## 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/3f/039s-3f81cf8d.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/039s.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=5f97560c)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11099:what-does-natural-born-american-even-mean&catid=9) IMPORTANT READS ## [ What Does Natural-Born American Even Mean? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11099:what-does-natural-born-american-even-mean&catid=9) VOICES FROM THE SQUARE-When choosing among presidential candidates, Americans find plenty to debate about their fitness for office, experience, and economic and foreign policies. But the framers of the Constitution made no mention of such… ### More Coverage - [Politics Move Left, Americans Move Right](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11073:politics-move-left-americans-move-right&catid=9) - [Don’t like Trump’s Views on Immigration? Blame California!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11067:don-t-like-trump-s-views-on-immigration-blame-california&catid=9) - [Breaking News: 'There Is No Migrant Crisis'!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11065:breaking-news-there-is-no-migrant-crisis&catid=9) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2016/039o.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11085:california-government-transparency-may-see-its-way-clear-to-the-november-ballot&catid=9)IMPORTANT READS ## [California: Government Transparency May See Its Way Clear to the November Ballot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11085:california-government-transparency-may-see-its-way-clear-to-the-november-ballot&catid=9) OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE-The California Legislative Transparency Act has moved a step closer to qualifying for the November ballot. More than 585,000 signatures (of the 930,000 gathered) have been submitted to the Secretary of State’s office b… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/79/038d-7987b80d.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/038d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c8367b7e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11073:politics-move-left-americans-move-right&catid=9)### [Politics Move Left, Americans Move Right](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11073:politics-move-left-americans-move-right&catid=9) NEW GEOGRAPHY-In an election year in which the top likely candidates come from New York, big cities arguably dominate American politics mor… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d9/038j-d9d13e04.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/038j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8382efce) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11067:don-t-like-trump-s-views-on-immigration-blame-california&catid=9)### [Don’t like Trump’s Views on Immigration? Blame California!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11067:don-t-like-trump-s-views-on-immigration-blame-california&catid=9) PERSPECTIVE--Three out of every four Californians have an unfavorable view of Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee for president. In a… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/96/038l-967a64a8.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/038l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bedf4947) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11065:breaking-news-there-is-no-migrant-crisis&catid=9)### [Breaking News: 'There Is No Migrant Crisis'!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11065:breaking-news-there-is-no-migrant-crisis&catid=9) EDITOR’S PICK-Search the Internet for articles on the so-called "migrant crisis," and half a million results pop up in a matter of seconds… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/32/036g-32abde20.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/036g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1da9dd4d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11033:latinos-in-the-u-s-speak-more-english-than-spanish&catid=9)### [Latinos in the U.S. Speak More English than Spanish](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11033:latinos-in-the-u-s-speak-more-english-than-spanish&catid=9) LATINO PERSPECTIVE-According to a new finding released last week by the Pew Research Center a declining share of Latinos in the U.S. are sp… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8b/036l-8b776274.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/036l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3f3b3b09) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11029:democracies-end-when-they-are-too-democratic-right-now-america-is-a-breeding-ground-for-tyranny&catid=9)### [Democracies End When They are Too Democratic … Right Now, America is a Breeding Ground for Tyranny](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11029:democracies-end-when-they-are-too-democratic-right-now-america-is-a-breeding-ground-for-tyranny&catid=9) EDITOR’S PICK--As this dystopian election campaign has unfolded, my mind keeps being tugged by a passage in Plato’s Republic. It has unsett… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/57/036m-57efb1d7.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/036m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8a477a88) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11028:confronting-the-inevitability-of-hillary-a-third-term-for-obama-or-bill&catid=9)### [Confronting the Inevitability of Hillary – A Third Term for Obama or Bill?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11028:confronting-the-inevitability-of-hillary-a-third-term-for-obama-or-bill&catid=9) NEW GEOGRAPHY-With her massive win last month in New York, followed up with several other triumphal processions through the Northeast, Hill… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/56/036o-56f3b375.png&src=images/stories/May-2016/036o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=627c3e04) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11025:as-we-contemplate-sending-the-clintons-back-to-the-white-house-it-s-time-to-reassess-a-pivotal-decade-the-90-s&catid=9)### [As We Contemplate Sending the Clintons Back to the White House, It’s Time to Reassess a Pivotal Decade … the 90’s](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11025:as-we-contemplate-sending-the-clintons-back-to-the-white-house-it-s-time-to-reassess-a-pivotal-decade-the-90-s&catid=9) TRADE WINDS--Welcome back, ’90s; I’ve missed you. The last decade of the previous millennium is suddenly all the rage, claiming a growing… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4a/035k-4a2f5eff.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/035k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b3c7bc77) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11008:obamacare-not-an-affordablecare-act-it-s-a-don-tcare-act&catid=9)### [‘ObamaCare’: NOT an ‘AffordableCare’ Act, It’s a ‘Don’tCare’ Act](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11008:obamacare-not-an-affordablecare-act-it-s-a-don-tcare-act&catid=9) WHO WANTED ACA TO FAIL?-One can't help but wonder if those who did, do, and still defend the "Affordable Care Act" believe that its opponen… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/be/035s-beda3115.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/035s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=df725d8b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11002:for-first-time-ever-a-majority-of-people-identify-as-citizens-of-the-world&catid=9)### [For First Time Ever, a Majority of People Identify as Citizens of the World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11002:for-first-time-ever-a-majority-of-people-identify-as-citizens-of-the-world&catid=9) EDTITOR’S PICK--People around the world are increasingly identifying as global citizens, according to a new BBC poll that shines a light on… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cc/034a-cc36436a.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/034a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=09f1e3c5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10993:why-the-politics-of-nostalgia-are-dangerous&catid=9)### [Why the Politics of Nostalgia Are Dangerous](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10993:why-the-politics-of-nostalgia-are-dangerous&catid=9) EDITOR’S PICK-Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. Once upon a time, I considered longing for a long-lost past a relatively innocuous exerci… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/71/034l-713c6205.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/034l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cb0024dc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10983:just-when-you-think-there-are-no-good-people-left-along-comes-judge-olivera&catid=9)### [Just When You Think there are No ‘Good People’ Left … Along Comes Judge Olivera](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10983:just-when-you-think-there-are-no-good-people-left-along-comes-judge-olivera&catid=9) THE JUDGE AND THE VETERAN—(Just when you think ‘good people’ all lived at another time and another place, along comes Judge Olivera … provi… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c8/034t-c85775e0.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/034t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=908acdb1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10978:coastal-california-getting-older-and-grayer-not-bolder&catid=9)### [Coastal California Getting Older and Grayer, not Bolder](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10978:coastal-california-getting-older-and-grayer-not-bolder&catid=9) NEW GEOGRAPHY-For the better part of a century, Southern California has been seen as the land of surfers, hipsters and youthful innovators… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0d/033r-0dcb7453.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/033r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9eafdc28) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10970:who-are-california-techies-stashing-billions-in-offshore-accounts-not-paying-taxes&catid=9)### [Who are California Techies Stashing Billions in Offshore Accounts, Not Paying Taxes?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10970:who-are-california-techies-stashing-billions-in-offshore-accounts-not-paying-taxes&catid=9) EDITOR’S PICK--Airbnb, star of the “sharing economy,” is “committed to strengthening the neighborhoods and cities we serve.” Uber is “passi… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/27/033k-270cb246.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/033k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5986a5df) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10958:genetically-modified-organisms-it-s-not-what-you-think&catid=9)### [Genetically Modified Organisms: It’s Not What You Think!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10958:genetically-modified-organisms-it-s-not-what-you-think&catid=9) GELFAND’S WORLD--UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (the IOES) hosted a panel this week on GMOS: Global Solution or Glo… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/46/033l-46f0e10b.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/033l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d268291b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10957:finally-victims-score-a-win-gov-signs-off-on-176-6-million-to-cleanup-exide-mess&catid=9)### [Finally … Victims Score a Win: Gov Signs Off on $176.6 Million to Cleanup Exide Mess](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10957:finally-victims-score-a-win-gov-signs-off-on-176-6-million-to-cleanup-exide-mess&catid=9) CALIFORNIA--According to word from the Governor’s office, Jerry Brown has signed legislation directing $176.6 million “to expedite and expa… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8b/032u-8bf0fbbb.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/032u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4f6ddcf9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10945:when-i-say-midlife-don-t-think-crisis&catid=9)### [When I Say ‘Midlife,’ Don’t Think ‘Crisis’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10945:when-i-say-midlife-don-t-think-crisis&catid=9) TRADE WINDS--I set out to write about those leaked “Panama Papers” that offered a titillating glimpse of how the world’s rich and infamous… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/10/032x-10af02e8.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/032x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=af431653) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10942:a-new-lgbtq-victory-is-a-victory-for-all-of-us-social-security-admin-does-the-right-thing&catid=9)### [A New LGBTQ Victory Is a Victory for All of Us: Social Security Admin Does the Right Thing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10942:a-new-lgbtq-victory-is-a-victory-for-all-of-us-social-security-admin-does-the-right-thing&catid=9) SOCIAL SECURITY WATCH--Does the government work for us or against us? As the result of a decision by the Social Security Administration (“S… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1c/032i-1c871d82.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/032i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5813e164) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10935:don-t-vote-for-the-person-vote-for-the-party&catid=9)### [Don't Vote for the Person, Vote for the Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10935:don-t-vote-for-the-person-vote-for-the-party&catid=9) GELFAND’S WORLD--Years ago, some people would tell me, "I don't vote for the party, I vote for the person." I suppose the idea was that per… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/42/032l-4264f46c.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/032l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=83c522b4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10933:geography-and-the-minimum-wage&catid=9)### [Geography and the Minimum Wage](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10933:geography-and-the-minimum-wage&catid=9) NEW GEOGRAPHY--Most commentary on California’s decision to increase the state minimum wage to $15 over time is either along the lines of it… [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/ME%20DENTAL%20SPA/me%20dental%202026%20final.jpg)](http://medentalspa.com/) ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/banners/signup-for-cw.png) ## Get The News In Your Email Inbox Mondays & Thursdays Message [ ![LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/dwp%20level%20pay%205-7-25.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/82 "LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)") [ ![Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/HHR/AHF-rent-too-high.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/104 "Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2") ---