##  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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### [EXCLUSIVE: John McKinney Warns City Hall. Enforce the Law. Demand Accountability.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33241:exclusive-john-mckinney-warns-city-hall-enforce-the-law-demand-accountability&catid=401)

August 24 2026

#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Diagnosing 2016 … Without a Crystal Ball

Written by Denyse Selesnick on January 15 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10287:diagnosing-2016-without-a-crystal-ball&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/why-liberals-win-dd9aa5cd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10288:why-liberals-win-the-culture-wars-even-when-they-lose-elections&catid=9)Written by James A. Haught on January 15 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10288:why-liberals-win-the-culture-wars-even-when-they-lose-elections&catid=9)

BOOK WATCH-Social progress occurs because liberal-minded reformers defeat conservative resistance. That’s how slavery ended – and women gained the r…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/1403e-6ecea2b7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10289:a-mayor-garcetti-looking-to-compromise-with-nimbys-on-anti-development-ballot-measure&catid=9)### [Mayor Garcetti Looking to Compromise with NIMBYs on Anti-Development Ballot Measure](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10289:a-mayor-garcetti-looking-to-compromise-with-nimbys-on-anti-development-ballot-measure&catid=9)

Written by Jeff Wattenhofer on January 08 2016.

### [Mayor Offers LA’s Planning Director Job to the Boy Next Door](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10290:mayor-offers-la-s-planning-director-job-to-the-boy-next-door&catid=9)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 08 2016.

### [Not Another White Oscars](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10291:not-another-white-oscars&catid=9)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on January 15 2016.

### [Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association: A Deceptive Attack on Organized Labor](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10292:friedrichs-v-california-teachers-association-a-deceptive-attack-on-organized-labor&catid=9)

Written by Ben Spielberg on January 15 2016.

### [When California Sterilized 20,000 Citizens](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10293:when-california-sterilized-20-000-citizens&catid=9)

Written by Alexandra Minna Stern on January 15 2016.

### [Let’s Face It, California Is Nuts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10294:let-s-face-it-california-is-nuts&catid=9)

Written by Joe Mathews on January 15 2016.

### [California: Life in the Corporate State](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10295:california-life-in-the-corporate-state&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 15 2016.

### [Nun Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver … or, Why the LAPD Needs to Step up Enforcement](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10296:nun-killed-by-hit-and-run-driver-or-why-the-lapd-needs-to-step-up-enforcement&catid=9)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on January 15 2016.

### [Here’s How We Responded 50 Years Ago When a Black Militia Occupied a Government Building in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10297:here-s-how-we-responded-50-years-ago-when-a-black-militia-occupied-a-government-building-in-california&catid=9)

Written by Nick Wing on January 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/1401w-43c5edb0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10207:at-70-baby-boomers-face-a-new-acid-test&catid=9)### [At 70, Baby Boomers Face a New Acid Test](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10207:at-70-baby-boomers-face-a-new-acid-test&catid=9)

Written by Harvey Wasserman on January 03 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/1401v-9bd69790.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10206:here-s-how-president-trump-will-govern&catid=9)### [Here’s How ‘President’ Trump will Govern](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10206:here-s-how-president-trump-will-govern&catid=9)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on January 03 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cb/1401q-cb70fa60.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10203:california-women-2015-on-the-up-escalator&catid=9)### [California Women 2015: On the UP Escalator](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10203:california-women-2015-on-the-up-escalator&catid=9)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 03 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/26/1401r-26261bf0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10202:for-america-s-veterans-the-war-never-ends-only-now-the-battle-is-with-their-own-government&catid=9)### [For America’s Veterans, the War Never Ends … Only, Now the Battle is with Their Own Government](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10202:for-america-s-veterans-the-war-never-ends-only-now-the-battle-is-with-their-own-government&catid=9)

Written by Katharine Russ on January 03 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f5/1401z7-f5f6148a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10192:liar-cheat-thief-martin-shkreli-my-person-of-the-year&catid=9)### [Liar, Cheat, Thief Martin Shkreli: My Person of the Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10192:liar-cheat-thief-martin-shkreli-my-person-of-the-year&catid=9)

Written by Don Kaul on December 31 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0e/1401z6-0ed7b9be.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10191:lifting-the-curtain-on-the-past-half-decade-much-noise-little-substance&catid=9)### [Lifting the Curtain On the Past Half Decade: Much Noise, Little Substance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10191:lifting-the-curtain-on-the-past-half-decade-much-noise-little-substance&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 31 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1b/1401c-1b8d348c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10190:alpern-reads-the-tea-leaves-for-politics-2016-a-heap-of-anger-topped-with-a-dash-of-hope&catid=9)### [Alpern Reads the Tea Leaves for Politics 2016: A Heap of Anger Topped with a Dash of Hope](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10190:alpern-reads-the-tea-leaves-for-politics-2016-a-heap-of-anger-topped-with-a-dash-of-hope&catid=9)

Written by Ken Alpern on December 31 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7f/1401z-7f5e9a92.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10187:if-top-general-gets-his-way-america-s-longest-war-may-never-end&catid=9)### [If Top General Gets His Way, America's ‘Longest War’ May Never End](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10187:if-top-general-gets-his-way-america-s-longest-war-may-never-end&catid=9)

Written by Sarah Lazare on December 31 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/105d-2c6e43cb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10183:hey-californians-let-s-side-with-the-refugees-not-the-terrorists&catid=9)### [Hey Californians: Let’s Side With the Refugees, Not the Terrorists](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10183:hey-californians-let-s-side-with-the-refugees-not-the-terrorists&catid=9)

Written by Joe Mathews on December 31 2015.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/105c-dbadd022.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10182:the-uncivil-war-over-the-california-water-fix&catid=9)### [The Uncivil War Over the California Water Fix](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10182:the-uncivil-war-over-the-california-water-fix&catid=9)

Written by John Mirisch on December 31 2015.

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