##  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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### [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

#  LOS ANGELES

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### LA Activists Submit Ballot Signatures for $8 Billion Mega-Mansion Tax

Written by Sarah McGregor and John Gittelsohn on May 05 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24493:la-activists-submit-ballot-signatures-for-8-billion-mega-mansion-tax&catid=312)

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## [The Exiled Musicians Who Escaped Fascism For La La Land](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24471:the-exiled-musicians-who-escaped-fascism-for-la-la-land&catid=312)

Throughout the 1920s these men and women had enjoyed artistic freedom and prestige in cities such as Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, and Paris, where they…

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Written by Jerald Podair on May 02 2022.

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Written by Thomas Buckley on May 02 2022.

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Written by Tim Deegan on May 02 2022.

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Written by James Preston Allen on April 28 2022.

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Written by Craig Greiwe on April 28 2022.

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 28 2022.

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Written by Tim Deegan on April 25 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 25 2022.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on April 25 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c2/032d-c27a52c9.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/032d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=96d31b9f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24387:corps-and-landlords-try-to-destroy-rent-control-tenants-unite&catid=312)### [Corps and Landlords Try to Destroy Rent Control, Tenants Unite](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24387:corps-and-landlords-try-to-destroy-rent-control-tenants-unite&catid=312)

Written by Jack Ross / Bobbi Murray on April 21 2022.

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Written by Bobbi Murray on April 21 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fb/031b-fb863664.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2022/031b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bc40740c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24364:la-s-lobbying-laws-it-s-your-turn-to-speak-up&catid=312)### [LA’s Lobbying Laws: It’s Your Turn To Speak Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24364:la-s-lobbying-laws-it-s-your-turn-to-speak-up&catid=312)

Written by Casey Maddren on April 18 2022.

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Written by Tim Deegan on April 18 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 21 2022.

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Written by RedQueeninLA on April 18 2022.

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Written by James Preston Allen on April 15 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on April 14 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 14 2022.

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