##  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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Economy is Booming but Ordinary People Not Feeling Any Richer

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 20 2018.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16209:economy-is-booming-but-ordinary-people-not-feeling-any-richer&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ee/075q-eea7b514.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2018/075q.png&thumbnail=610,377,&hash=9728f998) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16207:city-hall-digs-deeper-ditch-for-its-first-amendment-troubles&catid=312)Written by Daniel Guss on September 20 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [City Hall Digs Deeper Ditch for its First Amendment Troubles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16207:city-hall-digs-deeper-ditch-for-its-first-amendment-troubles&catid=312)

Last week, this column told you about LA City Council’s major blunder in attempting to subjectively silence boisterous critics with progressive punis…

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Written by Casey Maddren on September 20 2018.

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Written by Dick Price on September 20 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/61/074b-61e18a7e.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2018/074b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7b14db63) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16197:uc-berkeley-professor-rosen-leaves-out-the-part-about-close-ties-to-corporate-landlords&catid=312)### [UC-Berkeley Professor Rosen Leaves Out the Part About Close Ties to Corporate Landlords](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16197:uc-berkeley-professor-rosen-leaves-out-the-part-about-close-ties-to-corporate-landlords&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on September 20 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/97/074c-97968e5f.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2018/074c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=eb116865) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16196:three-years-in-and-the-airbnb-puzzle-remains-unsolved-but-that-s-the-way-we-roll-in-la&catid=312)### [Three Years In and the Airbnb Puzzle Remains Unsolved … But That’s the Way We Roll In LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16196:three-years-in-and-the-airbnb-puzzle-remains-unsolved-but-that-s-the-way-we-roll-in-la&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on September 13 2018.

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Written by Kevin Suscavage on September 13 2018.

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Written by David Bell on September 13 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 13 2018.

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Written by Jay Handal on September 13 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on September 13 2018.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on September 13 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on September 13 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/14/074r-14c37469.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2018/074r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d3ec7839) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16186:california-s-harris-and-feinstein-did-their-performance-at-the-kavanaugh-hearings-win-them-any-votes&catid=312)### [California’s Harris and Feinstein: Did their Performance at the Kavanaugh Hearings Win Them Any Votes?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16186:california-s-harris-and-feinstein-did-their-performance-at-the-kavanaugh-hearings-win-them-any-votes&catid=312)

Written by Dan Walters on September 13 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 13 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3d/074v-3d0ffa0d.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2018/074v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8f894e6c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16183:analyzing-the-tensions-around-this-week-s-climate-talks-in-san-francisco&catid=312)### [Analyzing the Tensions Around This Week's Climate Talks in San Francisco.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16183:analyzing-the-tensions-around-this-week-s-climate-talks-in-san-francisco&catid=312)

Written by Ted Scheinman on September 13 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on September 13 2018.

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Written by Gayle Fleury on September 13 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 13 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on September 13 2018.

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