#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ The Rent is Too Damn High … LA Needs Rent Control Now!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16099-the-rent-is-too-damn-high-la-needs-rent-control-now "The Rent is Too Damn High … LA Needs Rent Control Now!")

      Details    Adrienne Nicole Edwards & Charlie Williamson    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 27 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/069e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16099-the-rent-is-too-damn-high-la-needs-rent-control-now)

PLANNING POLITICS--Do you rent an apartment in California? Do you want rent Control? Have you heard of Proposition 10? Do you know about the Costa-Hawkins Housing Act?

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   ##  [ The Purple Line Transit Plan Is Miracle Mile’s Greatest Opportunity in Years - A Reply to the MMRA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16098-the-purple-line-transit-plan-is-miracle-mile-s-greatest-opportunity-in-years-a-reply-to-the-mmra "The Purple Line Transit Plan Is Miracle Mile’s Greatest Opportunity in Years - A Reply to the MMRA")

      Details    Henry van Moyland    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 27 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/069f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16098-the-purple-line-transit-plan-is-miracle-mile-s-greatest-opportunity-in-years-a-reply-to-the-mmra)

NIMBY ALERT-What the [Miracle Mile Residential Association](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/2016-01-01-13-17-00/los-angeles/16048-miracle-mile-warns-the-city-update-the-wilshire-community-plan-or-there-ll-be-no-subway-to-the-sea) has tried to do is condition the future of our neighborhood on perfection in the present.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16098-the-purple-line-transit-plan-is-miracle-mile-s-greatest-opportunity-in-years-a-reply-to-the-mmra)

   ##  [ The Oxymoron of Conservatives and the Term “Patriotism”](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16097-the-oxymoron-of-conservatives-and-the-term-patriotism "The Oxymoron of Conservatives and the Term “Patriotism”")

      Details    S. Novi    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 27 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/069g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16097-the-oxymoron-of-conservatives-and-the-term-patriotism)

MY TURN-It never ceases to amaze that so many American citizens of the conservative persuasion seem to associate the posting and waving of flags as their ultimate expression of love of country.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16097-the-oxymoron-of-conservatives-and-the-term-patriotism)

   ##  [ So Why all the Screaming about Socialism?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16096-so-why-all-the-screaming-about-socialism "So Why all the Screaming about Socialism?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 27 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/069i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16096-so-why-all-the-screaming-about-socialism)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Just when it looked as if the Dems might pull it together and gain back a majority in Congress in the November 2018 elections, they’ve taken to screaming about the need for Socialism.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16096-so-why-all-the-screaming-about-socialism)

   ##  [ Now for Something Completely Different: A Mayor Who's NOT a Coin-Operated Liar!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16095-now-for-something-completely-different-a-mayor-who-s-not-a-coin-operated-liar "Now for Something Completely Different: A Mayor Who's NOT a Coin-Operated Liar!")

      Details    Kenneth Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 27 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/069j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16095-now-for-something-completely-different-a-mayor-who-s-not-a-coin-operated-liar)

ALPERN AT LARGE--Who says that President Wannabe/Mayor Garcetti doesn't have a sense of humor!

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16095-now-for-something-completely-different-a-mayor-who-s-not-a-coin-operated-liar)

   ##  [ Hotel Developer Keeps Asking and City Planning Keeps Giving](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16092-hotel-developer-keeps-asking-and-city-planning-keeps-giving "Hotel Developer Keeps Asking and City Planning Keeps Giving")

      Details    Casey Maddren    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 27 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/069m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16092-hotel-developer-keeps-asking-and-city-planning-keeps-giving)

PLANNING POLITICS-If you need any more proof that City Hall is ready to give developers whatever they ask for, there’s a block in the heart of Hollywood you should take a good look at.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16092-hotel-developer-keeps-asking-and-city-planning-keeps-giving)

   ##  [ Gehry and Dudamel: Making Beautiful Music Together … for LA’s Kids](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16091-gehry-and-dudamel-making-beautiful-music-together-for-la-s-kids "Gehry and Dudamel: Making Beautiful Music Together … for LA’s Kids")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 27 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/069n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16091-gehry-and-dudamel-making-beautiful-music-together-for-la-s-kids)

DEEGAN ON LA-Take an old bank building, an underserved population, architect Frank Gehry and the LA Philharmonic led by Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, then mix them all together and you have a magnificent cocktail: a new home for [“LAYO”](http://www.losangelesyouthorchestra.org/layo) – theLos Angeles Youth Orchestra, the youth program of the LA Philharmonic.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16091-gehry-and-dudamel-making-beautiful-music-together-for-la-s-kids)

   ##  [ Garcetti Dodges Dateline NBC on Homeless Failures. Local Media Take Note.](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16090-garcetti-dodges-dateline-nbc-on-homeless-failures-local-media-take-note "Garcetti Dodges Dateline NBC on Homeless Failures. Local Media Take Note.")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 27 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/069p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16090-garcetti-dodges-dateline-nbc-on-homeless-failures-local-media-take-note)

@THE GUSS REPORT-The shame of LA’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness was on full display for all of America during last week’s *Dateline NBC* entitled *[“City of Angels.”](https://www.nbc.com/dateline/video/city-of-angels/3779455)*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16090-garcetti-dodges-dateline-nbc-on-homeless-failures-local-media-take-note)

   ##  [ Neighborhood Councils: Censorship from the Top](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16089-neighborhood-councils-censorship-from-the-top "Neighborhood Councils: Censorship from the Top")

      Details    Jay Handal    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 27 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/069q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16089-neighborhood-councils-censorship-from-the-top)

DONE WATCH--Recently, a board member of the West LA NC was removed by unanimous vote.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16089-neighborhood-councils-censorship-from-the-top)

   ##  [ Venice: Anyone in Charge?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16085-venice-anyone-in-charge "Venice: Anyone in Charge?")

      Details    Marian Crostic & Elaine Spierer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16085-venice-anyone-in-charge)

NON-ENFORCEMENT ECONOMY-We’ve been on “sabbatical.” Alas, we were drawn out of hibernation by those very pesky flocks of birds now nesting in Venice in massive numbers. You know them — they are everywhere!

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16085-venice-anyone-in-charge)

   ##  [ Scooters will Never Solve the First-Last Mile Barrier to Mass Transit](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16081-scooters-will-never-solve-the-first-last-mile-barrier-to-mass-transit "Scooters will Never Solve the First-Last Mile Barrier to Mass Transit")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16081-scooters-will-never-solve-the-first-last-mile-barrier-to-mass-transit)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Fans of Bird and Lime electric scooters in the Los Angeles are already boosting them as [a solution](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/2016-01-01-13-17-00/los-angeles/16010-rooting-for-scooters) to a major barrier to increased mass transit ridership: the lack of first-last mile public improvements.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16081-scooters-will-never-solve-the-first-last-mile-barrier-to-mass-transit)

   ##  [ On Spooks, Clearances and Free Speech](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16080-on-spooks-clearances-and-free-speech "On Spooks, Clearances and Free Speech")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16080-on-spooks-clearances-and-free-speech)

EASTSIDER-Personally, I don't care much one way or another about President Donald Trump. He is what he is.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16080-on-spooks-clearances-and-free-speech)

   ##  [ LA’s Irresponsible Behavior Is Contributing to the Environmental Collapse of the Los Angeles Waterfront](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16079-la-s-irresponsible-behavior-is-contributing-to-the-environmental-collapse-of-the-los-angeles-waterfront "LA’s Irresponsible Behavior Is Contributing to the Environmental Collapse of the Los Angeles Waterfront")

      Details    Jennifer Marquez    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16079-la-s-irresponsible-behavior-is-contributing-to-the-environmental-collapse-of-the-los-angeles-waterfront)

VOICES-Like a scene out of *“Mad Max,”*parties rage all night with furniture fueled fires burning directly on the sand at Cabrillo Beach.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16079-la-s-irresponsible-behavior-is-contributing-to-the-environmental-collapse-of-the-los-angeles-waterfront)

   ##  [ How Parents of Special Needs Children Can Plan for the Future](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16078-how-parents-of-special-needs-children-can-plan-for-the-future "How Parents of Special Needs Children Can Plan for the Future")

      Details    Patrick Young    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16078-how-parents-of-special-needs-children-can-plan-for-the-future)

DISABILITY PERSPECTIVE-In life, avoidance often seems like the easiest route.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16078-how-parents-of-special-needs-children-can-plan-for-the-future)

   ##  [ Confessions of an Internet Troll](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16077-confessions-of-an-internet-troll "Confessions of an Internet Troll")

      Details    David Bell    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16077-confessions-of-an-internet-troll)

BELL VIEW--My name is David, and I’m an Internet troll. Here’s my story: I started in the Clinton years, picking fights in the comments sections of wingnut websites like [townhall.com.](https://townhall.com/)You might think this type of thing would get boring after a while – but addiction doesn’t work that way.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16077-confessions-of-an-internet-troll)

   ##  [ Bird, Bird, Bird Is the Word! And Them Scooters Ain't Going Away!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16075-bird-bird-bird-is-the-word-and-them-scooters-ain-t-going-away "Bird, Bird, Bird Is the Word! And Them Scooters Ain't Going Away!")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16075-bird-bird-bird-is-the-word-and-them-scooters-ain-t-going-away)

ALPERN AT LARGE--I doubt I'm the only fan of mobility, or new transportation options, or the first/last mile to train and bus mass transit.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16075-bird-bird-bird-is-the-word-and-them-scooters-ain-t-going-away)

   ##  [ Betty Yee to California Cannabis Industry: Grow Up and Deal with Stoned Drivers](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16074-betty-yee-to-california-cannabis-industry-grow-up-and-deal-with-stoned-drivers "Betty Yee to California Cannabis Industry: Grow Up and Deal with Stoned Drivers")

      Details    Judy Lin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16074-betty-yee-to-california-cannabis-industry-grow-up-and-deal-with-stoned-drivers)

CAL MATTERS-California Controller Betty Yee, injured last month in an auto collision suspected to have been caused by a 25-year-old driver under the influence of marijuana, used sharp language today to demand that the state’s nascent cannabis industry “step up” and address pot-related traffic accidents.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16074-betty-yee-to-california-cannabis-industry-grow-up-and-deal-with-stoned-drivers)

   ##  [ American Justice: How Reasonable is Reasonable Doubt?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16072-american-justice-how-reasonable-is-reasonable-doubt "American Justice: How Reasonable is Reasonable Doubt?")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16072-american-justice-how-reasonable-is-reasonable-doubt)

GELFAND’S WORLD--I'm not bothered by the fact that Paul Manafort escaped conviction on 10 of the 18 counts he was charged with. To explain that, I'd first like to tell a story.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16072-american-justice-how-reasonable-is-reasonable-doubt)

   ##  [ A Brief History of Fake News](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16071-a-brief-history-of-fake-news "A Brief History of Fake News")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16071-a-brief-history-of-fake-news)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Socrates justified fake news by citing the inability of the average person to comprehend reality. Hence, we have Socratic Lies. Jack Nicholson reduced this premise to its briefest form by his [exclamation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtpOtFIEkbs): “The truth? You can’t handle the truth.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16071-a-brief-history-of-fake-news)

   ##  [ Tenants Kicked Out to Make Way for USC Student Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16069-tenants-kicked-out-to-make-way-for-usc-student-housing "Tenants Kicked Out to Make Way for USC Student Housing")

      Details    Adrienne Nicole Edwards & Charlie Williamson    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/068v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16069-tenants-kicked-out-to-make-way-for-usc-student-housing)

TENANTS’ RIGHTS-The tenants of a strip of seven apartments along Exposition Boulevard are outraged at their treatment after being forced from their homes to make way for a new block of student housing near USC.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16069-tenants-kicked-out-to-make-way-for-usc-student-housing)

   ##  [ Will City Council’s Bigotry Toward Elaine Chao Cost LA Millions?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16059-will-city-council-s-bigotry-toward-elaine-chao-cost-la-millions "Will City Council’s Bigotry Toward Elaine Chao Cost LA Millions?")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 20 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2018/067b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16059-will-city-council-s-bigotry-toward-elaine-chao-cost-la-millions)

@THE GUSS REPORT-Virtually everything done at the Los Angeles City Council is through a prism of “what-are-you-ism” such as your race, ethnicity, gender and orientation rather than through logic, pragmatism, fairness and the issue at-hand.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16059-will-city-council-s-bigotry-toward-elaine-chao-cost-la-millions)

1. [ ‘Waste, Fraud and Abuse’ – Time to Involve the Feds](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16057-waste-fraud-and-abuse-time-to-involve-the-feds)
2. [ Trump Has Made People Proud … to be Stupid and Racist](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16055-trump-has-made-people-proud-to-be-stupid-and-racist)
3. [ Time to Put Down the Beach Reads and Get Serious about the Mid-Terms](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16054-time-to-put-down-the-beach-reads-and-get-serious-about-the-mid-terms)
4. [ The Fleecing of Angelenos](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16052-the-fleecing-of-angelenos)
5. [ Shakespeare, State Secrets and More](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16051-shakespeare-state-secrets-and-more)
6. [ O'Farrell Sides with Rich Property Owner Against Burlington Tenants](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16050-o-farrell-sides-with-rich-property-owner-against-burlington-tenants)
7. [ Mobilizing for Mobility: New Urbanists Love Their Electric Scooters](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16049-mobilizing-for-mobility-new-urbanists-love-their-electric-scooters)
8. [ Miracle Mile Warns the City: ‘Update the Wilshire Community Plan or There’ll Be No Subway to the Sea’!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16048-miracle-mile-warns-the-city-update-the-wilshire-community-plan-or-there-ll-be-no-subway-to-the-sea)
9. [ Enough, Already! Neither Socialism or Measles Can Be Acceptable in a Civilized World!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16044-enough-already-neither-socialism-or-measles-can-be-acceptable-in-a-civilized-world)
10. [ California Sticks Its Schoolkids’ Futures in a Vise](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16042-california-sticks-its-schoolkids-futures-in-a-vise)
11. [ How I Spent My Summer and a Few Thoughts for the Fall](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16033-how-i-spent-my-summer-and-a-few-thoughts-for-the-fall)
12. [ Race, Immigration and Who Runs the Joint](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16028-race-immigration-and-who-runs-the-joint)
13. [ Prop 13 Could be Partly Undone in 2020 … Here’s What You Should Know](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16027-prop-13-could-be-partly-undone-in-2020-here-s-what-you-should-know)
14. [ Five Basic Things Angelenos Have a Right to Expect from City Hall!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16026-five-basic-things-angelenos-have-a-right-to-expect-from-city-hall)
15. [ Ferreting Out Another City Hall Real Estate Scam, One Question at a Time](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16025-ferreting-out-another-city-hall-real-estate-scam-one-question-at-a-time)
16. [ Attack on Corruption: ‘Contra Costa County Three Judge Recall’ Launched by Parents](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16021-attack-on-corruption-contra-costa-county-three-judge-recall-launched-by-parents)
17. [ A Questionable Government Program … Even to Liberals](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16019-a-questionable-government-program-even-to-liberals)
18. [ Who Should Pay for CA Wildfires? Utilities have Upped Lobbying $$$ to Make Sure It Isn’t Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16013-who-should-pay-for-ca-wildfires-utilities-have-upped-lobbying-to-make-sure-it-isn-t-them)
19. [ The Pain of Surviving the San Fernando Valley Can Make You Powerful](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16012-the-pain-of-surviving-the-san-fernando-valley-can-make-you-powerful)
20. [ Rooting for Scooters](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16010-rooting-for-scooters)

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