##  In the News

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

August 20 2026

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### [A Prisoner, A Peacemaker, and Israel’s Defining Choice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375)

August 20 2026

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### [LAUSD Demolishes Closed Schools, Wasting Public Assets and Community Hopes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33228:lausd-demolishes-closed-schools-wasting-public-assets-and-community-hopes&catid=312)

August 20 2026

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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

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Great Economy and Jobs Numbers … So Why Do Most of Us Feel We’ve Been Screwed?

Written by Tony Butka on September 27 2018.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16281:great-economy-and-jobs-numbers-so-why-do-most-of-us-feel-we-ve-been-screwed&catid=312)

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## [Foreign Home Buying Reaching Crisis Stage in CA … China Leading the Pack](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16280:foreign-home-buying-reaching-crisis-stage-in-ca-china-leading-the-pack&catid=312)

But the question of foreign home buying isn't going away, and the question of "who's at fault" isn't going away. Which mirrors so much of our curre…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e2/078n-e20b53fb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16277:brett-kavanaugh-symbolic-of-a-culture-that-refuses-to-die&catid=312)### [Brett Kavanaugh: Symbolic of a Culture that Refuses to Die](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16277:brett-kavanaugh-symbolic-of-a-culture-that-refuses-to-die&catid=312)

Written by David Bell on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4f/078o-4fea38cb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16276:brett-kavanaugh-a-recalled-product-of-his-times&catid=312)### [Brett Kavanaugh: A Recalled Product of His Times?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16276:brett-kavanaugh-a-recalled-product-of-his-times&catid=312)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/92/078p-92bdcd56.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16275:sacramento-trying-to-put-reigns-on-metoo-laws&catid=312)### [Sacramento Trying to Put Reigns on #MeToo Laws?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16275:sacramento-trying-to-put-reigns-on-metoo-laws&catid=312)

Written by Laurel Rosenhall on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9a/077z1-9ab94f53.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16272:two-reports-more-shouting-and-three-truths&catid=312)### [Two Reports, More Shouting and Three Truths](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16272:two-reports-more-shouting-and-three-truths&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/077b-2de87ea1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16271:stupid-choices-equal-stupid-results-are-these-really-adults-running-la-and-sacramento&catid=312)### [Stupid Choices Equal Stupid Results: Are These Really Adults Running LA and Sacramento?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16271:stupid-choices-equal-stupid-results-are-these-really-adults-running-la-and-sacramento&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/077c-6af0a55f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16270:southcentralfarmwatch-and-what-it-means-for-la-and-our-planet&catid=312)### [\#SouthCentralFarmWatch – And What It Means for LA and Our Planet](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16270:southcentralfarmwatch-and-what-it-means-for-la-and-our-planet&catid=312)

Written by Michael Feinstein on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/077f-f9fac783.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16268:one-in-three-women-on-earth-will-be-raped-or-beaten-in-their-lifetimes&catid=312)### [One In Three Women on Earth will be Raped or Beaten in Their Lifetimes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16268:one-in-three-women-on-earth-will-be-raped-or-beaten-in-their-lifetimes&catid=312)

Written by Judy Joy Jones on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/077i-79a47982.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16267:needles-in-my-backyard-the-new-n-i-m-b-y&catid=312)### [Needles in My Backyard - The New N-I-M-B-Y?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16267:needles-in-my-backyard-the-new-n-i-m-b-y&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4e/077j-4e032b98.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16266:la-times-and-kpcc-inventing-the-news-about-lausd&catid=312)### [LA Times and KPCC: Inventing the News about LAUSD](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16266:la-times-and-kpcc-inventing-the-news-about-lausd&catid=312)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0f/077n-0f92b51e.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2018/077n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=460c6eb7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16263:how-long-can-the-military-defend-california-s-camp-pendleton&catid=312)### [How Long Can the Military Defend California’s Camp Pendleton?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16263:how-long-can-the-military-defend-california-s-camp-pendleton&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6a/077p-6a8f9e93.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2018/077p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=31488fc6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16261:congress-of-neighborhoods-15-years-later-ncs-still-trying-to-figure-out-what-they-should-be-when-they-grow-up&catid=312)### [Congress of Neighborhoods: 15 Years Later, NCs Still Trying to Figure Out What They Should be When They Grow Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16261:congress-of-neighborhoods-15-years-later-ncs-still-trying-to-figure-out-what-they-should-be-when-they-grow-up&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 31 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/077s-74f7f5df.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16260:cannabis-enforcement-going-to-pot&catid=312)### [Cannabis Enforcement Going to Pot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16260:cannabis-enforcement-going-to-pot&catid=312)

Written by Jay Handal on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e3/077t-e3855608.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16259:california-s-yimbys-the-growth-machine-s-shock-troops&catid=312)### [California’s YIMBYs: The Growth Machine’s Shock Troops](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16259:california-s-yimbys-the-growth-machine-s-shock-troops&catid=312)

Written by Zelda Bronstein on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d5/077u-d5807de8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16258:california-prop-10-local-control-or-housing-freeze&catid=312)### [California Prop 10: ‘Local Control’ or Housing Freeze?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16258:california-prop-10-local-control-or-housing-freeze&catid=312)

Written by Steven Maviglio on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5b/077y-5bf9f06f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16255:we-angelenos-are-not-mentally-equipped-to-deal-with-rent-control&catid=312)### [We Angelenos are Not Mentally Equipped to Deal with Rent Control](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16255:we-angelenos-are-not-mentally-equipped-to-deal-with-rent-control&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 27 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/077z-4daf411a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16254:why-city-council-s-vindictive-bill-of-attainder-may-be-costly&catid=312)### [Why City Council’s Vindictive Bill (of Attainder) May be Costly](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16254:why-city-council-s-vindictive-bill-of-attainder-may-be-costly&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on September 27 2018.

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Written by David Bell on September 20 2018.

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