##  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 Founding Fathers: Worst Fear Realized

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on December 16 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19006:the-founding-fathers-worst-fear-realized&catid=312)

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## [The 2020 Election Will Be Decided by the Burbs](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19004:the-2020-election-will-be-decided-by-the-burbs&catid=312)

Neither the pro-Trump countryside nor the intensely anti-Trump urban core have enough voters to put their preferred candidates in office. It’s the s…

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Written by Tim Deegan on December 16 2019.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 16 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9d/100p-9d1d3233.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2019/100p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a1df2d2f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18993:a-nation-of-vicious-back-stabbers-cannot-long-endure&catid=312)### [A Nation of Vicious Back Stabbers Cannot Long Endure](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18993:a-nation-of-vicious-back-stabbers-cannot-long-endure&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 12 2019.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on December 12 2019.

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Written by Charlotte Laws on December 12 2019.

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Written by Leslie D. Gregory & Tom H. Hastings on December 12 2019.

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Written by Joe Mathews on December 12 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/36/100j-36220f1b.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2019/100j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ac442da8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18986:la-times-city-council-punk-get-punked-and-mis-remember&catid=312)### [LA Times, City Council Punk, Get Punked and Mis-Remember](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18986:la-times-city-council-punk-get-punked-and-mis-remember&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on December 12 2019.

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Written by Dick Platkin on December 12 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 12 2019.

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Written by Sarah Anderson on December 12 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d6/099v-d691051d.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2019/099v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ad64a361) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18977:congratulations-nury-martinez-let-a-new-era-of-highlighting-not-gaslighting-la-begin&catid=312)### [Congratulations Nury Martinez: Let a New Era of Highlighting Not Gaslighting LA Begin!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18977:congratulations-nury-martinez-let-a-new-era-of-highlighting-not-gaslighting-la-begin&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 09 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f3/099q-f3470928.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2019/099q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b5cadc4f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18976:bureau-of-engineering-holds-first-elysian-valley-outreach-meeting-regarding-cleanup-of-contaminated-taylor-yard-parcel-g2&catid=312)### [Bureau of Engineering Holds First Elysian Valley Outreach Meeting Regarding Cleanup of Contaminated Taylor Yard Parcel G2](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18976:bureau-of-engineering-holds-first-elysian-valley-outreach-meeting-regarding-cleanup-of-contaminated-taylor-yard-parcel-g2&catid=312)

Written by Connie Acosta on December 09 2019.

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Written by James Preston Allen on December 09 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 09 2019.

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Written by Jeffrey Mausner on December 09 2019.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on December 09 2019.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on December 09 2019.

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