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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)

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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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### Zev Yaroslavsky: SB 50 is Not Right for LA! ‘Need a Scalpel, Not a Meat Axe’

Written by NBC4’s Conan Nolan on May 02 2019.

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## [How Dems Can Undo Damage Trump has Done: Pack the Court](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17579:how-dems-can-undo-damage-trump-has-done-pack-the-court&catid=312)

 The first is how to undo the damage that Trump has already done and, having defined the specific goals, how to accomplish them. For example, Trump…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 30 2019.

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Written by Julia Stein on April 29 2019.

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Written by Jill Stewart on April 29 2019.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on April 29 2019.

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Written by Eliot Cohen on April 29 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a1/035m-a1094951.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/035m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5dfcdd79) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17561:the-far-right-takeover-of-america-is-almost-complete&catid=312)### [The Far-Right Takeover of America is Almost Complete](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17561:the-far-right-takeover-of-america-is-almost-complete&catid=312)

Written by Umair Haque on April 29 2019.

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Written by Saurav Sarkar on April 29 2019.

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Written by Mariah Furtek on April 29 2019.

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Written by Daniel Guss on April 29 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/60/035c-608824e6.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/035c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=38e7b4d5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17557:who-do-you-want-to-blame-for-the-poway-horror&catid=312)### [Who Do You Want to Blame for the Poway Horror?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17557:who-do-you-want-to-blame-for-the-poway-horror&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 29 2019.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 29 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a8/034t-a88727d9.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/034t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=faac9a2e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17549:elections-and-education-why-the-santa-susana-field-laboratory-cleanup-is-such-an-important-issue-today&catid=312)### [Elections and Education! Why the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Cleanup is Such an Important Issue Today](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17549:elections-and-education-why-the-santa-susana-field-laboratory-cleanup-is-such-an-important-issue-today&catid=312)

Written by Chris Rowe on April 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c7/034r-c7942a02.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/034r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2f8cb3e1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17547:encino-nc-members-unite-to-get-an-accurate-count-of-sepulveda-basin-homeless&catid=312)### [Encino NC Members Unite to Get an Accurate Count of Sepulveda Basin Homeless ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17547:encino-nc-members-unite-to-get-an-accurate-count-of-sepulveda-basin-homeless&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on April 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8c/034j-8c20f96e.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/034j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8d35c58c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17546:los-angeles-with-a-lack-of-affordable-housing-and-parking-we-have-zip&catid=312)### [Los Angeles: With a Lack of Affordable Housing and Parking, We Have ... Zip!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17546:los-angeles-with-a-lack-of-affordable-housing-and-parking-we-have-zip&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/70/034o-709a1668.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/034o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9e7fd8dd) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17544:impeachment-and-vote-them-out&catid=312)### [Impeachment AND Vote Them Out](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17544:impeachment-and-vote-them-out&catid=312)

Written by S.Novi on April 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f0/034f-f0c04050.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/034f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=aba625c9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17543:the-case-for-elizabeth-warren-and-against-kamala-harris&catid=312)### [The Case for Elizabeth Warren … and against Kamala Harris](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17543:the-case-for-elizabeth-warren-and-against-kamala-harris&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on April 25 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cd/034y-cda253c8.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/034y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c0812f14) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17542:california-4-other-states-defy-trump-s-military-ban-on-trans-troops&catid=312)### [California, 4 Other States, Defy Trump’s Military Ban on Trans Troops](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17542:california-4-other-states-defy-trump-s-military-ban-on-trans-troops&catid=312)

Written by Alex Bollinger on April 25 2019.

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Written by Michael Greiner on April 25 2019.

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