##  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

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Stop the Madness: Recall DA Gascon

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on September 26 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22661:stop-the-madness-recall-da-gascon&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7f/077m-7f0a3387.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/077m.png&thumbnail=610,338,&hash=eafb2a5e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22658:these-gop-grifters-will-be-the-death-of-this-republic&catid=312)Written by Thom Hartmann on September 26 2021. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [These GOP Grifters Will Be the Death of This Republic](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22658:these-gop-grifters-will-be-the-death-of-this-republic&catid=312)

the day Trump tried to finally end, once and for all, any possibility of governmental oversight of his ongoing criminal career. He believed he could…

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Written by Srinidhi Sampath Kumar on September 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/57/076z1-576c6c94.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/076z1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c3e373b7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22636:sheriff-defies-subpoena-board-of-supes-cancel-closed-session&catid=312)### [Sheriff Defies Subpoena, Board of Supes Cancel Closed Session](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22636:sheriff-defies-subpoena-board-of-supes-cancel-closed-session&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on September 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/30/076z5-3041967b.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/076z5.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d4fcba5b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22632:counter-la-corruption-by-restructuring-city-council&catid=312)### [Counter LA Corruption By Restructuring City Council](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22632:counter-la-corruption-by-restructuring-city-council&catid=312)

Written by Richard Abrams on September 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7e/076v-7e11cf5e.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/076v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=52f5bfeb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22628:crackpot-realism-in-la-housing-crisis&catid=312)### [Crackpot Realism in LA Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22628:crackpot-realism-in-la-housing-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on September 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0b/076o-0b3c7dfe.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/076o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ca840d79) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22627:contamination-a-huge-challenge-for-affordable-drinking-water-in-california&catid=312)### [Contamination a ‘Huge Challenge’ For Affordable Drinking Water in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22627:contamination-a-huge-challenge-for-affordable-drinking-water-in-california&catid=312)

Written by Dan Ross on September 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/44/076n-44c5b940.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/076n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=74a0ba61) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22626:three-key-takeaways-about-broadband-and-california-s-digital-divide&catid=312)### [Three Key Takeaways About Broadband and California’s Digital Divide](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22626:three-key-takeaways-about-broadband-and-california-s-digital-divide&catid=312)

Written by Grace Gedye on September 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0f/076g-0fe1b04d.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/076g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e4e8d717) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22620:out-with-mass-incarceration-and-in-with-mass-commerce&catid=312)### [Out with Mass Incarceration and in with Mass Commerce](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22620:out-with-mass-incarceration-and-in-with-mass-commerce&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on September 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d8/076h-d8fe4ff1.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/076h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f3ef6766) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22619:pass-the-pro-act-to-demand-more-for-all-workers&catid=312)### [Pass the PRO Act to Demand More for ALL Workers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22619:pass-the-pro-act-to-demand-more-for-all-workers&catid=312)

Written by Brianna Westbrook on September 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5e/076z6-5ee66ec5.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/076z6.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2ce6dd43) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22617:missing-white-woman-syndrome-media-ignores-missing-black-victims&catid=312)### ["Missing White Woman Syndrome" – Media Ignores Missing Black Victims](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22617:missing-white-woman-syndrome-media-ignores-missing-black-victims&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on September 23 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0e/075u-0e59c58a.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/075u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7cae1ec1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22605:biden-proposal-could-benefit-high-income-californians&catid=312)### [Biden proposal could benefit high-income Californians](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22605:biden-proposal-could-benefit-high-income-californians&catid=312)

Written by Dan Walters on September 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bb/075q-bbf71548.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/075q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=416df8ea) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22603:gavin-newsom-won-his-recall-what-s-next-for-california&catid=312)### [What’s Next For California?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22603:gavin-newsom-won-his-recall-what-s-next-for-california&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin on September 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0f/075x-0ff88e3c.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/075x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e3ce4ca4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22599:a-perfect-union-not-so-perfect&catid=312)### [A Perfect Union. Not So Perfect.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22599:a-perfect-union-not-so-perfect&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7f/075a-7fc4614b.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/075a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d1996d6b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22588:sma-r-t-column-densification-fiction-converted-to-fact-through-repetition&catid=312)### [State of California to use intimidation, penalties and lawsuits to densify urban housing.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22588:sma-r-t-column-densification-fiction-converted-to-fact-through-repetition&catid=312)

Written by Marc L. Verville on September 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/31/075z-31bd73fc.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/075z.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a1e45032) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22587:governor-newsom-survived-recall-and-california-is-still-going-into-the-toilet&catid=312)### [Governor Newsom Survived Recall...and California is Still Going Into the Toilet](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22587:governor-newsom-survived-recall-and-california-is-still-going-into-the-toilet&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on September 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a0/074f-a055f7ba.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/074f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6c0db023) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22581:unemployment-insurance-isn-t-holding-back-the-economy-inequality-is&catid=312)### [Unemployment Insurance Isn't Holding Back The Economy. Inequality Is.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22581:unemployment-insurance-isn-t-holding-back-the-economy-inequality-is&catid=312)

Written by Rebekah Entralgo on September 16 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/68/074c-68efe0bc.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/074c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9fb40293) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22579:inglewood-is-raising-taxes-to-pay-for-the-transit-connector-people-mover-project&catid=312)### [Inglewood is raising taxes to pay for the Transit Connector (people mover) project](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22579:inglewood-is-raising-taxes-to-pay-for-the-transit-connector-people-mover-project&catid=312)

Written by 2urbangirls on September 16 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/03/074z1-03a4ae11.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2021/074z1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ba1a9769) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22573:recall-takeaway-a-costly-effort-in-need-of-reform&catid=312)### [Recall Takeaway: A Costly Effort in Need of Reform](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22573:recall-takeaway-a-costly-effort-in-need-of-reform&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on September 16 2021.

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Written by Dan Walters on September 16 2021.

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