##  In the News

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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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### [Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429)

August 27 2026

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### [LA Wants $2 Billion for the Olympics. Taxpayers Deserve Answers Before Writing the Check](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33268:la-wants-2-billion-for-the-olympics-taxpayers-deserve-answers-before-writing-the-check&catid=312)

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#  PLANNING WATCH LA

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### Real Estate Industry Camp Followers Fabricate Claims About Housing Crisis to Weaken Land Use Laws

Written by Dick Platkin on January 05 2023.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26227:real-estate-industry-camp-followers-fabricate-claims-about-housing-crisis-to-weaken-land-use-laws&catid=398)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/104h-e7b6ab09.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26195:la-s-2022-planning-year-in-review&catid=398)Written by Dick Platkin on December 29 2022. Posted in [PLANNING WATCH LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=398).

## [LA’s 2022 Planning Year in Review](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26195:la-s-2022-planning-year-in-review&catid=398)

PLANNING WATCH - Looking back on 2022 and the decline in the quality of life in Los Angeles is not a pleasant task. This is what I see, with worse t…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/20/102j-20afe504.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26159:the-homeless-crisis-what-should-the-mayor-do-address-causes-not-symptoms&catid=398)### [The Homeless Crisis: What Should the Mayor Do? Address Causes, Not Symptoms](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26159:the-homeless-crisis-what-should-the-mayor-do-address-causes-not-symptoms&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 22 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/100c-b580d96e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26112:real-estate-scams-purporting-to-fix-homelessness&catid=398)### [Real Estate Scams Purporting to Fix Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26112:real-estate-scams-purporting-to-fix-homelessness&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 15 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/098e-be7f1e81.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26079:la-s-mcmansions-cause-housing-costs-to-rise-homelessness-and-overcrowding&catid=398)### [LA’s McMansions Cause Housing Costs to Rise, Homelessness and Overcrowding](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26079:la-s-mcmansions-cause-housing-costs-to-rise-homelessness-and-overcrowding&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 08 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/50/096d-50259d47.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26030:what-mayor-elect-karen-bass-is-up-against&catid=398)### [What Mayor-Elect Karen Bass Is Up Against!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26030:what-mayor-elect-karen-bass-is-up-against&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 01 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9e/094g-9e63714b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25991:la-city-hall-s-dilemma-corruption-served-in-bite-sized-bits-or-giant-portions&catid=398)### [LA City Hall’s Dilemma. Corruption Served In Bite-Sized Bits Or Giant Portions?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25991:la-city-hall-s-dilemma-corruption-served-in-bite-sized-bits-or-giant-portions&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 11 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/092d-fd7b7951.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25944:modest-proposals-for-mayor-elect-karen-bass-and-the-reconstituted-city-council&catid=398)### [Modest Proposals For Mayor-Elect Karen Bass And The Reconstituted City Council](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25944:modest-proposals-for-mayor-elect-karen-bass-and-the-reconstituted-city-council&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 17 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f8/090c-f8434349.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25905:city-hall-la-s-newly-elected-begin-in-january-check-your-optimism-at-the-door&catid=398)### [City Hall: LA’s Newly Elected Begin in January - Check Your Optimism at the Door](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25905:city-hall-la-s-newly-elected-begin-in-january-check-your-optimism-at-the-door&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 10 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ea/088g-eabbb2f2.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25867:new-york-times-on-la-s-housing-crisis-even-a-broken-clock-is-correct-twice-a-day&catid=398)### [New York Times on LA’s Housing Crisis. Even a Broken Clock Is Correct Twice a Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25867:new-york-times-on-la-s-housing-crisis-even-a-broken-clock-is-correct-twice-a-day&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 11 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/26/086e-269ed515.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25810:la-times-overcrowding-report-gets-a-lot-right-but-its-remedies-make-it-worse&catid=398)### [LA Times' Overcrowding Report Gets a Lot Right, But Its Remedies Make It Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25810:la-times-overcrowding-report-gets-a-lot-right-but-its-remedies-make-it-worse&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on October 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/084o-6e3f55b5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25775:forcing-bigoted-politicians-to-resign-are-easy-rooting-out-racist-policies-programs-and-practices-are-hard&catid=398)### [Forcing Bigoted Politicians to Resign is Easy, Rooting Out Racist Policies, Programs, and Practices is Hard.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25775:forcing-bigoted-politicians-to-resign-are-easy-rooting-out-racist-policies-programs-and-practices-are-hard&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 11 2022.

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Written by Dick Platkin on December 11 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e6/078c-e65c63a4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25600:who-controls-city-government-in-los-angeles-stay-tuned-to-find-out&catid=398)### [Who Controls City Government In Los Angeles? Stay Tuned To Find Out.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25600:who-controls-city-government-in-los-angeles-stay-tuned-to-find-out&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 11 2022.

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