#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ 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 "Saying 'A Handful of Pardons' Won't Cut It, NFL Players Demand Sweeping Prison Reform")

      Details    Julia Conley    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 21 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/50e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15668-saying-a-handful-of-pardons-won-t-cut-it-nfl-players-demand-sweeping-prison-reform)

SPORTS POLITICS--In a *New York Times*op-ed, several current and former NFL players rejected President Donald Trump's request for a list of people they would like to see him pardon, [demanding](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/opinion/trump-pardon-nfl-players.html) instead that he enact far-reaching reforms to end the crisis of mass incarceration, which has seen black Americans sent to prison at more than [five times](https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/12/15/a-mass-incarceration-mystery) the rate of white Americans.*(Photo above: LA Rams players raise fists during anthem.)*

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   ##  [ 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 "Outspoken Activist: ‘I Feel Big Money is Infiltrating Neighborhood Councils’ … NC Transparency Questioned")

      Details    Allison B. Cohen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 21 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/50g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15666-outspoken-activist-i-feel-big-money-is-infiltrating-neighborhood-councils-nc-transparency-questioned)

LOS FELIZ LEDGER SPECIAL REPORT--A non-elected committee created to provide guidelines regarding affordable housing and development for the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council has been meeting illegally since December 2017 in violation of California’s Ralph M. Brown Act, which guarantees the public’s right to be informed of and to attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies.

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   ##  [ 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 "Official Snatching of Children: A Growing Business Paid for by Your Taxpayer Dollars")

      Details    Diedra Greenaway    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 21 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/50j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15665-official-snatching-of-children-a-growing-business-paid-for-by-your-taxpayer-dollars)

FOLLOW THE MONEY-Separation of families and the “snatching of children” is growing as a business because local governments have become accustomed to using taxpayer dollars that have been provided for children’s benefit to balance their ever-expanding budgets.

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   ##  [ Mixed Reviews: California’s New Rooftop Solar Mandate](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15664-mixed-reviews-california-s-new-rooftop-solar-mandate "Mixed Reviews: California’s New Rooftop Solar Mandate")

      Details    Steven Weissman    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 21 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/50k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15664-mixed-reviews-california-s-new-rooftop-solar-mandate)

SOLAR POLITICS-The recent decision of the California Energy Commission to [require the inclusion of rooftop solar](http://www.energy.ca.gov/releases/2018_releases/2018-05-09_building_standards_adopted_nr.html) photovoltaics on most new homes has engendered praise from some quarters, and criticism from others.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15664-mixed-reviews-california-s-new-rooftop-solar-mandate)

   ##  [ LAUSD Says ‘More are Graduating’ – But Are They?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15663-lausd-says-more-are-graduating-but-are-they "LAUSD Says ‘More are Graduating’ – But Are They?")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 21 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/50l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15663-lausd-says-more-are-graduating-but-are-they)

FIRST PERSON-What is most disconcerting about the systematic, purposeful dismantling of public education in this country by LAUSD (and other entrenched mega school districts like it around the country) is they make no attempt to cover up their reprehensible, often criminal behavior in fixing assessments and grades to justify graduating students who have none of the skills they are presumed to have acquired to receive a high school diploma.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15663-lausd-says-more-are-graduating-but-are-they)

   ##  [ Ex-Insurance Boss Poizner Seeks Non-Partisan Re-do](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15662-ex-insurance-boss-poizner-seeks-non-partisan-re-do "Ex-Insurance Boss Poizner Seeks Non-Partisan Re-do")

      Details    Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 21 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/50m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15662-ex-insurance-boss-poizner-seeks-non-partisan-re-do)

CAL BUZZ-Win or lose in November, Steve Poizner already has made history. Poizner, a 61-year old Silicon Valley zillionaire, finished first in the June 5 balloting for Insurance Commissioner — the first political independent ever to qualify for election to state office in California.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15662-ex-insurance-boss-poizner-seeks-non-partisan-re-do)

   ##  [ Dirty Little Secrets of Our Two-Party System](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15661-dirty-little-secrets-of-our-two-party-system "Dirty Little Secrets of Our Two-Party System")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 21 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/50o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15661-dirty-little-secrets-of-our-two-party-system)

EASTSIDER-Most of us go about our business assuming that our “democratic” system of voting is basically OK, except for the Russians (and who knows else) meddling with social media to influence us. But a look at our statutes reveals another story in which Democrats and Republicans get to freeze anyone else out.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15661-dirty-little-secrets-of-our-two-party-system)

   ##  [ We Are Better Than This](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15655-we-are-better-than-this "We Are Better Than This")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15655-we-are-better-than-this)

BCK FILE--Honoring fathers this past Sunday, it was difficult not to reflect on the status of thousands of children who have been torn from their parents as a display of the strong-armed immigration policy that has been a centerpiece of the Trump campaign and now, administration.

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   ##  [ Why Soon-Shiong’s Purchase of the LA Times is a Noble Crap-Shoot, Only Riskier](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15653-why-soon-shiong-s-purchase-of-the-la-times-is-a-noble-crap-shoot-only-riskier "Why Soon-Shiong’s Purchase of the LA Times is a Noble Crap-Shoot, Only Riskier")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15653-why-soon-shiong-s-purchase-of-the-la-times-is-a-noble-crap-shoot-only-riskier)

@THE GUSS REPORT-Kudos to Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong for his stated purpose in buying the *Los Angeles Times*, *San Diego Union-Tribune*, Spanish language *Hoy*and several small community newspapers: to not only save local journalism but allow it to thrive.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15653-why-soon-shiong-s-purchase-of-the-la-times-is-a-noble-crap-shoot-only-riskier)

   ##  [ Profile of a Slumlord](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15650-profile-of-a-slumlord "Profile of a Slumlord")

      Details    VyBe Local, LATU    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15650-profile-of-a-slumlord)

VOICES-Three separate juries have now confirmed what we in the VyBe chapter of the Los Angeles Tenants Union have long known: Lisa Ehrlich has allowed her properties to deteriorate to slum-like conditions.

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   ##  [ LA’s Wildlife Corridors Face Extinction – City Must Act on Building Permits!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15649-la-s-wildlife-corridors-face-extinction-city-must-act-on-building-permits "LA’s Wildlife Corridors Face Extinction – City Must Act on Building Permits!")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15649-la-s-wildlife-corridors-face-extinction-city-must-act-on-building-permits)

DEEGAN ON LA-Just like Angelenos who whiz around the city in their vehicles, our hillside-dwelling wildlife also have transportation needs.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15649-la-s-wildlife-corridors-face-extinction-city-must-act-on-building-permits)

   ##  [ Insider: Cruel Separation of Families 'Rooted in the Racism' of Bannon, Miller, and Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15647-insider-cruel-separation-of-families-rooted-in-the-racism-of-bannon-miller-and-trump "Insider: Cruel Separation of Families 'Rooted in the Racism' of Bannon, Miller, and Trump")

      Details    Julia Conley    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15647-insider-cruel-separation-of-families-rooted-in-the-racism-of-bannon-miller-and-trump)

ALL ABOUT RACE--Trump critics argued on Monday that the debate over President Donald Trump's policy of prosecuting asylum seekers and separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border should be centered on the driving force behind the practice—the racism and xenophobia of top Trump officials and those who constitute his political base. *(Photo above right: ‘proud racist’ Stephen Miller.)*

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   ##  [ In Spite of New Rule, California’s ‘Epidemic of Judicial Misconduct’ Will Continue Unabated](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15646-in-spite-of-new-rule-california-s-epidemic-of-judicial-misconduct-will-continue-unabated "In Spite of New Rule, California’s ‘Epidemic of Judicial Misconduct’ Will Continue Unabated")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15646-in-spite-of-new-rule-california-s-epidemic-of-judicial-misconduct-will-continue-unabated)

CORRUPTION WATCH-The Hebrew phrase, “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof" (Deut. 16:20), is usually translated as "Justice, Justice you shall pursue.”

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   ##  [ CA’s Density Bonuses - Still Not Enough to Boost Low and Moderate-Income Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15644-ca-s-density-bonuses-still-not-enough-to-boost-low-and-moderate-income-housing "CA’s Density Bonuses - Still Not Enough to Boost Low and Moderate-Income Housing")

      Details    John Issakson    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15644-ca-s-density-bonuses-still-not-enough-to-boost-low-and-moderate-income-housing)

EXPLAINING THE DENSITY PROGRAM-In 2005 the California State Legislature passed SB 1818 which requires local governments to offer density bonuses for developers in exchange for their setting aside a percentage of the units they construct for very low, low or moderate-income housing.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15644-ca-s-density-bonuses-still-not-enough-to-boost-low-and-moderate-income-housing)

   ##  [ California: The Politics of Surviving ‘The Big One’ ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15643-california-the-politics-of-surviving-the-big-one "California: The Politics of Surviving ‘The Big One’ ")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15643-california-the-politics-of-surviving-the-big-one)

GELFAND’S WORLD--The publication of [The Big Ones](https://www.amazon.com/Big-Ones-Natural-Disasters-Shaped/dp/0385542704) by Dr. Lucy Jones provides a chance for Californians to consider where we are in terms of preparedness against a really big and violent act of nature such as a flood or an earthquake.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15643-california-the-politics-of-surviving-the-big-one)

   ##  [ California Promised ‘Preschool for All.’ What I Got Was a $120,000 Tuition Bill.](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15642-california-promised-preschool-for-all-what-i-got-was-a-120-000-tuition-bill "California Promised ‘Preschool for All.’ What I Got Was a $120,000 Tuition Bill.")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15642-california-promised-preschool-for-all-what-i-got-was-a-120-000-tuition-bill)

EDUCATION POLITICS--Since the 1990s, California’s leaders have promised to make preschool universal for every child.

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   ##  [ Baby Steps: Why MacDonald’s Eliminating Plastic Straws in Ireland and the UK is Important to LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15641-baby-steps-why-macdonald-s-eliminating-plastic-straws-in-ireland-and-the-uk-is-important-to-la "Baby Steps: Why MacDonald’s Eliminating Plastic Straws in Ireland and the UK is Important to LA")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15641-baby-steps-why-macdonald-s-eliminating-plastic-straws-in-ireland-and-the-uk-is-important-to-la)

FIRST PERSON-Might there be a glimmer of hope for the environment and our species’ long-term survival on this planet, now that MacDonald’s has finally acknowledged a plastic-in-the-environment crisis of epic proportions?

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   ##  [ A Bridge Home or a Bridge to Nowhere?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15640-a-bridge-home-or-a-bridge-to-nowhere "A Bridge Home or a Bridge to Nowhere?")

      Details    Casey Maddren    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 18 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/049u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15640-a-bridge-home-or-a-bridge-to-nowhere)

**EIGHT MOST READ** - PERSPECTIVE-In April of this year, the Los Angeles City Council declared an emergency shelter crisis, and Mayor Eric Garcetti followed up by announcing “A Bridge Home,” a new initiative intended to fast-track the construction of temporary homeless shelters.

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   ##  [ Election Retrospective: California’s Blue Wave and Why the GOP is Rightly Nervous](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15632-election-retrospective-california-s-blue-wave-and-why-the-gop-is-rightly-nervous "Election Retrospective: California’s Blue Wave and Why the GOP is Rightly Nervous")

      Details    Ben Christopher    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 14 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/048z.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15632-election-retrospective-california-s-blue-wave-and-why-the-gop-is-rightly-nervous)

CAL MATTERS--Ballots are still being counted, but last week’s election is already offering good news for Democrats hoping to take back the House of Representatives in November.

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   ##  [ Why We Worry: When Public Transportation Leads to Gentrification](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15629-why-we-worry-when-public-transportation-leads-to-gentrification "Why We Worry: When Public Transportation Leads to Gentrification")

      Details    Jeff Turrentine    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 14 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/048a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15629-why-we-worry-when-public-transportation-leads-to-gentrification)

PERSPECTIVE--There once was a time in America when people of means weren’t keen on the idea of living right next to a rail station. Real estate developers, as a general matter, didn’t throw lots of capital into these communities, many of which quite literally defined the proverbial “other side of the tracks.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15629-why-we-worry-when-public-transportation-leads-to-gentrification)

   ##  [ Why LA Unified May Face Financial Crisis Even with a Giant Surplus This Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15628-why-la-unified-may-face-financial-crisis-even-with-a-giant-surplus-this-year "Why LA Unified May Face Financial Crisis Even with a Giant Surplus This Year")

      Details    Jessica Calefati    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 14 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2018/048b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15628-why-la-unified-may-face-financial-crisis-even-with-a-giant-surplus-this-year)

EDUCATION POLITICS-With more than half a billion dollars socked away for next school year, the Los Angeles Unified School District hardly seems just two years from financial ruin. It’s a scenario that is especially tough to swallow if you’re a low-wage worker seeking a raise or a teacher who wants smaller classes.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15628-why-la-unified-may-face-financial-crisis-even-with-a-giant-surplus-this-year)

1. [ Why Do Attorney Complaints about Judges Go Unaddressed?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15627-why-do-attorney-complaints-about-judges-go-unaddressed)
2. [ The CA Affordable Housing Crisis: What We Can’t Afford is the Big Lie](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15624-the-ca-affordable-housing-crisis-what-we-can-t-afford-is-the-big-lie)
3. [ Swinging for the Fences, California Sports Teams Keep Asking Lawmakers for Special Deals](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15623-swinging-for-the-fences-california-sports-teams-keep-asking-lawmakers-for-special-deals)
4. [ No, Trump is Not On To Something](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15622-no-trump-is-not-on-to-something)
5. [ Memo to Dems - Small ‘d’ Democracy Works Just Fine: Let It Be](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15621-memo-to-dems-small-d-democracy-works-just-fine-let-it-be)
6. [ Looking Back: The Racial Dynamics of Wiener’s SB 827 Zoning Bill](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15620-looking-back-the-racial-dynamics-of-wiener-s-sb-827-zoning-bill)
7. [ How We Made Labor Solidarity Work for LA Workers – Cheryl Parisi Retires … Storming the Halls!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15619-how-we-made-labor-solidarity-work-for-la-workers-cheryl-parisi-retires-storming-the-halls)
8. [ First Person Report: USC Failed to Protect Us from Our Abusive Doctor](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15605-first-person-report-usc-failed-to-protect-us-from-our-abusive-doctor)
9. [ There’s Serious Talk of a Sepulveda Pass Rail Line again. How Serious is the Question?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15602-there-s-serious-talk-of-a-sepulveda-pass-rail-line-again-how-serious-is-the-question)
10. [ The Trumpster’s Goal is Clear Now: Destroy the Western Alliance](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15601-the-trumpster-s-goal-is-clear-now-destroy-the-western-alliance)
11. [ Tale of Two Cases: The Best of Judicial Times and the Worst of Judicial Times](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15599-tale-of-two-cases-the-best-of-judicial-times-and-the-worst-of-judicial-times)
12. [ Suicide: An American Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15598-suicide-an-american-crisis)
13. [ Rent Control Keeps Prices Down for Everyone. Here’s Why.](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15597-rent-control-keeps-prices-down-for-everyone-here-s-why)
14. [ LA Vote Chaos: Incompetence or Sabotage by ‘Least Qualified’ Election Exec?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15595-la-vote-chaos-incompetence-or-sabotage-by-least-qualified-election-exec)
15. [ LA City and LAPD Call ‘Arrest-Homeless-First-then-Provide-Services’ a Success … Homeless Angelenos Disagree](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15594-la-city-and-lapd-call-arrest-homeless-first-then-provide-services-a-success-homeless-angelenos-disagree)
16. [ Developer vs. the Safety of Kids: Fairfax Area Parents Upset](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15592-developer-vs-the-safety-of-kids-fairfax-area-parents-upset)
17. [ City-Sanctioned Speculation: How a ‘Major Remodel’ Becomes a Demolition](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15591-city-sanctioned-speculation-how-a-major-remodel-becomes-a-demolition)
18. [ California: Cannabis Could Be a Lifeline for Struggling Farmers](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15589-california-cannabis-could-be-a-lifeline-for-struggling-farmers)
19. [ Will Private Greed or Public Need Prevail When City Hall Reviews This Luxury High-Rise Apartment Building?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15586-will-private-greed-or-public-need-prevail-when-city-hall-reviews-this-luxury-high-rise-apartment-building)
20. [ What Are YOU Gonna DO Now That the Primaries Are Through?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15585-what-are-you-gonna-do-now-that-the-primaries-are-through)

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