##  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

#  POLITICS

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### Trump and the GOP Want to Drown the Middle Class in the Bathtub

Written by Thom Hartmann on June 27 2024.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29140:trump-and-the-gop-want-to-drown-the-middle-class-in-the-bathtub&catid=396)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4e/052j-4ee17535.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29134:why-americas-future-hangs-in-the-balance-in-november&catid=396)Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 27 2024. Posted in [POLITICS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=396).

## [Why America’s Future Hangs In The Balance In November](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29134:why-americas-future-hangs-in-the-balance-in-november&catid=396)

ELECTION 2024 - Throughout my career as a professor and columnist, I have and continue to adhere to one principle: I govern myself based on what I co…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/052i-02741466.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29133:will-donald-trump-become-the-next-grover-cleveland&catid=396)### [Will Donald Trump Become the Next Grover Cleveland? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29133:will-donald-trump-become-the-next-grover-cleveland&catid=396)

Written by Nick Antonicello on June 27 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/049h-6eacd953.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29075:homelessness-and-the-million-dollar-question&catid=396)### [Homelessness and the Million Dollar Question](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29075:homelessness-and-the-million-dollar-question&catid=396)

Written by Tim Campbell on June 17 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/043k-ddbf42e9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28960:rfk-jr-rejected-by-libertarians-after-they-loudly-booed-heckled-trump&catid=396)### [RFK Jr Rejected by Libertarians After They Loudly Booed, Heckled Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28960:rfk-jr-rejected-by-libertarians-after-they-loudly-booed-heckled-trump&catid=396)

Written by Common Dreams Staff on May 27 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/78/041l-78dd2aed.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28922:cable-news-refused-to-report-trumps-bombshell-quid-pro-quo-offer-to-big-oil-execs&catid=396)### [Cable News Refused to Report Trump's Bombshell Quid Pro Quo Offer to Big Oil Execs](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28922:cable-news-refused-to-report-trumps-bombshell-quid-pro-quo-offer-to-big-oil-execs&catid=396)

Written by Olivia Rosane on May 20 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ce/040i-cee7fe47.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28902:is-centrism-our-best-hope&catid=396)### [Is Centrism Our Best Hope?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28902:is-centrism-our-best-hope&catid=396)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 16 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/039r-b78f9393.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28880:didnt-someone-just-get-impeached-about-withholding-foreign-aid-president-joe&catid=396)### [Didn’t Someone Just Get Impeached About Withholding Foreign Aid, President Joe?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28880:didnt-someone-just-get-impeached-about-withholding-foreign-aid-president-joe&catid=396)

Written by Ken Alpern on May 13 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/038l-b7a08159.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28873:trump-loyalists-preview-strategies-to-upend-2024-election&catid=396)### [Trump Loyalists Preview Strategies to Upend 2024 Election](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28873:trump-loyalists-preview-strategies-to-upend-2024-election&catid=396)

Written by Steven Rosenfeld on May 09 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6c/038f-6c3e383b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28866:do-not-confuse-todays-campus-protests-with-the-vietnam-protests&catid=396)### [Do Not Confuse Today’s Campus Protests with the Vietnam Protests](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28866:do-not-confuse-todays-campus-protests-with-the-vietnam-protests&catid=396)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 09 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ef/036i-ef65abc9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28840:corporate-profiteering-schemes-that-drive-inflation-detailed-at-senate-hearing&catid=396)### [Corporate Profiteering Schemes That Drive Inflation Detailed at Senate Hearing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28840:corporate-profiteering-schemes-that-drive-inflation-detailed-at-senate-hearing&catid=396)

Written by Brett Wilkins on May 02 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/033q-0de59ea0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28793:rob-bonta-does-a-g-stand-for-attorney-general-or-astounding-gaslighter&catid=396)### [Rob Bonta: Does A.G. Stand for “Attorney General” or “Astounding Gaslighter”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28793:rob-bonta-does-a-g-stand-for-attorney-general-or-astounding-gaslighter&catid=396)

Written by Ken Alpern on April 22 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d9/032e-d9724465.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28771:why-israel-should-take-its-time-to-retaliate-against-iran&catid=396)### [Why Israel Should Take Its Time to Retaliate Against Iran](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28771:why-israel-should-take-its-time-to-retaliate-against-iran&catid=396)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on April 18 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0e/031g-0ebe122b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28757:sepulveda-pass-monorail-supporters-seek-direct-routes-sparing-transit-users-from-annoying-transfers&catid=396)### [Sepulveda Pass Monorail: Supporters Seek Direct Routes, Sparing Transit Users from Annoying Transfers.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28757:sepulveda-pass-monorail-supporters-seek-direct-routes-sparing-transit-users-from-annoying-transfers&catid=396)

Written by Matthew Hetz on April 15 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/031e-7956ae8d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28755:metros-sepulveda-pass-transit-no-transparency-no-public-input&catid=396)### [Metro’s Sepulveda Pass Transit – No Transparency, No Public Input](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28755:metros-sepulveda-pass-transit-no-transparency-no-public-input&catid=396)

Written by Bob Anderson on April 15 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e2/030g-e240b3ac.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28734:what-does-the-citys-new-homeless-program-performance-website-tell-us&catid=396)### [What Does the City’s New Homeless Program Performance Website Tell Us?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28734:what-does-the-citys-new-homeless-program-performance-website-tell-us&catid=396)

Written by Tim Campbell on April 11 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/029e-6aac976d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28724:arnel-management-company-helped-kill-rent-control-expansion-now-it-improperly-withheld-security-deposits&catid=396)### [Arnel Management Company Helped Kill Rent Control Expansion. Now It Improperly Withheld Security Deposits.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28724:arnel-management-company-helped-kill-rent-control-expansion-now-it-improperly-withheld-security-deposits&catid=396)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 08 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/028e-df05c9f4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28706:gascons-reelection-prospects-dwindle-amid-safety-concerns-and-poor-poll-numbers&catid=396)### [Gascon's Reelection Prospects Dwindle Amid Safety Concerns and Poor Poll Numbers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28706:gascons-reelection-prospects-dwindle-amid-safety-concerns-and-poor-poll-numbers&catid=396)

Written by Nick Antonicello on April 04 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/027d-8ed47b87.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28687:homelessness-programs-echoes-of-prohibition-era-corruption-in-los-angeles&catid=396)### [Homelessness Programs: Echoes of Prohibition-era Corruption in Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28687:homelessness-programs-echoes-of-prohibition-era-corruption-in-los-angeles&catid=396)

Written by Tim Campbell on April 01 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/026e-4b8280a8.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28669:them-deep-dark-election-blues&catid=396)### [Them Deep Dark Election Blues](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28669:them-deep-dark-election-blues&catid=396)

Written by Eliot Cohen on March 28 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/70/025f-70995849.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28650:city-controller-mejia-investigating-mayors-inside-safe-homeless-housing-program&catid=396)### [City Controller Mejia Investigating Mayor’s “Inside Safe” Homeless Housing Program](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28650:city-controller-mejia-investigating-mayors-inside-safe-homeless-housing-program&catid=396)

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