#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Speak Up! Your Future Depends On It](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15756-speak-up-your-future-depends-on-it "Speak Up! Your Future Depends On It")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 05 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/054d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15756-speak-up-your-future-depends-on-it)

BCK FILE--Like most holidays celebrated in the United States, the Fourth of July has diverted from its true meaning to become a day known for barbecues, pool parties, and Old Navy sales.

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   ##  [ LAUSD’s Latest Overpayment Scam—with UTLA’s Help](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15754-lausd-s-latest-overpayment-scam-with-utla-s-help "LAUSD’s Latest Overpayment Scam—with UTLA’s Help")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 05 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/054f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15754-lausd-s-latest-overpayment-scam-with-utla-s-help)

EDUCATION POLITICS--Given the hundreds- if not thousands- of teachers that have been sued by LAUSD for allegations of overpayment

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   ##  [ Why Does City Hall Let Landlords Turn Housing into Hotels?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15745-why-does-city-hall-let-landlords-turn-housing-into-hotels "Why Does City Hall Let Landlords Turn Housing into Hotels?")

      Details    Casey Maddren    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 02 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/053a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15745-why-does-city-hall-let-landlords-turn-housing-into-hotels)

HOME SHARING FALLOUT-It’s getting harder and harder to find housing you can afford in Los Angeles.

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   ##  [ What to Do When ‘Nazifiers’ Gnaw at the Fabric of Our Society](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15744-what-to-do-when-nazifiers-gnaw-at-the-fabric-of-our-society "What to Do When ‘Nazifiers’ Gnaw at the Fabric of Our Society")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 02 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/053b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15744-what-to-do-when-nazifiers-gnaw-at-the-fabric-of-our-society)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Nazification is a waxing and waning process.

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   ##  [ Unions Have Survived Tough Times Before](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15742-unions-have-survived-tough-times-before "Unions Have Survived Tough Times Before")

      Details    Sarah Anderson    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 02 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/053d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15742-unions-have-survived-tough-times-before)

LABOR WATCH--The U.S. Supreme Court has just dealt unions a bruising blow.

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   ##  [ The Failure of Liberalism is Truly Tragic](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15740-the-failure-of-liberalism-is-truly-tragic "The Failure of Liberalism is Truly Tragic")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 02 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/053f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15740-the-failure-of-liberalism-is-truly-tragic)

GELFAND’S WORLD--Recovering from the damage that Donald Trump will ultimately achieve will be like trying to recover from the great depression and both world wars combined.

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   ##  [ Special Interests Win Again: CA Lawmakers Cut Last-Minute Ballot Deals](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15739-special-interests-win-again-ca-lawmakers-cut-last-minute-ballot-deals "Special Interests Win Again: CA Lawmakers Cut Last-Minute Ballot Deals")

      Details    Laurel Rosenhall    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 02 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/053g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15739-special-interests-win-again-ca-lawmakers-cut-last-minute-ballot-deals)

CAL MATTERS--In a frenzy of Capitol wheeling and dealing this week, California legislators worked to pass new laws that will shorten your November ballot—by placating moneyed interests.

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   ##  [ No Time for Silence](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15737-no-time-for-silence "No Time for Silence")

      Details    James Preston Allen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 02 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/053h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15737-no-time-for-silence)

AT LENGTH-I find myself at this moment pondering Benjamin Franklin and his printing press, and Thomas Paine, the radical patriot pamphleteer of the American Revolution.

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   ##  [ Fighting for Better Transpo Would Be Easier if the City Just Stopped Lying to Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15735-fighting-for-better-transpo-would-be-easier-if-the-city-just-stopped-lying-to-us "Fighting for Better Transpo Would Be Easier if the City Just Stopped Lying to Us")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 02 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/053k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15735-fighting-for-better-transpo-would-be-easier-if-the-city-just-stopped-lying-to-us)

ALPERN AT LARGE--You like the Expo Line, a Subway to the Sea, and a Subway alternative to the 405 freeway through the Sepulveda Pass? You like good, affordable housing that ISN'T just gentrification and more high-cost housing that's not just helping a few dirt-bag developers?

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   ##  [ Dockless-on-Demand Public Bike Sharing Making Politicos Nervous](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15734-dockless-on-demand-public-bike-sharing-making-politicos-nervous "Dockless-on-Demand Public Bike Sharing Making Politicos Nervous")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 02 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2018/053l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15734-dockless-on-demand-public-bike-sharing-making-politicos-nervous)

DEEGAN ON LA-The phenomenon of Bike-Sharing -- either “station to station” or “dockless” -- is experiencing a rise in popularity similar to the explosion seen in “ride-hailing” services like Uber and Lyft.

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   ##  [ What to Do When Nazification Is Upon Us?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15721-what-to-do-when-nazification-is-upon-us "What to Do When Nazification Is Upon Us?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15721-what-to-do-when-nazification-is-upon-us)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Over a thousand books have been written asking why the Germans did not stop the Nazification of Germany in the 1930s.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15721-what-to-do-when-nazification-is-upon-us)

   ##  [ Westwood: Coalition Calls for Sensible Development, Says Sr Housing Skyscraper Violates Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15720-westwood-coalition-calls-for-sensible-development-says-sr-housing-skyscraper-violates-plan "Westwood: Coalition Calls for Sensible Development, Says Sr Housing Skyscraper Violates Plan")

      Details    Aaron Green    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15720-westwood-coalition-calls-for-sensible-development-says-sr-housing-skyscraper-violates-plan)

GUEST COMMENTARY-A new community-based coalition has formed in response to concerns throughout the Westwood community about an opulent senior housing tower that violates the Westwood Specific Plan and offers no community benefits.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15720-westwood-coalition-calls-for-sensible-development-says-sr-housing-skyscraper-violates-plan)

   ##  [ Wanna Help Save Lives?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15718-wanna-help-save-lives "Wanna Help Save Lives?")

      Details    Julie Butcher    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15718-wanna-help-save-lives)

THE BUTCHER BLOCK-*“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”~ Henry James

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15718-wanna-help-save-lives)

   ##  [ The World According to Biff](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15717-the-world-according-to-biff "The World According to Biff")

      Details    David Bell    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15717-the-world-according-to-biff)

BELL VIEW--CityWatch gave me the week off last week. Good thing too. I might have said something uncivil. In fact, last week my mood could have been described as antediluvian – all Old Testament retribution and vengeance. Now, I just feel queasy – as if the flood of cleansing righteousness I’ve been praying for is headed directly to my house.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15717-the-world-according-to-biff)

   ##  [ The Lessons of Measure M: How to Fix the Subway](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15715-the-lessons-of-measure-m-how-to-fix-the-subway "The Lessons of Measure M: How to Fix the Subway")

      Details    Joel Epstein    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15715-the-lessons-of-measure-m-how-to-fix-the-subway)

TRANSPORTATION POLITICS-As New York struggles to fix the subway and several proposals are circulating, a close look at what Los Angeles is doing is instructive. In November 2016, Measure M, the Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan, was approved by 71.15 percent of voters (a two-thirds vote was required).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15715-the-lessons-of-measure-m-how-to-fix-the-subway)

   ##  [ The City Ponders Neighborhood Council Reform – And, Subdivision Boundary Adjustments Still Suck](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15713-the-city-ponders-neighborhood-council-reform-and-subdivision-boundary-adjustments-still-suck "The City Ponders Neighborhood Council Reform – And, Subdivision Boundary Adjustments Still Suck")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15713-the-city-ponders-neighborhood-council-reform-and-subdivision-boundary-adjustments-still-suck)

EASTSIDER-A few months ago, I [wrote an article](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles/15085-done-should-we-kill-the-beast-or-tame-it) calling for the termination of Grayce Liu and her merry band, bringing back the first GM, Greg Nelson, and starting over with DONE.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15713-the-city-ponders-neighborhood-council-reform-and-subdivision-boundary-adjustments-still-suck)

   ##  [ Rising Artists and the Healing Power of Hip-Hop](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15711-rising-artists-and-the-healing-power-of-hip-hop "Rising Artists and the Healing Power of Hip-Hop")

      Details    Diedra Greenaway    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15711-rising-artists-and-the-healing-power-of-hip-hop)

PERSPECTIVE--For more than four decades the Hip Hop culture and rap have been bundled with a range of negative connotations, but while many people struggle to look past the profanity, materialism, and high-risk messages often celebrated within mainstream rap music, the hip hop culture at its core, is built on values of **social justice**, peace, **respect**, self-worth, **community**, and having fun, and because of these values, it’s increasingly being used as a therapeutic tool when working with young people.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15711-rising-artists-and-the-healing-power-of-hip-hop)

   ##  [ Missing Mayor’s POTUS Dream Stymied by Supreme Court](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15708-missing-mayor-s-potus-dream-stymied-by-supreme-court "Missing Mayor’s POTUS Dream Stymied by Supreme Court")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15708-missing-mayor-s-potus-dream-stymied-by-supreme-court)

@THE GUSS REPORT-Paging LA Mayor Eric Garcetti. Return to Los Angeles today and start solving our problems, most of which have grown worse on your watch. Your presidential dreams, and the continuous tease about them between you and the local media, are over.

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   ##  [ LA Times Supports Bait and Switch for the Expo Plan … Here’s What Really Happened](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15707-la-times-supports-bait-and-switch-for-the-expo-plan-here-s-what-really-happened "LA Times Supports Bait and Switch for the Expo Plan … Here’s What Really Happened")

      Details    Barbara Broide    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15707-la-times-supports-bait-and-switch-for-the-expo-plan-here-s-what-really-happened)

GUEST WORDS--In its June 25 editorial, the Los Angeles Times created the impression that the Expo Corridor Plan presented to the Council’s PLUM Committee was the product of over five years of community input, meetings.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15707-la-times-supports-bait-and-switch-for-the-expo-plan-here-s-what-really-happened)

   ##  [ How Did She Win? What the Dems Can Learn](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15705-how-did-she-win-what-the-dems-can-learn "How Did She Win? What the Dems Can Learn")

      Details    Julia Conley    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15705-how-did-she-win-what-the-dems-can-learn)

COMMON DREAMS-As progressives nationwide celebrated Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's primary [victory](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/06/26/seismic-political-upset-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-landslide-over-wall-street-favorite) in New York's 14th congressional district over establishment 10-term Rep. Joseph Crowley

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   ##  [ California Leaders Scream ‘Stop’ … End State’s Fossil Fuel Production](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15702-california-leaders-scream-stop-end-state-s-fossil-fuel-production "California Leaders Scream ‘Stop’ … End State’s Fossil Fuel Production")

      Details    Rebecca Worby    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 28 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/052y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15702-california-leaders-scream-stop-end-state-s-fossil-fuel-production)

FOSSIL FUEL FIGHT--California elected officials on Tuesday sent a letter urging Governor Jerry Brown to phase out fossil fuel production in the state. [Elected Officials to Protect California](http://uselectedofficials.org/), a group whose mission is "to empower bold, courageous leadership from elected officials on climate change from the ground up," sent the letter.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15702-california-leaders-scream-stop-end-state-s-fossil-fuel-production)

1. [ Disability Report: Finding an Accessible Home in Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15699-disability-report-finding-an-accessible-home-in-los-angeles)
2. [ Why Should a Public Supported CA University be Allowed to Promote Racism?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15696-why-should-a-public-supported-ca-university-be-allowed-to-promote-racism)
3. [ Why Do They Risk Their Lives to Come Here?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15695-why-do-they-risk-their-lives-to-come-here)
4. [ Supreme Court Gives LA Gov’t Critics Further Free Speech Advantage](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15693-supreme-court-gives-la-gov-t-critics-further-free-speech-advantage)
5. [ Let’s Create a National Majority Party: Moderate GOP Could Colonize the Right Wing of the Democratic Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15692-let-s-create-a-national-majority-party-moderate-gop-could-colonize-the-right-wing-of-the-democratic-party)
6. [ Koreatown Lesson: Watch Out Elected Officials!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15691-koreatown-lesson-watch-out-elected-officials)
7. [ Judicial ‘Corruptionism’ Is Destroying the Republic](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15690-judicial-corruptionism-is-destroying-the-republic)
8. [ Claiming a Voice in the Density-Versus-Housing-Preservation Argument](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15686-claiming-a-voice-in-the-density-versus-housing-preservation-argument)
9. [ Better Ways to Spend $25 Billion Than On a Wall](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15682-better-ways-to-spend-25-billion-than-on-a-wall)
10. [ Dog Mauls LA Animal Services’ Shelter Volunteer – Accident or Policy?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15681-dog-mauls-la-animal-services-shelter-volunteer-accident-or-policy)
11. [ Adhering to the Law is HARD, But All the Other Options are Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15680-adhering-to-the-law-is-hard-but-all-the-other-options-are-worse)
12. [ Will a Pot Card Keep you from Buying a Gun?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15676-will-a-pot-card-keep-you-from-buying-a-gun)
13. [ Unsheltered Homeless Rate in LA 15 Times Higher than New York](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15674-unsheltered-homeless-rate-in-la-15-times-higher-than-new-york)
14. [ 'To Make It Easier to Screw the Poor,' Trump Wants to Massively Reorg Fed Govt … Creating One Mega Welfare Dept](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15673-to-make-it-easier-to-screw-the-poor-trump-wants-to-massively-reorg-fed-govt-creating-one-mega-welfare-dept)
15. [ The Most Cruel Policy of All: Conflating "Feelings" with Our Current Border and Homeless Enforcement](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15672-the-most-cruel-policy-of-all-conflating-feelings-with-our-current-border-and-homeless-enforcement)
16. [ The Dangers of Dichotomy: The Saved vs. The Damned](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15670-the-dangers-of-dichotomy-the-saved-vs-the-damned)
17. [ Skyscrapers and Jails, or Homeless Housing?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15669-skyscrapers-and-jails-or-homeless-housing)
18. [ Saying 'A Handful of Pardons' Won't Cut It, NFL Players Demand Sweeping Prison Reform](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15668-saying-a-handful-of-pardons-won-t-cut-it-nfl-players-demand-sweeping-prison-reform)
19. [ Outspoken Activist: ‘I Feel Big Money is Infiltrating Neighborhood Councils’ … NC Transparency Questioned](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15666-outspoken-activist-i-feel-big-money-is-infiltrating-neighborhood-councils-nc-transparency-questioned)
20. [ Official Snatching of Children: A Growing Business Paid for by Your Taxpayer Dollars](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15665-official-snatching-of-children-a-growing-business-paid-for-by-your-taxpayer-dollars)

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