##  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 City Attorney Blocked Homelessness Audits — Critics Say the Move Shielded a Billion-Dollar System From Scrutiny

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on December 01 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31895:the-city-attorney-blocked-homelessness-audits-critics-say-the-move-shielded-a-billion-dollar-system-from-scrutiny&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/35/095i-35522641.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/095i.jpg&thumbnail=610,395,&hash=32d4025d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31882:does-any-charter-proposal-help-los-angeles-get-better&catid=312)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 27 2025. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Does Any Charter Proposal Help Los Angeles Get Better?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31882:does-any-charter-proposal-help-los-angeles-get-better&catid=312)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Short Answer: No! Why Won’t Los Angeles Get Any Better? Short Answer: Wall Street is making too much easy money by sucking…

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on November 27 2025.

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Written by Sara G. Marti on November 27 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e4/094a-e408d34e.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/094a.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2f0bb422) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31864:plants-over-people-how-california-let-the-palisades-burn&catid=312)### [Plants Over People: How California Let the Palisades Burn](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31864:plants-over-people-how-california-let-the-palisades-burn&catid=312)

Written by Eliot Cohen on November 24 2025.

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Written by Nick Patsaouras on November 24 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7e/094h-7e2a78d9.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/094h.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f22305a8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31858:this-is-bullshit-monica-rodriguez-says-bass-botched-wildfire-recovery-and-endangered-residents&catid=312)### [“This Is Bullshit”: Monica Rodriguez Says Bass Botched Wildfire Recovery and Endangered Residents](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31858:this-is-bullshit-monica-rodriguez-says-bass-botched-wildfire-recovery-and-endangered-residents&catid=312)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on November 24 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/70/094j-70b1f89c.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/094j.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fbfe60b3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31857:local-governments-win-injunction-against-trump-administration-restoring-access-to-dhs-grants&catid=312)### [Local Governments Win Injunction Against Trump Administration, Restoring Access To DHS Grants](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31857:local-governments-win-injunction-against-trump-administration-restoring-access-to-dhs-grants&catid=312)

Written by Cal County News on November 27 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/12/093b-1217ad0a.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/093b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bf03fef4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31842:charter-reform-is-like-rearranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic&catid=312)### [Charter Reform is Like Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31842:charter-reform-is-like-rearranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 20 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c7/093g-c774e4a8.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/093g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=acf77507) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31838:is-las-rent-control-policy-a-step-closer-to-zohran-mamdanis-freeze-the-rent-goal-in-ny&catid=312)### [Is LA’s Rent Control Policy a Step Closer to Zohran Mamdani’s “Freeze The Rent” Goal in NY?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31838:is-las-rent-control-policy-a-step-closer-to-zohran-mamdanis-freeze-the-rent-goal-in-ny&catid=312)

Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on November 27 2025.

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Written by CityWatch on November 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/08/091g-08674faf.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/091g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a7ebe490) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31811:los-angeles-reforms-rent-control-for-first-time-in-40-years&catid=312)### [Los Angeles Reforms Rent Control For First Time In 40 Years](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31811:los-angeles-reforms-rent-control-for-first-time-in-40-years&catid=312)

Written by CityWatch on November 13 2025.

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on November 13 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c4/091m-c47c3a81.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/091m.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a95af137) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31807:the-dodgers-world-series-victory-it-means-so-much&catid=312)### [The Dodgers World Series Victory: It Means So Much](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31807:the-dodgers-world-series-victory-it-means-so-much&catid=312)

Written by John Mirisch on November 13 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1f/090p-1f2cd444.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/090p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2750125a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31799:neighbors-turn-ugly-threat-into-teachable-moment-for-democracy&catid=312)### [Neighbors Turn Ugly Threat into Teachable Moment for Democracy ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31799:neighbors-turn-ugly-threat-into-teachable-moment-for-democracy&catid=312)

Written by Hans Johnson on November 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f9/090n-f9c2a997.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/090n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ff7dfd63) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31791:red-light-running-neglected-lawlessness-has-turned-las-intersections-into-killing-fields&catid=312)### [Red Light Running: Neglected Lawlessness Has Turned LA’s Intersections Into Killing Fields](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31791:red-light-running-neglected-lawlessness-has-turned-las-intersections-into-killing-fields&catid=312)

Written by Nick Patsaouras on November 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/69/090f-6968bd1e.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/090f.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ee35fcfe) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31790:why-judge-carter-had-to-appoint-a-monitor-to-make-la-tell-the-truth-about-homelessness&catid=312)### [Why Judge Carter Had to Appoint a Monitor to Make LA Tell the Truth About Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31790:why-judge-carter-had-to-appoint-a-monitor-to-make-la-tell-the-truth-about-homelessness&catid=312)

Written by Tim Campbell on November 11 2025.

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Written by Michael Feinstein, Marcela Miranda-Prierto on November 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/09/090m-097711d2.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/090m.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6bed103a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31785:we-mourn-the-passing-of-eric-preven&catid=312)### [We Mourn the Passing of Eric Preven](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31785:we-mourn-the-passing-of-eric-preven&catid=312)

Written by Jim Hampton on November 10 2025.

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