#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ China’s Hong Kong Nightmare, and the US Response](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18282-china-s-hong-kong-nightmare-and-the-us-response "China’s Hong Kong Nightmare, and the US Response")

      Details    Mel Gurtov    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 19 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/067n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18282-china-s-hong-kong-nightmare-and-the-us-response)

**PERSPECTIVE**--Donald Trump has kept his promise, reportedly made to Xi Jinping in June, that Washington would “tone down” its comments on the spiraling HK protests. “Very tough situation” Trump tweeted on August 12. “I hope it works out for everybody, including China.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18282-china-s-hong-kong-nightmare-and-the-us-response)

   ##  [ Bill Nye Slams Trump’s Climate Failures: ‘The U.S. Has Become A Pariah’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18281-bill-nye-slams-trump-s-climate-failures-the-u-s-has-become-a-pariah "Bill Nye Slams Trump’s Climate Failures: ‘The U.S. Has Become A Pariah’")

      Details    Amy Russo    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 19 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/067q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18281-bill-nye-slams-trump-s-climate-failures-the-u-s-has-become-a-pariah)

**CLIMATE POLITICS**-Environmentalist and famed TV science educator Bill Nye is speaking out against President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump)’s repeated dismissals of [global warming](https://www.huffpost.com/impact/topic/global-warming), sounding the alarm on his refusal to act before it’s too late.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18281-bill-nye-slams-trump-s-climate-failures-the-u-s-has-become-a-pariah)

   ##  [ Trump and Greenland: Stupid Until One Realizes that China and Russia Want It, Too](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18280-trump-and-greenland-stupid-until-one-realizes-that-china-and-russia-want-it-too "Trump and Greenland: Stupid Until One Realizes that China and Russia Want It, Too")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 19 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/067d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18280-trump-and-greenland-stupid-until-one-realizes-that-china-and-russia-want-it-too)

ALPERN AT LARGE--Suddenly, Greenland is in the news. Trump raised the idea of [buying Greenland](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/15/reports-trump-talked-buying-grenland/2026515001/) but wasn't too serious.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18280-trump-and-greenland-stupid-until-one-realizes-that-china-and-russia-want-it-too)

   ##  [ 14 Ways to Protect SoCal Neighborhoods While Providing Meaningful Housing Solutions](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18279-14-ways-to-protect-socal-neighborhoods-while-providing-meaningful-housing-solutions "14 Ways to Protect SoCal Neighborhoods While Providing Meaningful Housing Solutions")

      Details    John Mirisch    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 19 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/067t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18279-14-ways-to-protect-socal-neighborhoods-while-providing-meaningful-housing-solutions)

**GUEST WORDS**--The debate on solving California’s housing affordability crisis has reached a fever pitch, and the level of noise is drowning out solutions.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18279-14-ways-to-protect-socal-neighborhoods-while-providing-meaningful-housing-solutions)

   ##  [ What We Aren’t Talking About](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18278-what-we-aren-t-talking-about "What We Aren’t Talking About")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 19 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/067b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18278-what-we-aren-t-talking-about)

**GELFAND’S WORLD**--It's easy to find comments by the dozens about who is leading in the polls or nitpicks by the hundreds about small differences among health care proposals.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18278-what-we-aren-t-talking-about)

   ##  [ Metro and I have a Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18277-metro-and-i-have-a-problem "Metro and I have a Problem")

      Details    Eliot Cohen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 19 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/067g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18277-metro-and-i-have-a-problem)

**METRO’S FOLLIES**--Metro and I have a problem. Maybe it is because Metro has dropped the word Transportation from its name as well as Authority.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18277-metro-and-i-have-a-problem)

   ##  [ It’s Time for Truth in State and Local Government Finances](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18276-it-s-time-for-truth-in-state-and-local-government-finances "It’s Time for Truth in State and Local Government Finances")

      Details    George P. Shultz and David G. Crane    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 19 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/067i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18276-it-s-time-for-truth-in-state-and-local-government-finances)

**PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY**-Imagine your business could treat borrowings as revenues, avoid cost recognition by not paying expenses and report less debt than actually owed.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18276-it-s-time-for-truth-in-state-and-local-government-finances)

   ##  [ Cedars Sinai: Disingenuous Lip Service Instead of Real Service](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18266-cedars-sinai-disingenuous-lip-service-instead-of-real-service "Cedars Sinai: Disingenuous Lip Service Instead of Real Service")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18266-cedars-sinai-disingenuous-lip-service-instead-of-real-service)

**MY TURN**-What has become endemic to large dysfunctional organizations like the non-profit Cedars Sinai Medical Center, is that they don't have enough staff to accomplish even their most basic functions.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18266-cedars-sinai-disingenuous-lip-service-instead-of-real-service)

   ##  [ Are We in the ‘Prodromal Phase’ of a Civil War?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18265-are-we-in-the-prodromal-phase-of-a-civil-war "Are We in the ‘Prodromal Phase’ of a Civil War?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18265-are-we-in-the-prodromal-phase-of-a-civil-war)

**ONE MAN’S OPINION**-Duh. What’s prodromal? As we all recall from our high school Greek class, prodrome is derived from the Greek word *prodromos*, meaning "running before." (Yeah, like I took Greek in high school.)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18265-are-we-in-the-prodromal-phase-of-a-civil-war)

   ##  [ The Dems and GOP and the "Cult of 45" ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18264-the-dems-and-gop-and-the-cult-of-45 "The Dems and GOP and the "Cult of 45" ")

      Details    Kevin Suscavage    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18264-the-dems-and-gop-and-the-cult-of-45)

**CHATMATES**-As we move toward Election 2020 (in about 444 days), much has been made about this current president.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18264-the-dems-and-gop-and-the-cult-of-45)

   ##  [ Decarbonization in Homes and Businesses at What Cost?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18262-decarbonization-in-homes-and-businesses-at-what-cost "Decarbonization in Homes and Businesses at What Cost?")

      Details    Ronald Stein    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18262-decarbonization-in-homes-and-businesses-at-what-cost)

**ENERGY POLICY**-The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) plans to make all homes and businesses use electricity only means electricity will need to take up the duties that natural gas has been performing, and provide continuously uninterruptable power as California is on a path toward 100% renewables and “zero-carbon” sources in electricity by 2045.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18262-decarbonization-in-homes-and-businesses-at-what-cost)

   ##  [ Racism Is a Threat to Public Health](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18260-racism-is-a-threat-to-public-health "Racism Is a Threat to Public Health")

      Details    Tom H. Hastings    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18260-racism-is-a-threat-to-public-health)

**PERSPECTIVE**--How can racism be a threat to the public health of an all-white small town?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18260-racism-is-a-threat-to-public-health)

   ##  [ Bulletproof Never Looked Better, and America Has Lost Its Mind](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18259-bulletproof-never-looked-better-and-america-has-lost-its-mind "Bulletproof Never Looked Better, and America Has Lost Its Mind")

      Details    Abby Zimet    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18259-bulletproof-never-looked-better-and-america-has-lost-its-mind)

**GUEST COMMENTARY**--In a new grim grotesquerie, [sales ](https://www.abc15.com/news/national/bulletproof-backpacks-see-spike-in-sales-ahead-of-new-school-year-following-mass-shootings)of bulletproof backpacks are up as much as 300% as parents frantic to keep their children alive prepare to send them to this year's killing fields - once called going back to school - after our latest slaughter in El Paso and Dayton.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18259-bulletproof-never-looked-better-and-america-has-lost-its-mind)

   ##  [ Elected and Appointed LA Leadership: Failing Taxpayers ON Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18258-elected-and-appointed-la-leadership-failing-taxpayers-on-homelessness "Elected and Appointed LA Leadership: Failing Taxpayers ON Homelessness")

      Details    Dennis P. Zine    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18258-elected-and-appointed-la-leadership-failing-taxpayers-on-homelessness)

**RANTZ & RAVEZ**-Mayor Eric Garcetti is the 42nd mayor of the City of Los Angeles. He is an educated, respected and very nice man with an annual city salary of $248,141, in addition to having a city-provided residence, a city car and driver, and an LAPD security detail for his every move around Los Angeles and the world.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18258-elected-and-appointed-la-leadership-failing-taxpayers-on-homelessness)

   ##  [ It's Easy to Figure Out LA City Hall When You Realize They Hold You in Contempt](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18257-it-s-easy-to-figure-out-la-city-hall-when-you-realize-they-hold-you-in-contempt "It's Easy to Figure Out LA City Hall When You Realize They Hold You in Contempt")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18257-it-s-easy-to-figure-out-la-city-hall-when-you-realize-they-hold-you-in-contempt)

**ALPERN AT LARGE**--For those of us who remember when Mayor Riordan established Neighborhood Councils in the year 2000 (approximately), and for those of us who remember when they sprouted up all over the City, and for those of us who thought that our opinions meant something...it's very hard to see THIS evil nonsense:

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18257-it-s-easy-to-figure-out-la-city-hall-when-you-realize-they-hold-you-in-contempt)

   ##  [ Metro and Eagle Rock - A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18256-metro-and-eagle-rock-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum "Metro and Eagle Rock - A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18256-metro-and-eagle-rock-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum)

**EASTSIDER**--Clearly, Metro’s plan for a NoHo to Pasadena BRT project has torn the community of Eagle Rock apart. So where do we go from here?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18256-metro-and-eagle-rock-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum)

   ##  [ Your Call, Angelenos: A Bottom-Up or Top-Down Community Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18255-your-call-angelenos-a-bottom-up-or-top-down-community-plan "Your Call, Angelenos: A Bottom-Up or Top-Down Community Plan")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18255-your-call-angelenos-a-bottom-up-or-top-down-community-plan)

**PLATKIN ON PLANNING**-The Los Angeles City Charter, [Sections 554-558](http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/laac/administrativecode?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:losangeles_ca_mc),and the [State of California’s planning laws](http://www.opr.ca.gov/planning/general-plan/) require all cities and counties to have a General Plan.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18255-your-call-angelenos-a-bottom-up-or-top-down-community-plan)

   ##  [ 'We Will Become Homeless': U.S. Residents Fear Housing Rule Change Could Force Them out of Homes](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18254-we-will-become-homeless-u-s-residents-fear-housing-rule-change-could-force-them-out-of-homes "'We Will Become Homeless': U.S. Residents Fear Housing Rule Change Could Force Them out of Homes")

      Details    Carey L. Biron    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 15 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/066d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18254-we-will-become-homeless-u-s-residents-fear-housing-rule-change-could-force-them-out-of-homes)

**THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION SPEAKS**-Fears are mounting across the United States over a proposal by President Donald Trump’s administration that would force tens of thousands of families to choose between splitting up or being homeless together.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18254-we-will-become-homeless-u-s-residents-fear-housing-rule-change-could-force-them-out-of-homes)

   ##  [ Criminogenic Societies Ride High Before the Fall](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18244-criminogenic-societies-ride-high-before-the-fall "Criminogenic Societies Ride High Before the Fall")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 12 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/065o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18244-criminogenic-societies-ride-high-before-the-fall)

**ONE MAN’S OPINION**-Cassandra’s always see the seeds of destruction and warn of the need for change.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18244-criminogenic-societies-ride-high-before-the-fall)

   ##  [ Dead Canaries](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18243-dead-canaries "Dead Canaries")

      Details    Robert Koehler    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 12 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/065n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18243-dead-canaries)

**SOMETHING’S WRONG HERE**-“Many people think that the fight for America is already lost. They couldn’t be more wrong.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18243-dead-canaries)

   ##  [ Bernie and the Daughters of the New American Revolution](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18242-bernie-and-the-daughters-of-the-new-american-revolution "Bernie and the Daughters of the New American Revolution")

      Details    James Preston Allen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 12 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2019/065s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18242-bernie-and-the-daughters-of-the-new-american-revolution)

**AT LENGTH**-As much as the mainstream media and the conservative side of the Democratic Party try to deny it, Sen. Bernie Sanders has redefined the platform on which the party and the top 10 primary candidates are running —

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18242-bernie-and-the-daughters-of-the-new-american-revolution)

1. [ What the Discovered Reagan-Nixon Audio Recording Reveals About Trump ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18240-what-the-discovered-reagan-nixon-audio-recording-reveals-about-trump)
2. [ The New National Motto: Aaugh!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18239-the-new-national-motto-aaugh)
3. [ No, Mr Trump, There is No ‘Invasion’ from the South](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18238-no-mr-trump-there-is-no-invasion-from-the-south)
4. [ Major League Baseball: An ‘East Coast-New York’ Prejudice Against ‘West Coast-LA’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18237-major-league-baseball-an-east-coast-new-york-prejudice-against-west-coast-la)
5. [ LA Politics – The Full of Crap Edition](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18236-la-politics-the-full-of-crap-edition)
6. [ Rising Sea Levels Leave CA Coastal Cities with Hard Choices](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18235-rising-sea-levels-leave-ca-coastal-cities-with-hard-choices)
7. [ The Staged Presidency!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18233-the-staged-presidency)
8. [ Community Anger - When Silence Is Golden](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18231-community-anger-when-silence-is-golden)
9. [ A Planet in Crisis: Will it be Unions vs. Environmentalists or Unions and Environmentalists? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18224-a-planet-in-crisis-will-it-be-unions-vs-environmentalists-or-unions-and-environmentalists)
10. [ We’re a Confused Nation, but with Good Reason](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18223-we-re-a-confused-nation-but-with-good-reason)
11. [ The US Culture of Violence is Killing Us All](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18218-the-us-culture-of-violence-is-killing-us-all)
12. [ The Other Mexican Migration](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18217-the-other-mexican-migration)
13. [ Myths about Wall Street Banks](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18216-myths-about-wall-street-banks)
14. [ A Public Boondoggle with Nine Lives: The Death-Defying Purple Line Extension “Transit Neighborhood Plan”](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18215-a-public-boondoggle-with-nine-lives-the-death-defying-purple-line-extension-transit-neighborhood-plan)
15. [ Just How Clean Is DWP’s Water?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18214-just-how-clean-is-dwp-s-water)
16. [ Is the LA City Council About to Hand Their Planning Responsibilities Over to the Mayor?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18213-is-the-la-city-council-about-to-hand-their-planning-responsibilities-over-to-the-mayor)
17. [ Pounding Heat Clobbers Greenland](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18212-pounding-heat-clobbers-greenland)
18. [ Trump’s Embrace of White Supremacy Is Poisoning America’s Soul](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18209-trump-s-embrace-of-white-supremacy-is-poisoning-america-s-soul)
19. [ Trumpolosi Attacks America - Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18204-trumpolosi-attacks-america-again)
20. [ LAUSD’s Nick Melvoin: Betrayal of Trust](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18202-lausd-s-nick-melvoin-betrayal-of-trust)

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