##  In the News

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### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395)

August 31 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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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

August 31 2026

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### [Nithya Raman Has Yet to Address Hasan Piker’s Antisemitism Controversy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33275:nithya-raman-has-yet-to-address-hasan-pikers-antisemitism-controversy&catid=375)

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#  PLANNING WATCH LA

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### What a “Critique of YIMBY Economics” Gets Right and Wrong

Written by Dick Platkin on September 21 2023.

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## [LA’s Land Use Policies Make The Climate Crisis Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27530:las-land-use-policies-make-the-climate-crisis-worse&catid=398)

PLANNING WATCH - In Los Angeles City Hall offers a few platitudes and token efforts to address the rapidly worsening climate crisis. For example, fo…

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Written by Dick Platkin on August 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/066s-c0381d2f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27466:why-the-homeless-crisis-will-get-worse&catid=398)### [Why The Homeless Crisis Will Get Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27466:why-the-homeless-crisis-will-get-worse&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on August 17 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1a/064a-1a8f2478.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27419:california-forecast-population-decline-in-l-a-through-2060&catid=398)### [California Forecast: Population Decline in L.A. Through 2060](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27419:california-forecast-population-decline-in-l-a-through-2060&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on August 10 2023.

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Written by Dick Platkin on August 03 2023.

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