##  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/8b/069c-8b8a37a4.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/069c.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=88c8548b)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22444:from-afghanistan-to-central-america-us-creates-refugee-crises&catid=9)

 Written by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan on August 30 2021. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

##  [ From Afghanistan to Central America, US Creates Refugee Crises ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22444:from-afghanistan-to-central-america-us-creates-refugee-crises&catid=9)

The current U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is actually a testament to that, with well over 100,000 people evacuated by the U.S. since mid-August. Despite this historic airlift, the Biden administration is being relentlessly criticized. T…

###  More Coverage

- [When Military Contractors Fund Their Own Pro-War Think Tanks](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22436:when-military-contractors-fund-their-own-pro-war-think-tanks&catid=9)
- [Sack Octavius and Newsom! The Recall is as Old as the Roman Republic](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22432:sack-octavius-and-newsom-the-recall-is-as-old-as-the-roman-republic&catid=9)
- [Afghanistan and the Propaganda of Infinite War](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22422:afghanistan-and-the-propaganda-of-infinite-war&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2021/069j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22439:companies-leaving-ca-in-unprecedented-numbers&catid=9)Written by Joseph Vrarich / Lee Ohanian on August 30 2021. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Companies Leaving CA in Unprecedented Numbers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22439:companies-leaving-ca-in-unprecedented-numbers&catid=9)

The research provides the most detailed and comprehensive data on relocations of California business headquarters from 2018 to the first half of 2021, documenting that departures during the first half of this year are double the rate for e…

---

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8a/069t-8a1ae6ba.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/069t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6185ab0b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22436:when-military-contractors-fund-their-own-pro-war-think-tanks&catid=9)### [When Military Contractors Fund Their Own Pro-War Think Tanks](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22436:when-military-contractors-fund-their-own-pro-war-think-tanks&catid=9)

Written by Sarah Lazare on August 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6e/069r-6edf3e9e.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/069r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=27d28cba) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22432:sack-octavius-and-newsom-the-recall-is-as-old-as-the-roman-republic&catid=9)### [Sack Octavius and Newsom! The Recall is as Old as the Roman Republic](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22432:sack-octavius-and-newsom-the-recall-is-as-old-as-the-roman-republic&catid=9)

Written by Matt Qvortrup on August 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ab/069g-ab173be4.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/069g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=db2a66a8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22422:afghanistan-and-the-propaganda-of-infinite-war&catid=9)### [Afghanistan and the Propaganda of Infinite War](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22422:afghanistan-and-the-propaganda-of-infinite-war&catid=9)

Written by Anthony DiMaggio on August 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ef/068p-ef08e5b4.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/068p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b1fddc47) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22416:china-2049-a-climate-disaster-zone-not-a-military-superpower&catid=9)### [China, 2049 - A Climate Disaster Zone, Not a Military Superpower](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22416:china-2049-a-climate-disaster-zone-not-a-military-superpower&catid=9)

Written by Michael Klare on August 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/82/068e-82518440.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/068e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6f2140b8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22415:despite-trillions-spent-the-us-military-hasn-t-won-a-real-war-since-1945&catid=9)### [Despite Trillions Spent, the US Military Hasn't Won a Real War Since 1945](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22415:despite-trillions-spent-the-us-military-hasn-t-won-a-real-war-since-1945&catid=9)

Written by Miles Mogulescu on August 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/38/068g-3820151d.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/068g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=84fc3987) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22404:trump-wants-judge-to-reinstate-his-youtube-account-so-he-can-sell-stuff&catid=9)### [Trump Wants Judge to Reinstate His YouTube Account So He Can Sell Stuff](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22404:trump-wants-judge-to-reinstate-his-youtube-account-so-he-can-sell-stuff&catid=9)

Written by Stephen A. Crockett Jr. on August 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9d/068l-9d005062.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/068l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c5664287) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22399:trump-s-favorite-pesticide-banned&catid=9)### [Trump’s Favorite Pesticide Banned!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22399:trump-s-favorite-pesticide-banned&catid=9)

Written by Robert Hunziker on August 25 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0e/067l-0eeeb54e.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/067l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7e0f8e95) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22377:keepers-of-the-flame-climate-chaos-and-creeping-authoritarianism&catid=9)### [Keepers of the Flame: Climate Chaos and Creeping Authoritarianism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22377:keepers-of-the-flame-climate-chaos-and-creeping-authoritarianism&catid=9)

Written by Nick Bascom on August 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f1/067j-f1403aa4.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/067j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3e2ca0d2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22373:roaming-charges-when-the-empire-of-graveyards-falls-in-the-graveyard-of-empires&catid=9)### [Roaming Charges: When the Empire of Graveyards Falls in the Graveyard of Empires](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22373:roaming-charges-when-the-empire-of-graveyards-falls-in-the-graveyard-of-empires&catid=9)

Written by Jeffrey St. Clair on August 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/94/066k-94a623ba.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=86b51446) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22361:it-is-government-weakness-not-taliban-strength-that-condemns-afghanistan&catid=9)### [It is Government Weakness, Not Taliban Strength, That Condemns Afghanistan](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22361:it-is-government-weakness-not-taliban-strength-that-condemns-afghanistan&catid=9)

Written by Patrick Cockburn on August 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7c/066m-7c9025ba.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dc5b4185) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22359:the-taliban-surrendered-in-2001&catid=9)### [The Taliban Surrendered in 2001](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22359:the-taliban-surrendered-in-2001&catid=9)

Written by Richard W. Behan on August 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/25/066i-25366fda.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ab91f98f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22349:new-census-data-ranks-the-blackest-and-whitest-places-in-america&catid=9)### [CW STILL POPULAR: New Census Data Ranks the Blackest and Whitest Places in America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22349:new-census-data-ranks-the-blackest-and-whitest-places-in-america&catid=9)

Written by Michael Harriot on August 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6a/066u-6a3da507.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=884a52c9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22348:the-taliban-thrive-on-social-media-despite-sites-bans&catid=9)### [The Taliban Thrive on Social Media, Despite Sites' Bans](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22348:the-taliban-thrive-on-social-media-despite-sites-bans&catid=9)

Written by Katie Collins on August 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/81/065i-81ada277.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/065i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e8a9b743) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22329:on-telling-the-truth-to-ourselves&catid=9)### [On Telling the Truth to Ourselves ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22329:on-telling-the-truth-to-ourselves&catid=9)

Written by Saskia Hostetler Lippy MD on August 16 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3a/065h-3a53ea8c.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/065h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=395c271d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22325:pegasus-and-the-global-surveillance-business&catid=9)### [Pegasus and the global surveillance business ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22325:pegasus-and-the-global-surveillance-business&catid=9)

Written by Mel Gurtov on August 16 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cf/065f-cfd37f92.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/065f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=712532bf) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22323:us-empire-s-afghan-ponzi-scheme-comes-to-ignoble-end&catid=9)### [US Empire's Afghan Ponzi Scheme Comes to Ignoble End](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22323:us-empire-s-afghan-ponzi-scheme-comes-to-ignoble-end&catid=9)

Written by Juan Cole on August 16 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/05/065d-05e325ac.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/065d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d409801e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22310:we-know-what-to-do-on-climate-we-know-how-to-do-it-only-question-will-we&catid=9)### [We Know What to Do on Climate. We Know How to Do It. Only Question: Will We?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22310:we-know-what-to-do-on-climate-we-know-how-to-do-it-only-question-will-we&catid=9)

Written by Rebecca Solnit on August 16 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0a/064f-0a01f348.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/064f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d578d965) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22295:will-investing-in-community-groups-keep-immigrants-out-of-detention&catid=9)### [Will Investing in Community Groups Keep Immigrants Out of Detention?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22295:will-investing-in-community-groups-keep-immigrants-out-of-detention&catid=9)

Written by Angelika Albaladejo on August 12 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3c/064k-3c83497e.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/064k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=11bd2c1c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22294:us-foreign-policy-adrift-why-washington-is-no-longer-calling-the-shots&catid=9)### [US Foreign Policy Adrift: Why Washington is No Longer Calling the Shots](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22294:us-foreign-policy-adrift-why-washington-is-no-longer-calling-the-shots&catid=9)

Written by Ramzy Baroud on August 12 2021.

[![](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

 Last Name

 [ ![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")

---
<div data-id="1" 
	class="eb-inst eb-hide eb-emailform eb-1 eboxContentLocker"
	data-options='{"trigger":"onPageLoad","trigger_selector":"","delay":3000,"early_trigger":true,"scroll_depth":"percentage","scroll_depth_value":80,"firing_frequency":1,"reverse_scroll_close":true,"threshold":0,"close_out_viewport":false,"exit_timer":1000,"idle_time":10000,"close_on_esc":false,"animation_open":"slideInDown","animation_close":"fadeOutDown","animation_duration":400,"disable_page_scroll":true,"test_mode":false,"debug":false,"ga_tracking":true,"ga_tracking_id":"G-P16BQ7X1SW","ga_tracking_event_category":"EngageBox","ga_tracking_event_label":"Box #1 - Global Email Signup Form","auto_focus":false}'
	data-type='popup'
	>

	<button type="button" data-ebox-cmd="close" class="eb-close placement-outside" aria-label="Close">
	<img alt="close popup button" />
	<span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>
	<div class="eb-dialog eb-formVer" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" id="dialog1" aria-label="dialog1">
		
		<button type="button" data-ebox-cmd="close" class="eb-close placement-inside" aria-label="Close">
	<img alt="close popup button" />
	<span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>	
		<div class="eb-container">
						<div class="eb-content">
				
<form action="https://citywatchla.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=34d69f33624fd058ee9b56516&amp;id=4bfa422f51&amp;f_id=00d6c2e1f0" class="eb" method="post" id="mcform-1" name="mcform-1" target="_blank">
			<div class="eb-form-header"><p><img src="/images/2023/06/be-a-city-watcher.png" alt="be a city watcher" width="350" height="97" loading="lazy" data-path="local-images:/2023/06/be-a-city-watcher.png"></p>
<p>Sign up to receive our special e-news blasts on Monday and Thursday evenings!</p></div>
	
					<div class="eb-field-row">

			
			
			
			<input class="eb-input" type="email" name="EMAIL"  placeholder="Email address"  id="EMAIL" value="" required>

			
		</div>
										
	<div class="eb-footer">
    	<button class="eb-btn" type="submit" name="subscribe" style="background-color:rgba(93, 183, 93, 1);color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">
    		Sign up    	</button>
    </div>
</form>			</div>
		</div>
	</div>	
</div>
<div data-id="3" 
	class="eb-inst eb-hide eb-yesno eb-3 "
	data-options='{"trigger":"onScrollDepth","trigger_selector":"","delay":0,"early_trigger":false,"scroll_depth":"percentage","scroll_depth_value":80,"firing_frequency":2,"reverse_scroll_close":false,"threshold":0,"close_out_viewport":false,"exit_timer":1000,"idle_time":1000,"close_on_esc":false,"animation_open":"fadeInUp","animation_close":"fadeOut","animation_duration":300,"disable_page_scroll":false,"test_mode":false,"debug":false,"ga_tracking":true,"ga_tracking_id":"G-P16BQ7X1SW","ga_tracking_event_category":"EngageBox","ga_tracking_event_label":"Box #3 - Yes \/ No Donation Popup Box","auto_focus":false}'
	data-type='popup'
	>

	<button type="button" data-ebox-cmd="close" class="eb-close placement-outside" aria-label="Close">
	<img alt="close popup button" />
	<span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>
	<div class="eb-dialog " role="dialog" aria-modal="true" id="dialog3" aria-label="dialog3">
		
		<button type="button" data-ebox-cmd="close" class="eb-close placement-inside" aria-label="Close">
	<img alt="close popup button" />
	<span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>	
		<div class="eb-container">
						<div class="eb-content">
				
<div class="ebox-yes-no">
	<div class="ebox-yn-text">
		
		
		<div class="ebox-yn-headline" style="font-size:22px;color:#888888">
			<p>If you only give once a month, would you consider giving to CityWatch?</p>
<p>Your support fuels our mission to promote and facilitate civic engagement and neighborhood empowerment, and to hold area government and its politicians accountable.</p>
<p>Would you like to help? Even if you can only give $5, it will make a difference.</p>		</div>
			</div>
	
	<div class="ebox-ys-buttons" style="font-size: 16px;">
		
<a
					data-ebox-prevent="0"
		data-ebox-cmd="close"
				target="_self"
		href="https://www.citywatchla.com/donate"
		rel="noopener"
	
	
	
	
	class="ebox-ys-btn"
	style="background-color:#2ec664;color:#ffffff;min-width:100px">
	Yes
	</a>
<a
	
	
			data-ebox-cmd="close"
		href="#"
	
	
	class="ebox-ys-btn"
	style="background-color:#ef2345;color:#ffffff;min-width:100px">
	Not Right Now
	</a>	</div>

	</div>			</div>
		</div>
	</div>	
</div>