294) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14331:hickenlooper-joins-raimondo-on-pension-reform-more-governors-including-brown-need-to-speak-up&catid=9)### [Hickenlooper Joins Raimondo On Pension Reform … More Governors, Including Brown, Need to Speak Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14331:hickenlooper-joins-raimondo-on-pension-reform-more-governors-including-brown-need-to-speak-up&catid=9) GUEST COMMENTARY-More governors need to show their courage. 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