##  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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### Donald Trump: America’s First 1960’s Anti-War Radical President

Written by Bob Gelfand on May 20 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21785:donald-trump-america-s-first-1960-s-anti-war-radical-president&catid=312)

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## [Are You Kidding Me?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21784:are-you-kidding-me&catid=312)

Who do the Elected and Appointed Officials think they are fooling this time around? Are Californians and Angelenos that gullible to believe that mill…

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Written by Tony Butka on May 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a1/040g-a18c4b07.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/040g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8d7d82b0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21782:thoughts-on-the-justice-budget&catid=312)### [Thoughts on the Justice Budget](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21782:thoughts-on-the-justice-budget&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/77/040s-778c6aa2.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/040s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=05d9fbad) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21781:it-does-well-to-remember-president-sanders-biden-that-respect-is-earned-not-granted&catid=312)### [It Does Well to Remember, President Sanders/Biden, That Respect is EARNED, not Granted ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21781:it-does-well-to-remember-president-sanders-biden-that-respect-is-earned-not-granted&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d3/040q-d36804d7.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/040q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9bdabd83) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21780:numbers-never-lie&catid=312)### [Numbers Never Lie](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21780:numbers-never-lie&catid=312)

Written by Jack Humphreville on May 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e1/040p-e19bcc98.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/040p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9df99a3e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21779:the-best-thing-jimmy-carter-ever-did&catid=312)### [The Best Thing Jimmy Carter Ever Did](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21779:the-best-thing-jimmy-carter-ever-did&catid=312)

Written by Andrew Cockburn and Leslie Cockburn on May 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/15/040f-152c9ac7.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/040f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=603850b7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21778:who-has-the-president-s-ear&catid=312)### [Who has the President’s Ear?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21778:who-has-the-president-s-ear&catid=312)

Written by Robert F. Dodge, MD on May 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/79/040e-79bd7b80.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/040e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7b316962) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21777:does-los-angeles-have-a-homeless-crisis-or-a-stupidity-crisis&catid=312)### [Does Los Angeles Have a Homeless Crisis or a Stupidity Crisis?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21777:does-los-angeles-have-a-homeless-crisis-or-a-stupidity-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 20 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ec/039m-ec6c80f1.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/039m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=86849046) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21769:alert-supreme-court-takes-up-case-that-could-reverse-roe-v-wade&catid=312)### [Alert! Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Reverse Roe v. Wade](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21769:alert-supreme-court-takes-up-case-that-could-reverse-roe-v-wade&catid=312)

Written by Jessica Corbett on May 17 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/43/039n-43c57b54.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/039n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=71923656) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21767:how-the-cdc-stabbed-joe-biden-in-the-back&catid=312)### [How the CDC Stabbed Joe Biden in the Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21767:how-the-cdc-stabbed-joe-biden-in-the-back&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 17 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/36/039k-369830e0.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/039k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c0c8b1ab) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21766:carter-we-ve-run-aground&catid=312)### [‘Carter, We've Run Aground’…](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21766:carter-we-ve-run-aground&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on May 17 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/81/039e-81d822e5.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/039e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cdc3c4b5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21765:why-los-angeles-hasn-t-solved-its-transit-crisis&catid=312)### [Why Los Angeles Hasn’t Solved Its Transit Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21765:why-los-angeles-hasn-t-solved-its-transit-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Jack Ross on May 17 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/95/039i-95ec7c77.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/039i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0b2bbf7b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21764:is-city-hall-ready-for-a-transgender-councilmember-2&catid=312)### [Is City Hall Ready for a Transgender Councilmember?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21764:is-city-hall-ready-for-a-transgender-councilmember-2&catid=312)

Written by Hollis Evans on May 17 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ad/039j-add7b695.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/039j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=75f48ba9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21763:grin-all-you-want-mr-president-but-the-mideast-and-southern-border-blood-is-on-you&catid=312)### [Grin All You Want, Mr. President, But the Mideast and Southern Border Blood Is On YOU](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21763:grin-all-you-want-mr-president-but-the-mideast-and-southern-border-blood-is-on-you&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 17 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/06/039g-066235d8.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/039g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bc1a35ed) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21760:seaspiracy-s-nightmarish-odyssey&catid=312)### [Seaspiracy’s Nightmarish Odyssey](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21760:seaspiracy-s-nightmarish-odyssey&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on May 17 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e3/038e-e3bb08b3.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/038e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7f8ea891) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21749:the-award-for-sleaziest-corporate-profiteering-goes-to&catid=312)### [The Award for Sleaziest Corporate Profiteering Goes To. . .](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21749:the-award-for-sleaziest-corporate-profiteering-goes-to&catid=312)

Written by Jim Hightower on May 13 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ff/038j-ffb8d22c.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/038j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=348962d6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21747:it-s-not-american-aid-to-israel-it-s-tribute&catid=312)### [It’s Not American Aid to Israel. It’s Tribute.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21747:it-s-not-american-aid-to-israel-it-s-tribute&catid=312)

Written by John Whitbeck on May 13 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/038l-ea2abccc.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/038l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=db512502) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21745:how-to-spend-billions-and-still-ignore-la-s-fissured-streets-sidewalks-water-mains-and-power-grids&catid=312)### [How to Spend Billions and Still Ignore LA’s Fissured Streets, Sidewalks, Water Mains, and Power Grids](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21745:how-to-spend-billions-and-still-ignore-la-s-fissured-streets-sidewalks-water-mains-and-power-grids&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on May 13 2021.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on May 13 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c5/038r-c5b5bb2d.png&src=images/stories/May-2021/038r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8f09c885) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21742:buscaino-s-hammer-and-nails-solutions&catid=312)### [Buscaino’s Hammer and Nails Solutions](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21742:buscaino-s-hammer-and-nails-solutions&catid=312)

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