##  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

#  PLANNING WATCH LA

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### LA’s Future: More Of the Same, Worse, Or Push-Back?

Written by Dick Platkin on January 18 2024.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28298:las-future-more-of-the-same-worse-or-push-back&catid=398)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/78/004p-781d2649.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28257:city-halls-mishandling-of-the-homeless-crisis-is-not-its-cause&catid=398)Written by Dick Platkin on January 12 2024. Posted in [PLANNING WATCH LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=398).

## [City Hall’s Mishandling of The Homeless Crisis Is Not Its Cause](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28257:city-halls-mishandling-of-the-homeless-crisis-is-not-its-cause&catid=398)

PLANNING WATCH - Despite elaborate and well-funded City and County homeless programs, homelessness continues its relentless rise in Los Angeles. The…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/82/002a1-823a1f83.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28223:california-continues-its-losing-streak&catid=398)### [California Continues Its Losing Streak](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28223:california-continues-its-losing-streak&catid=398)

Written by Irvin Dawid on January 04 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/002f-f4939cb6.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28217:los-angeles-city-hall-home-of-the-citys-neglected-but-nevertheless-mandatory-general-plan&catid=398)### [Los Angeles City Hall, Home of the City’s Neglected but Nevertheless Mandatory General Plan.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28217:los-angeles-city-hall-home-of-the-citys-neglected-but-nevertheless-mandatory-general-plan&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 04 2024.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/104e-d821d1ee.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28192:part-ii-how-to-make-los-angeles-a-bicycle-friendly-city&catid=398)### [Part II: How To Make Los Angeles A Bicycle-Friendly City](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28192:part-ii-how-to-make-los-angeles-a-bicycle-friendly-city&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 28 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/102b-d68f314a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28165:what-will-it-take-to-create-a-bicycle-friendly-los-angeles&catid=398)### [What Will It Take To Create A Bicycle-Friendly Los Angeles?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28165:what-will-it-take-to-create-a-bicycle-friendly-los-angeles&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 21 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/100e2-2c65ac46.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28139:will-las-metro-ever-build-successful-mass-transit&catid=398)### [Will LA’s METRO Ever Build Successful Mass Transit](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28139:will-las-metro-ever-build-successful-mass-transit&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 14 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/098b-deaffe66.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28086:homelessness-at-home-and-abroad&catid=398)### [Homelessness: At Home And Abroad](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28086:homelessness-at-home-and-abroad&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 07 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/096d-915c390d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28058:las-response-to-the-un-climate-change-conference-in-dubai-what-me-worry&catid=398)### [LA’s Response to the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai: “What, Me Worry?”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28058:las-response-to-the-un-climate-change-conference-in-dubai-what-me-worry&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 30 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/094d-86838da0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28012:the-real-estate-scams-keep-coming-along-with-aggressive-policing-of-the-unhoused&catid=398)### [The Real Estate Scams Keep Coming, Along With Aggressive Policing Of The Unhoused](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28012:the-real-estate-scams-keep-coming-along-with-aggressive-policing-of-the-unhoused&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 23 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/092r-9195c52d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27990:mass-evictions-increase-homelessness-what-is-going-on&catid=398)### [Mass Evictions Increase Homelessness. What Is Going On?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27990:mass-evictions-increase-homelessness-what-is-going-on&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 16 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/090c-74fa6352.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27952:why-the-housing-crisis-continues-to-get-worse&catid=398)### [Why The Housing Crisis Continues To Get Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27952:why-the-housing-crisis-continues-to-get-worse&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 09 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/086c-2ff1d6e9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27857:las-wilshire-community-plan-is-out-of-date-with-terrible-consequences&catid=398)### [LA’s Wilshire Community Plan Is Out-Of-Date, With Terrible Consequences](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27857:las-wilshire-community-plan-is-out-of-date-with-terrible-consequences&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on October 26 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/082a-8c37ec1e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27777:why-is-homelessness-still-growing-in-los-angeles&catid=398)### [Why Is Homelessness Still Growing In Los Angeles?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27777:why-is-homelessness-still-growing-in-los-angeles&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on October 12 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/080d-748ef003.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27729:despite-city-council-adoption-las-housing-element-and-hollywoods-community-plan-are-up-for-grabs&catid=398)### [Despite City Council Adoption, LA’s Housing Element And Hollywood’s Community Plan Are Up For Grabs](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27729:despite-city-council-adoption-las-housing-element-and-hollywoods-community-plan-are-up-for-grabs&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on October 05 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/078n-e463c304.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27689:another-crackpot-idea-hand-the-i-90-freeway-corridor-over-to-real-estate-developers&catid=398)### [Another Crackpot Idea: Hand The I-90 Freeway Corridor Over to Real Estate Developers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27689:another-crackpot-idea-hand-the-i-90-freeway-corridor-over-to-real-estate-developers&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on September 28 2023.

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