##  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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### [Free Metro? Who Pays the Billion-Dollar Bill?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33244:free-metro-who-pays-the-billion-dollar-bill&catid=312)

August 24 2026

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### [West LA Democrats Endorse Roy and Reitano, Decline to Back a Candidate in Senate District 24](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33248:west-la-democrats-endorse-roy-and-reitano-decline-to-back-a-candidate-in-senate-district-24&catid=401)

August 24 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### After Eric Garcetti Feels Our Pain, What Will Permanently Change at City Hall?

Written by Dick Platkin on June 11 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19912:after-eric-garcetti-feels-our-pain-what-will-permanently-change-at-city-hall&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5e/048n-5edce87f.png&src=images/stories/June-2020/048n.png&thumbnail=610,396,&hash=05cedfe4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19911:gone-with-the-wind-is-gone-with-the-wind&catid=312)Written by Bob Gelfand on June 11 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Gone With the Wind is Gone With the Wind](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19911:gone-with-the-wind-is-gone-with-the-wind&catid=312)

Mainly, it’s been a moment for reconsidering the relationship between the American people and its police departments. But there have been a few other…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/048p-ada78a9a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19910:defund-the-police-defund-the-military&catid=312)### [Defund the Police, Defund the Military](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19910:defund-the-police-defund-the-military&catid=312)

Written by Nicolas J S Davies &amp; Medea Benjamin on June 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c6/048o-c69c44ec.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19908:done-displays-dysfunction-again-but-we-have-a-secret-weapon&catid=312)### [DONE Displays Dysfunction Again - But We Have A Secret Weapon!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19908:done-displays-dysfunction-again-but-we-have-a-secret-weapon&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on June 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/08/048f-082b1588.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19907:updated-top-10-contributors-opposing-rental-affordability-act&catid=312)### [UPDATED: Top 10 Contributors Opposing Rental Affordability Act](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19907:updated-top-10-contributors-opposing-rental-affordability-act&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on June 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/70/048t-70e4b30b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19906:a-four-point-plan-for-la-to-provide-hope-beyond-the-chaos&catid=312)### [A Four-Point Plan for LA to Provide Hope Beyond the Chaos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19906:a-four-point-plan-for-la-to-provide-hope-beyond-the-chaos&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c2/048e-c24eab4c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19904:who-the-hell-does-lapd-think-they-are&catid=312)### [Who the Hell Does LAPD Think They Are?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19904:who-the-hell-does-lapd-think-they-are&catid=312)

Written by General Jeff on June 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/77/048d-77a1221d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19903:why-reducing-funds-for-the-lapd-would-be-huge-mistake&catid=312)### [Why Reducing Funds for the LAPD Would be Huge Mistake](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19903:why-reducing-funds-for-the-lapd-would-be-huge-mistake&catid=312)

Written by Dennis Zine on June 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ff/048h-fff55de1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19901:the-tripod-of-judicial-oppression&catid=312)### [The Tripod of Judicial Oppression](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19901:the-tripod-of-judicial-oppression&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 11 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/047g-63a96353.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19898:looters-steal-the-show-as-anarchists-are-blamed-for-unrest&catid=312)### [Looters Steal the Show as Anarchists Are Blamed for Unrest](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19898:looters-steal-the-show-as-anarchists-are-blamed-for-unrest&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/70/047k-706afc08.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19897:fanning-the-flames-the-media-makes-the-news&catid=312)### [Fanning the Flames: The Media Makes the News](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19897:fanning-the-flames-the-media-makes-the-news&catid=312)

Written by Liz Amsden on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/33/047p-33fa30cf.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19896:backlash-against-the-backlash&catid=312)### [Backlash against the Backlash](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19896:backlash-against-the-backlash&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9c/047j-9c249006.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19895:how-exactly-should-the-us-reinvent-its-police-departments&catid=312)### [How Exactly Should the US Reinvent Its Police Departments?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19895:how-exactly-should-the-us-reinvent-its-police-departments&catid=312)

Written by Thom Hartman on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/047o-743062a0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19893:budget-crisis-threatens-la-teachers-hard-won-gains&catid=312)### [Budget Crisis Threatens LA Teachers’ Hard-Won Gains](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19893:budget-crisis-threatens-la-teachers-hard-won-gains&catid=312)

Written by Jack Ross on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/29/047m-297b5c77.png&src=images/stories/June-2020/047m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9b8e9274) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19892:do-we-want-a-bounty-of-justice-or-a-pound-of-flesh&catid=312)### [Do We Want a Bounty of Justice, or a Pound of Flesh?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19892:do-we-want-a-bounty-of-justice-or-a-pound-of-flesh&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/047h-2487c45d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19890:lapd-chief-should-re-retire-after-absurd-race-reveal&catid=312)### [LAPD Chief Should ‘Re-Retire’ After Absurd Race Reveal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19890:lapd-chief-should-re-retire-after-absurd-race-reveal&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/047d-af5dbbce.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19888:will-the-city-of-yulin-hold-the-infamous-dog-meat-festival-on-june-21-30-in-defiance-of-new-chinese-regulations-banning-commercial-dog-meat&catid=312)### [Will the City of Yulin Hold the Infamous Dog Meat Festival on June 21-30, In Defiance of New Chinese Regulations Banning Commercial Dog Meat?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19888:will-the-city-of-yulin-hold-the-infamous-dog-meat-festival-on-june-21-30-in-defiance-of-new-chinese-regulations-banning-commercial-dog-meat&catid=312)

Written by Jeffrey Mausner on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/047i-dd9bf5de.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19887:how-the-judicial-right-of-bigotry-is-upheld-by-california-s-constitution&catid=312)### [How the Judicial Right of Bigotry is Upheld by California’s Constitution](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19887:how-the-judicial-right-of-bigotry-is-upheld-by-california-s-constitution&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 08 2020.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/47/046o-474279c6.png&src=images/stories/June-2020/046o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5808b9b4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19882:update-chinese-ministry-of-agriculture-bans-commercial-dog-and-cat-meat-focus-shifts-to-enforcement&catid=312)### [Update: Chinese Ministry of Agriculture Bans Commercial Dog and Cat Meat – Focus Shifts to Enforcement](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19882:update-chinese-ministry-of-agriculture-bans-commercial-dog-and-cat-meat-focus-shifts-to-enforcement&catid=312)

Written by Jeffrey Mausner on June 04 2020.

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Written by Diedra Greenaway on June 04 2020.

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