##  In the News

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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

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### [California Can’t Insure Its Homes. Now Sacramento Wants to Insure the Trees](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33266:california-cant-insure-its-homes-now-sacramento-wants-to-insure-the-trees&catid=385)

August 27 2026

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### [Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### ‘Alternative’ Capitalism Could Save the Middle Class

Written by Sam Ben-Meir on October 12 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14180:alternative-capitalism-could-save-the-middle-class&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082g.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14177:harassment-sexism-ageism-everything-old-is-new-again&catid=9)Written by Denyse Selesnick on October 12 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Harassment … Sexism … Ageism … Everything ‘Old’ is New Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14177:harassment-sexism-ageism-everything-old-is-new-again&catid=9)

Recently, my ire was raised when critics complained about the age of our esteemed senior senator, Dianne Feinstein. This and sexual harassment issues…

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Written by David Bell on October 12 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/87/081c-8741ec42.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/081c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9e6f6c3d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14157:cognitive-deficit-time-for-americans-to-read-up-on-the-dsm-5&catid=9)### [Cognitive Deficit? Time for Americans to Read up on the DSM-5](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14157:cognitive-deficit-time-for-americans-to-read-up-on-the-dsm-5&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c0/081e-c062050a.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/081e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3036ab14) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14155:does-condoning-racist-family-members-make-you-an-accessory-to-their-bigotry&catid=9)### [Does Condoning Racist Family Members Make You an Accessory to Their Bigotry?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14155:does-condoning-racist-family-members-make-you-an-accessory-to-their-bigotry&catid=9)

Written by Jeremy Helligar on October 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/74/081i-7496b8dd.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/081i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6ece2159) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14152:i-m-szechuan-r-i-i-i-i-ick&catid=9)### [I'm Szechuan R-i-i-i-i-ick!!!!!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14152:i-m-szechuan-r-i-i-i-i-ick&catid=9)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on October 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c9/081r-c953b693.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/081r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=65383f31) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14144:the-invasion-by-christopher-columbus-no-monuments-for-murderers&catid=9)### [The Invasion by Christopher Columbus: No Monuments for Murderers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14144:the-invasion-by-christopher-columbus-no-monuments-for-murderers&catid=9)

Written by Bill Bigelow on October 09 2017.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on October 05 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/79/080k-79219569.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/080k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=14307fe9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14131:new-suffolk-survey-voters-souring-on-gop-party-in-freefall&catid=9)### [New Suffolk Survey: Voters Souring on GOP … ‘Party in Freefall’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14131:new-suffolk-survey-voters-souring-on-gop-party-in-freefall&catid=9)

Written by Suffolk University/USA Today on October 05 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/53/078g-53462b1d.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/078g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=87eb8982) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14097:patriotism-is-for-white-people&catid=9)### [Patriotism Is for White People](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14097:patriotism-is-for-white-people&catid=9)

Written by Terrell Jermaine Starr on September 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9c/078j-9ce416ec.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/078j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2640b134) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14095:racism-nazism-trumpism-the-historical-role-of-myths&catid=9)### [Racism … Nazism … Trumpism … the Historical Role of Myths](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14095:racism-nazism-trumpism-the-historical-role-of-myths&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/39/078p-39b4c630.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14091:someone-needs-to-be-fired-over-wasted-65-million-plane&catid=9)### [Someone Needs to Be Fired Over Wasted $65 Million Plane](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14091:someone-needs-to-be-fired-over-wasted-65-million-plane&catid=9)

Written by Megan Rose on September 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e3/078s-e35afa9c.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/078s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c9fc639b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14090:the-deuce-and-new-york-s-other-underclass-of-the-1970s&catid=9)### ["The Deuce" and New York's Other Underclass of the 1970s](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14090:the-deuce-and-new-york-s-other-underclass-of-the-1970s&catid=9)

Written by Michael Bernick on September 28 2017.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on September 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/11/078z-11a8c4cf.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2017/078z.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bee6f5a9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14086:trumpie-you-re-doing-a-heck-of-a-job&catid=9)### [Trumpie, You’re Doing a Heck of a Job!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14086:trumpie-you-re-doing-a-heck-of-a-job&catid=9)

Written by Digby on September 28 2017.

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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on September 25 2017.

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Written by Christopher Brauchli on September 25 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 25 2017.

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Written by Chuck O’Connell on September 25 2017.

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