##  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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### Rhetoric Isn’t Data: The Truth About LA’s Homelessness Policies

Written by Tim Campbell on November 03 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31763:rhetoric-isnt-data-the-truth-about-las-homelessness-policies&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3a/087c-3aaf2eb3.jpg&src=images/stories/Oct-2025/087c.jpg&thumbnail=610,434,&hash=2f4ee1cd) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31748:the-story-of-halloween-and-where-to-celebrate-it-in-los-angeles-this-year&catid=312)Written by CityWatch on October 30 2025. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [The Story of Halloween—and Where to Celebrate It in Los Angeles This Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31748:the-story-of-halloween-and-where-to-celebrate-it-in-los-angeles-this-year&catid=312)

HALLOWEEN - Every October, Angelenos transform their neighborhoods into a swirl of costumes, cobwebs, and creativity. But while Halloween in Los Ange…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/087f-a5c10819.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31744:as-elections-for-los-angeles-mayor-approach-is-there-another-tom-bradley-to-be-found&catid=312)### [As Elections For Los Angeles Mayor Approach, Is There Another Tom Bradley To Be Found?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31744:as-elections-for-los-angeles-mayor-approach-is-there-another-tom-bradley-to-be-found&catid=312)

Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/087q-02f8a366.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31733:ladwp-and-nlsla-reach-landmark-settlement-expanding-tenant-protections&catid=312)### [LADWP and NLSLA Reach Landmark Settlement Expanding Tenant Protections](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31733:ladwp-and-nlsla-reach-landmark-settlement-expanding-tenant-protections&catid=312)

Written by CityWatch on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/087b4-6143e690.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31729:how-dui-blood-tests-can-be-challenged-in-court-today&catid=312)### [How DUI Blood Tests Can Be Challenged in Court Today](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31729:how-dui-blood-tests-can-be-challenged-in-court-today&catid=312)

Written by CityWatch on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/086b-0d638f2c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31715:five-things-to-know-before-believing-las-homelessness-headlines&catid=312)### [Five Things to Know Before Believing LA’s Homelessness Headlines](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31715:five-things-to-know-before-believing-las-homelessness-headlines&catid=312)

Written by Tim Campbell on October 27 2025.

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Written by Nick Patsaouras on October 27 2025.

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Written by CityWatch on October 27 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/085a-f12fcf68.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31706:los-angeles-needs-leadership-not-another-lecture-in-engineering&catid=312)### [Los Angeles Needs Leadership — Not Another Lecture in Engineering](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31706:los-angeles-needs-leadership-not-another-lecture-in-engineering&catid=312)

Written by Shoshannah Kalaydjian on October 26 2025.

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Written by Jack Humphreville on October 23 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a6/085e15-a6aabffa.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31700:being-schindler&catid=312)### [Being Schindler](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31700:being-schindler&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on October 23 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e5/085g-e551ea31.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31699:all-the-glitters-is-not-gold-the-underside-of-the-no-kings-marches&catid=312)### [All the Glitters is not Gold: The Underside of the No Kings Marches](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31699:all-the-glitters-is-not-gold-the-underside-of-the-no-kings-marches&catid=312)

Written by Victor Rothman on October 23 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/36/085h-3618217b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31698:los-angeles-faces-an-emergency-of-trust-with-city-hall-trapped-in-the-political-doldrums&catid=312)### [Los Angeles Faces An Emergency Of Trust With City Hall Trapped In The Political Doldrums](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31698:los-angeles-faces-an-emergency-of-trust-with-city-hall-trapped-in-the-political-doldrums&catid=312)

Written by Nick Patsaouras on October 23 2025.

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Written by Ken Ross on October 23 2025.

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Written by CityWatch on October 21 2025.

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Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on October 20 2025.

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Written by Ken Alpern on October 20 2025.

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Written by CityWatch on October 20 2025.

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Written by Eliot Cohen on October 20 2025.

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