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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)

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August 27 2026

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Big Pharma Companies Have All the Power with Families Like Mine at Their Mercy

Written by Annemarie Gibson on June 24 2021.

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## [ACLU Warns Ruling by Trump-Appointed Judge Gives Feds 'Green Light' to Attack Protesters ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21926:aclu-warns-ruling-by-trump-appointed-judge-gives-feds-green-light-to-attack-protesters&catid=9)

Filed by the ACLU last June on behalf of Black Lives Matter D.C. and individual demonstrators, the suits alleged that Trump administration officials…

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Written by Paul Street on June 24 2021.

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Written by Mel Gurtov on June 21 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/90/049l-90481d76.png&src=images/stories/June-2021/049l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=797115c0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21908:our-biggest-enemy-isn-t-china-it-s-right-here-at-home&catid=9)### [Our Biggest Enemy Isn't China. It's Right Here at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21908:our-biggest-enemy-isn-t-china-it-s-right-here-at-home&catid=9)

Written by Robert Reich on June 21 2021.

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Written by EVE OTTENBERG on June 21 2021.

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Written by Donald McCarthy on June 21 2021.

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Written by Danny Feingold on June 17 2021.

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Written by David Rosen on June 17 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f3/048j-f3f241ec.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21891:stimulus-unemployment-checks-help-child-support-debt-collection-hit-new-high&catid=9)### [Stimulus, unemployment checks help child support debt collection hit new high](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21891:stimulus-unemployment-checks-help-child-support-debt-collection-hit-new-high&catid=9)

Written by Kate Cimini on June 17 2021.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on June 16 2021.

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Written by Andrea Germanos on June 16 2021.

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Written by Sam Pizzigati on June 14 2021.

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Written by Joel kotkin on June 14 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/01/047a-01fb5e7d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21870:toxic-chemicals-engulf-the-planet&catid=9)### [Toxic Chemicals Engulf the Planet](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21870:toxic-chemicals-engulf-the-planet&catid=9)

Written by Robert Hunziker on June 13 2021.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 13 2021.

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Written by Eve Ottenberg on June 13 2021.

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Written by Jessica Goodheart on June 06 2021.

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Written by Roberta Brandes Gratz on June 03 2021.

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Written by Jake Johnson on May 27 2021.

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