##  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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### The Big Dogs are Now Officially in the Chase for the LA Mayor’s Seat

Written by Eric Preven on March 18 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21402:the-big-dogs-are-now-officially-in-the-chase-for-the-la-mayor-s-seat&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4a/022h-4a055655.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/022h.png&thumbnail=610,389,&hash=68b8eab5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21401:please-spare-us-from-one-more-murderous-white-boy-s-fever-dream-of-a-really-bad-day&catid=312)Written by Abby Zimet on March 18 2021. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Please Spare Us from One More Murderous White Boy's Fever Dream of a Really Bad Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21401:please-spare-us-from-one-more-murderous-white-boy-s-fever-dream-of-a-really-bad-day&catid=312)

you also get another old, sick, white, racist cop benevolently explaining the kid was having "a really bad day" - the white-male-rage alternative to…

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Written by Rachael Rose Luckey­ on March 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a1/022o-a12a3367.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/022o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1cc3a9a1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21399:chaos-reigns-at-done&catid=312)### [Chaos Reigns At DONE](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21399:chaos-reigns-at-done&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on March 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7a/022e-7aad7e26.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/022e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=43720218) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21398:why-has-it-taken-so-long-to-have-mobile-community-covid-vaccination-sites-in-communities-of-color&catid=312)### [Why has It Taken So Long to have Mobile Community COVID Vaccination Sites in Communities of Color?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21398:why-has-it-taken-so-long-to-have-mobile-community-covid-vaccination-sites-in-communities-of-color&catid=312)

Written by Caroline Aquirre on March 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/39/022n-39e29ac4.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/022n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=818e4e61) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21397:confirmation-of-ca-s-xavier-becerra-for-hhs-secretary-squeaks-by-with-just-one-gop-vote&catid=312)### [Confirmation of CA’s Xavier Becerra for HHS Secretary Squeaks by With Just One GOP Vote](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21397:confirmation-of-ca-s-xavier-becerra-for-hhs-secretary-squeaks-by-with-just-one-gop-vote&catid=312)

Written by Andrea Germanos on March 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/98/022f-98862ac4.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/022f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=73c666e4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21396:why-you-should-refrain-from-arguing-or-resisting-law-enforcement-personnel-if-you-are-stopped&catid=312)### [Why You Should Refrain from Arguing or Resisting Law Enforcement Personnel if You are Stopped?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21396:why-you-should-refrain-from-arguing-or-resisting-law-enforcement-personnel-if-you-are-stopped&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on March 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5a/022k-5a8163ab.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/022k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ed3e5bdc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21394:hollywood-community-plan-update-magnet-for-spurious-arguments-to-justify-real-estate-speculation&catid=312)### [Hollywood Community Plan Update – Magnet for Spurious Arguments to Justify Real Estate Speculation](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21394:hollywood-community-plan-update-magnet-for-spurious-arguments-to-justify-real-estate-speculation&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on March 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/52/022r-52be098b.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/022r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=af11abab) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21392:was-tom-girardi-the-balance-weight-on-the-judicial-wheel-of-corruptionism&catid=312)### [Was Tom Girardi the Balance Weight on the Judicial Wheel of Corruptionism?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21392:was-tom-girardi-the-balance-weight-on-the-judicial-wheel-of-corruptionism&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c2/022j-c2167dc9.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/022j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a82cb6cc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21390:i-dream-of-densiteries-a-nighttime-vision-2&catid=312)### [I Dream of Densiteries: A Nighttime Vision](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21390:i-dream-of-densiteries-a-nighttime-vision-2&catid=312)

Written by John Mirisch on March 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/45/022i-45da1007.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/022i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=63120ed5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21389:john-locke-and-the-roots-of-white-supremacy-in-the-u-s&catid=312)### [John Locke and the Roots of White Supremacy in the U.S.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21389:john-locke-and-the-roots-of-white-supremacy-in-the-u-s&catid=312)

Written by Walden Bello on March 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5a/021e-5a68cc80.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/021e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ea7dc1d0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21383:youtube-technology-and-culture-have-taken-over-the-world&catid=312)### [YouTube Technology and Culture have Taken Over the World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21383:youtube-technology-and-culture-have-taken-over-the-world&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on March 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a5/021g-a5cdae80.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/021g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5375a581) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21380:what-has-lapd-s-michael-moore-shaking-his-head&catid=312)### [What Has LAPD’s Michel Moore Shaking His Head?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21380:what-has-lapd-s-michael-moore-shaking-his-head&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on March 16 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/66/021n-662f9fc3.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/021n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=91364b8b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21377:billionaire-stephen-schwarzman-fierce-opponent-of-rent-control-in-california-raked-in-610-5-m-in-2020&catid=312)### [Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, Fierce Opponent of Rent Control in California, Raked In $610.5 M in 2020](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21377:billionaire-stephen-schwarzman-fierce-opponent-of-rent-control-in-california-raked-in-610-5-m-in-2020&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on March 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/25/021i-25e5379e.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/021i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fd530441) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21376:next-vaccination-challenge-getting-enough-of-us-vaccinated-to-throw-away-the-masks&catid=312)### [Next Vaccination Challenge: Getting Enough of Us Vaccinated to Throw Away the Masks](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21376:next-vaccination-challenge-getting-enough-of-us-vaccinated-to-throw-away-the-masks&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/02/021l-02364738.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/021l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3b4e26dd) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21374:how-the-right-and-left-gin-up-divisive-racism-for-fun-and-profit-2&catid=312)### [How the Right and Left Gin Up Divisive Racism for Fun and Profit](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21374:how-the-right-and-left-gin-up-divisive-racism-for-fun-and-profit-2&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 15 2021.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on March 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3a/020j-3a704b40.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2021/020j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f0410408) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21365:so-what-did-we-learn-from-the-latest-skirmish-between-the-crown-and-the-commoners&catid=312)### [So, What Did We Learn from the Latest Skirmish Between the Crown and the Commoners?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21365:so-what-did-we-learn-from-the-latest-skirmish-between-the-crown-and-the-commoners&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on March 11 2021.

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Written by Eric Preven on March 11 2021.

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Written by Tony Butka on March 11 2021.

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