#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ It’s a New Year: Politics, Investigations and Accountability in LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16936-it-s-a-new-year-politics-investigations-and-accountability-in-la "It’s a New Year: Politics, Investigations and Accountability in LA")

      Details    Dennis P. Zine    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 17 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/006m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16936-it-s-a-new-year-politics-investigations-and-accountability-in-la)

RANTZ & RAVEZ-2019 is finally here and we begin the new year with lots of emerging situations including a new Governor with an interesting political history, an expanding FBI investigation into suspected corruption at Los Angeles City Hall, a teachers’ strike at the LAUSD and lots of rain and snow and traffic collisions on LA roadways.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16936-it-s-a-new-year-politics-investigations-and-accountability-in-la)

   ##  [ David Ryu vs City Hall Corruption](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16935-david-ryu-vs-city-hall-corruption "David Ryu vs City Hall Corruption")

      Details    Coalition to Preserve LA    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 17 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/006p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16935-david-ryu-vs-city-hall-corruption)

**CORRUPTION WATCH**--Before the FBI's widening corruption probe of L.A. leaders erupted, Los Angeles City Councilmember David Ryu tried two years ago to cripple the undue influence of developers at City Hall -- by banning campaign cash developers give to the City Council.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16935-david-ryu-vs-city-hall-corruption)

   ##  [ Venice Blvd Reconfiguration is ‘Decided Behind Closed Doors’ ... By Those Who Promised Transparency](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16934-venice-blvd-reconfiguration-is-decided-behind-closed-doors-by-those-who-promised-transparency "Venice Blvd Reconfiguration is ‘Decided Behind Closed Doors’ ... By Those Who Promised Transparency")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 17 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/006a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16934-venice-blvd-reconfiguration-is-decided-behind-closed-doors-by-those-who-promised-transparency)

ALPERN AT LARGE--The other shoe has dropped. After more than a year of Mar Vistans asking, begging, and sending motion after motion for data, open houses, the ability to address the issues, it was announced in a very private meeting with the leaders of the Mar Vista Community Council (MVCC) and a few key CD11 staffers that the Venice Blvd. Reconfiguration is FINAL.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16934-venice-blvd-reconfiguration-is-decided-behind-closed-doors-by-those-who-promised-transparency)

   ##  [ The Wall the Wuss, and the Deal](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16930-the-wall-the-wuss-and-the-deal "The Wall the Wuss, and the Deal")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 17 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/006c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16930-the-wall-the-wuss-and-the-deal)

EASTSIDER-If the President is going to shut down the entire government over a Wall, he faces two problems. First the wall isn’t big enough, and second, he is a provably incompetent negotiator. As for the Wuss part...

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16930-the-wall-the-wuss-and-the-deal)

   ##  [ LA City Hall’s Version of the Green New Deal Tainted by Corruption Accusations](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16929-la-city-hall-s-version-of-the-green-new-deal-tainted-by-corruption-accusations "LA City Hall’s Version of the Green New Deal Tainted by Corruption Accusations")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 17 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/006j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16929-la-city-hall-s-version-of-the-green-new-deal-tainted-by-corruption-accusations)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Like clockwork, each week brings forth another alarming scientific study reporting that global warming and climate disruption is accelerating.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16929-la-city-hall-s-version-of-the-green-new-deal-tainted-by-corruption-accusations)

   ##  [ Who’s the Biggest Threat to the Republic: Trump, Pelosi…or ‘We the People”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16918-who-s-the-biggest-threat-to-the-republic-trump-pelosi-or-we-the-people "Who’s the Biggest Threat to the Republic: Trump, Pelosi…or ‘We the People”?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16918-who-s-the-biggest-threat-to-the-republic-trump-pelosi-or-we-the-people)

CORRUPTION WATCH-**The Threat of Donald Trump:** As was evident before the election, Donald Trump suffers from serious psychological impairments.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16918-who-s-the-biggest-threat-to-the-republic-trump-pelosi-or-we-the-people)

   ##  [ Boarder Wall Farce](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16916-boarder-wall-farce "Boarder Wall Farce")

      Details    James Preston Allen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16916-boarder-wall-farce)

AT LENGTH-That the national broadcast media gave up prime time television minutes in exchange for a metaphoric shadow boxing match over the border wall is telling in and of itself.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16916-boarder-wall-farce)

   ##  [ Yes, Evil Does Exist. Today’s News Provides Proof.](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16915-yes-evil-does-exist-today-s-news-provides-proof "Yes, Evil Does Exist. Today’s News Provides Proof.")

      Details    Kenneth S Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16915-yes-evil-does-exist-today-s-news-provides-proof)

ALPERN AT LARGE--Sometimes our worst fears are realized. Sometimes life imitates art (in this case, the movies).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16915-yes-evil-does-exist-today-s-news-provides-proof)

   ##  [ Two Dead Black Men is 1 Too Many for Ted Lieu](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16914-two-dead-black-men-is-1-too-many-for-ted-lieu "Two Dead Black Men is 1 Too Many for Ted Lieu")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16914-two-dead-black-men-is-1-too-many-for-ted-lieu)

@THE GUSS REPORT-Well *that* took long enough! On January 8, Southern California Congressman Ted Lieu *(Photo above-right)* finally announced he washed his hands of $18,500 in tainted campaign donations he received from controversial Democratic fundraiser Ed Buck.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16914-two-dead-black-men-is-1-too-many-for-ted-lieu)

   ##  [ The Democrats Finally Won the Suburbs. Now, Will They Destroy Them?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16913-the-democrats-finally-won-the-suburbs-now-will-they-destroy-them "The Democrats Finally Won the Suburbs. Now, Will They Destroy Them?")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16913-the-democrats-finally-won-the-suburbs-now-will-they-destroy-them)

NEW GEOGRAPHY--The Democratic Party’s triumphal romp through suburbia was the big story of the midterms.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16913-the-democrats-finally-won-the-suburbs-now-will-they-destroy-them)

   ##  [ LA School’s Superintendent Having Problem Locating the Truth](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16912-la-school-s-superintendent-having-problem-locating-the-truth "LA School’s Superintendent Having Problem Locating the Truth")

      Details    Ellen Lubic    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16912-la-school-s-superintendent-having-problem-locating-the-truth)

SAVING OUR SCHOOLS-Austin Beutner, the current Superintendent of LAUSD, was essentially appointed to his position by Eli Broad and his Billionaire Buddies who funded their charter school supporting candidates for the Board of Education.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16912-la-school-s-superintendent-having-problem-locating-the-truth)

   ##  [ It’s the Differences That Made This Country Great, Not the Racist Stew That Boils Over Today](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16910-it-s-the-differences-that-made-this-country-great-not-the-racist-stew-that-boils-over-today "It’s the Differences That Made This Country Great, Not the Racist Stew That Boils Over Today")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16910-it-s-the-differences-that-made-this-country-great-not-the-racist-stew-that-boils-over-today)

BCK FILE--*“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”* --Donald J. Trump, presidential announcement speech, June 16, 2015

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16910-it-s-the-differences-that-made-this-country-great-not-the-racist-stew-that-boils-over-today)

   ##  [ Will UTLA’s Strike Help Privatize Public Education in LA?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16909-will-utla-s-strike-help-privatize-public-education-in-la "Will UTLA’s Strike Help Privatize Public Education in LA?")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16909-will-utla-s-strike-help-privatize-public-education-in-la)

FIRST PERSON-I can't think of a better way of accelerating the corporate takeover and privatization of public education with corporate run charter schools than UTLA going on strike at this time.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16909-will-utla-s-strike-help-privatize-public-education-in-la)

   ##  [ There Should Have Been NO Strike](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16908-there-should-have-been-no-strike "There Should Have Been NO Strike")

      Details    Richard Wagoner    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16908-there-should-have-been-no-strike)

GUEST COMMENTARY--Leaders and Board members of Los Angeles Unified School District would like the public to believe that the [teachers strike](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/los-angeles-teachers-strike_us_5c3c921ae4b0922a21d6cfd7) is all about salary.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16908-there-should-have-been-no-strike)

   ##  [ A Mother’s Letter to LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16907-a-mother-s-letter-to-lausd-superintendent-austin-beutner "A Mother’s Letter to LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner")

      Details    Jennifer Marquez    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005z1.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16907-a-mother-s-letter-to-lausd-superintendent-austin-beutner)

DEAR MR. BEUTNER--You don’t know my two children who attend LAUSD schools or me.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16907-a-mother-s-letter-to-lausd-superintendent-austin-beutner)

   ##  [ It's Just Another Distraction](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16906-it-s-just-another-distraction "It's Just Another Distraction")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16906-it-s-just-another-distraction)

GELFAND’S WORLD--How can any nominally sane person miss the point that the current government shutdown is just another one of Trump's distractions?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16906-it-s-just-another-distraction)

   ##  [ Checking the Math. How Many Homeless are There in LA … Really?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16905-checking-the-math-how-many-homeless-are-there-in-la-really "Checking the Math. How Many Homeless are There in LA … Really?")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16905-checking-the-math-how-many-homeless-are-there-in-la-really)

DEEGAN ON LA-Part of the bigger conversation about the homeless in Los Angeles is just how many there are?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16905-checking-the-math-how-many-homeless-are-there-in-la-really)

   ##  [ City Hall: Garcetti’s Hidden Email Account and Other Flavors of Corruption](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16904-city-hall-garcetti-s-hidden-email-account-and-other-flavors-of-corruption "City Hall: Garcetti’s Hidden Email Account and Other Flavors of Corruption")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 14 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/005s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16904-city-hall-garcetti-s-hidden-email-account-and-other-flavors-of-corruption)

**@TheGussReport** – *(This is the first of a series of in-depth reports on the current investigation into the possibility of corruption at Los Angeles City Hall.)* On Sunday, the LA Times published a [story](http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=49111c1d-6fee-4dc6-8542-a61105b9ab0e) on how the FBI’s recent raid on the City Hall offices of City Councilmember Jose Huizar as well as on the home he shares with his politically crafty wife Richelle, are part of a broader investigation on Southern California political corruption.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16904-city-hall-garcetti-s-hidden-email-account-and-other-flavors-of-corruption)

   ##  [ 50 Million of Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16898-50-million-of-us "50 Million of Us")

      Details    Abby Zimet    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 10 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/004t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16898-50-million-of-us)

GUEST COMMENTARY--There were potent [responses](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/09/corporate-media-condemned-handing-trump-megaphone-spout-racist-stream-lies) aplenty to last night's "stream of lies" and "racist pablum" oozing from a once-sacrosanct Oval Office - Ocasio-Cortez: "What we are [seeing ](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/09/highlighting-systematic-violation-international-human-rights-ocasio-cortez-shreds)right now is death" - but we'll add one roof-raising amen from the Blackish-star Jenifer Lewis, Brandy and Roz Ryan.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16898-50-million-of-us)

   ##  [ Can the Military Support Treason?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16895-can-the-military-support-treason "Can the Military Support Treason?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 10 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/004s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16895-can-the-military-support-treason)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Americans are accustomed to a military that stays out of politics, but throughout most of world history, the military has played a pivotal role.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16895-can-the-military-support-treason)

   ##  [ Is UTLA Striking LAUSD into Bankruptcy…and Fundamental Positive Change?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16894-is-utla-striking-lausd-into-bankruptcy-and-fundamental-positive-change "Is UTLA Striking LAUSD into Bankruptcy…and Fundamental Positive Change?")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     January 10 2019       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/004i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16894-is-utla-striking-lausd-into-bankruptcy-and-fundamental-positive-change)

FIRST PERSON-Our long-failing still segregated model of “non-education” at LAUSD needs to end and the looming strike by UTLA teachers might just be the best and most efficient way to accomplish this.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16894-is-utla-striking-lausd-into-bankruptcy-and-fundamental-positive-change)

1. [ LA’s Transit System IS Happening! Add Your Voice to the ‘Where’ and ‘How’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16893-la-s-transit-system-is-happening-add-your-voice-to-the-where-and-how)
2. [ The Lurid Story Behind the Man Found Dead in Ed Buck’s Laurel Avenue Apartment](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16892-the-lurid-story-behind-the-man-found-dead-in-ed-buck-s-laurel-avenue-apartment)
3. [ Is Censorship Now Part of the Oversight Policy for LA’s Neighborhood Councils?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16891-is-censorship-now-part-of-the-oversight-policy-for-la-s-neighborhood-councils)
4. [ Curious Facts about Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in Los Angeles Uncovered by CSUN Planning Students](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16890-curious-facts-about-transit-oriented-development-tod-in-los-angeles-uncovered-by-csun-planning-students)
5. [ Nothing in Life is Free, Not Even a Visit to an LA Park](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16889-nothing-in-life-is-free-not-even-a-visit-to-an-la-park)
6. [ New Governor Makes Move to Lower California Drug Prices … Will It Work?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16888-new-governor-makes-move-to-lower-california-drug-prices-will-it-work)
7. [ If Not Now, When?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16887-if-not-now-when)
8. [ The LA City Council and Lessons Learned from Airbnb](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16886-the-la-city-council-and-lessons-learned-from-airbnb)
9. [ Is Anyone Really Offended by That F Word?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16884-is-anyone-really-offended-by-that-f-word)
10. [ Another Suspicious Death at West Hollywood Home Of Major Democratic Donor Ed Buck](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16878-another-suspicious-death-at-west-hollywood-home-of-major-democratic-donor-ed-buck)
11. [ Maybe the Constitution Should have Started with the Declaration!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16872-maybe-the-constitution-should-have-started-with-the-declaration)
12. [ Constitutional Equality: Give California 12 Senators, Vermont Just One](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16870-constitutional-equality-give-california-12-senators-vermont-just-one)
13. [ United Teachers Can Win this Skirmish with LAUSD, Here’s How](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16868-united-teachers-can-win-this-skirmish-with-lausd-here-s-how)
14. [ I Fought an LA Parking Ticket and Guess What Happened …](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16867-i-fought-an-la-parking-ticket-and-guess-what-happened)
15. [ The Metro Green Line Still ‘Green’ … Think New, Eco-Friendly and Profitable](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16866-the-metro-green-line-still-green-think-new-eco-friendly-and-profitable)
16. [ LA Times Lies by Omission to Protect Garcetti](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16865-la-times-lies-by-omission-to-protect-garcetti)
17. [ 2019 in California: New Slate of Rights](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16864-2019-in-california-new-slate-of-rights)
18. [ A Problem with Amateur Legislation; Putting Main Street on a Diet](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16863-a-problem-with-amateur-legislation-putting-main-street-on-a-diet)
19. [ White Power Kids: The Neo-Nazis of Thousand Oaks](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16861-white-power-kids-the-neo-nazis-of-thousand-oaks)
20. [ Looming Teachers’ Strike: Life-and-Death Struggle Over Public Education in LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16860-looming-teachers-strike-life-and-death-struggle-over-public-education-in-la)

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