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Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [ Housing Crisis Burns While City Council Fiddles ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23606:housing-crisis-worsens-while-la-s-city-council-turns-to-lapd-for-political-backup&catid=312) In fact, a 2019 Los Angeles Times/LA Business Council/Hart Research poll found that 95 percent of voters considered homelessness to be a serious or very serious problem. Since then homelessness has gotten steadily worse, and elected offic… ### More Coverage - [LA Has Ignored Its Urban Forest. Who Will Pay The Price For This Negligence?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23553:la-has-ignored-its-urban-forest-who-will-pay-the-price-for-this-negligence&catid=312) - [Covid Criminality Is Popping Up in LA. 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Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [Questions Surround the January 10, 2022 Death of LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23575:questions-surround-the-january-10-2022-death-of-lapd-officer-fernando-arroyos&catid=312) The reason has nothing to do with “fake news,” but rather the public has a rush to judgment mentality. The heart rate quickens, the perceptions sharpen upon hearing “Breaking News” and “latest update on Arroyos’ murder.” As the motto goe… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1a/004c-1a90751d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23553:la-has-ignored-its-urban-forest-who-will-pay-the-price-for-this-negligence&catid=312)### [LA Has Ignored Its Urban Forest. 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