## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/074h-6dc681e8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) ### [L.A. County Faces a Government Shake-Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) September 14 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/075c-ac0119b8.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33372-the-greater-israel-delusion-may-undo-israel) ### [The Greater Israel Delusion May Undo Israel](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33372-the-greater-israel-delusion-may-undo-israel) September 17 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/075h-9fb2fd6c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33365-sherwood-forest-when-an-adu-becomes-an-apartment-complex) ### [Sherwood Forest. When an ADU Becomes an Apartment Complex](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33365-sherwood-forest-when-an-adu-becomes-an-apartment-complex) September 17 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5f/075f-5fb121bc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33368-two-censured-one-replaced-and-two-appointed-to-the-venice-neighborhood-council) ### [Two Censured, One Replaced and Two Appointed to the Venice Neighborhood Council. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33368-two-censured-one-replaced-and-two-appointed-to-the-venice-neighborhood-council) September 17 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/068c2-2da97630.png) ### Where's The Beef? LA’s Mayoral Debate Had Plenty of Rhetoric, Not Enough Remedies Written by Nick Patsaouras on August 27 2026. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33259-wheres-the-beef-las-mayoral-debate-had-plenty-of-rhetoric-not-enough-remedies) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/067i-910ee2d7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33244-free-metro-who-pays-the-billion-dollar-bill)Written by Yonthan Mendal on August 24 2026. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [Free Metro? Who Pays the Billion-Dollar Bill?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33244-free-metro-who-pays-the-billion-dollar-bill) MY THOUGHTS - There is something strange happening at Los Angeles Metro. On one hand, Metro is spending millions of dollars installing taller faregat… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/067l-af146039.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33242-an-ugly-reality-faces-a-hail-mary-hope-bass-does-a-garcetti-change-in-reverse)### [An Ugly Reality Faces a “Hail Mary” Hope: Bass Does a Garcetti Change…In Reverse](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33242-an-ugly-reality-faces-a-hail-mary-hope-bass-does-a-garcetti-change-in-reverse) Written by Ken Alpern on August 24 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/19/066o-19b9c354.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33239-why-some-los-angeles-car-accident-claims-become-harder-to-prove)### [Why Some Los Angeles Car Accident Claims Become Harder to Prove](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33239-why-some-los-angeles-car-accident-claims-become-harder-to-prove) Written by CityWatch on August 21 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fa/066h-fa87c65a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33234-homelessness-among-seniors-spikes-in-los-angeles-county-but-its-not-hopeless)### [Homelessness Among Seniors Spikes in Los Angeles County, But It’s Not Hopeless](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33234-homelessness-among-seniors-spikes-in-los-angeles-county-but-its-not-hopeless) Written by Patrick Range McDonald on August 20 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/35/066n-35440ae5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33228-lausd-demolishes-closed-schools-wasting-public-assets-and-community-hopes)### [LAUSD Demolishes Closed Schools, Wasting Public Assets and Community Hopes](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33228-lausd-demolishes-closed-schools-wasting-public-assets-and-community-hopes) Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on August 20 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/065g-d600c1bb.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33223-raman-paid-for-failure-will-the-council-president)### [Raman Paid for Failure. Will the Council President?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33223-raman-paid-for-failure-will-the-council-president) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian – Jay Handal on August 17 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/98/065k-985757d3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33220-olympics-la28-controls-the-money-trapping-city-hall-and-taxpayers)### [Olympics: LA28 Controls the Money, Trapping City Hall and Taxpayers](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33220-olympics-la28-controls-the-money-trapping-city-hall-and-taxpayers) Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on August 17 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/30/065p-3007bab1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33219-second-judge-clears-way-for-curren-price-to-face-trial-on-12-public-corruption-felonies)### [Second Judge Clears Way for Curren Price to Face Trial on 12 Public Corruption Felonies](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33219-second-judge-clears-way-for-curren-price-to-face-trial-on-12-public-corruption-felonies) Written by CityWatch Staff on August 17 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/065f-f1f7c914.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33218-la-public-health-is-very-sick)### [LA Public Health Is Very Sick](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33218-la-public-health-is-very-sick) Written by Eliot Cohen on August 17 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/065l-1045f631.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33216-the-cynicism-of-homelessness)### [The Cynicism of Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33216-the-cynicism-of-homelessness) Written by Tim Campbell on August 17 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/065m-2f285fcf.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33215-a-second-karen-bass-term-gets-her-and-us-four-more-years-of-well-earned-voter-outrage)### [A Second Karen Bass Term Gets Her (and Us) Four More Years Of Well-Earned Voter Outrage](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33215-a-second-karen-bass-term-gets-her-and-us-four-more-years-of-well-earned-voter-outrage) Written by Ken Alpern on August 17 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/73/065d-73411295.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33210-bryan-freedman-and-the-legal-infrastructure-behind-los-angeles-entertainment)### [Bryan Freedman and the Legal Infrastructure Behind Los Angeles Entertainment](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33210-bryan-freedman-and-the-legal-infrastructure-behind-los-angeles-entertainment) Written by CityWatch on August 17 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/064n-c0a4b944.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33207-how-los-angeles-homeowners-can-use-home-equity-to-finance-major-home-improvements)### [How Los Angeles Homeowners Can Use Home Equity to Finance Major Home Improvements](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33207-how-los-angeles-homeowners-can-use-home-equity-to-finance-major-home-improvements) Written by CityWatch on August 14 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9c/064c-9c29a681.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33201-summer-is-hot-lausd-is-not-city-hall-is-boiling)### [Summer is Hot, LAUSD is Not. City Hall is Boiling](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33201-summer-is-hot-lausd-is-not-city-hall-is-boiling) Written by Dennis P. Zine on August 13 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d9/064b-d96ae92e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33198-the-hidden-cost-of-spacing-out-vaccines-how-new-federal-directives-burden-los-angeles-working-families)### [The Hidden Cost of Spacing Out Vaccines: How New Federal Directives Burden Los Angeles Working Families](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33198-the-hidden-cost-of-spacing-out-vaccines-how-new-federal-directives-burden-los-angeles-working-families) Written by Ziggy Kruse Blue and Bob Blue on August 13 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/06/063k-066e6ade.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33178-the-end-of-the-old-land-use-order-how-rules-not-access-are-redefining-development-in-los-angeles)### [The End of the Old Land Use Order: How Rules, Not Access, Are Redefining Development in Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33178-the-end-of-the-old-land-use-order-how-rules-not-access-are-redefining-development-in-los-angeles) Written by Thomas Glick on August 10 2026. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/eb/063j-eb959554.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33170-will-the-mayor-city-council-and-school-board-find-boldness-to-convert-empty-schools)### [Will the Mayor, City Council and School Board Find Boldness to Convert Empty Schools?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33170-will-the-mayor-city-council-and-school-board-find-boldness-to-convert-empty-schools) Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on August 10 2026. 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