## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) August 07 2025 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064j-ae16d9b9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) ### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) August 13 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/063e-bbfe3056.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) ### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1c/045z-1c49f8c1.png&src=images/stories/June-2018/045z.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=84c58f8c)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15544:ca-election-how-the-la-billionaires-will-get-their-way&catid=312) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 07 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [ CA Election: How the LA Billionaires Will Get Their Way ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15544:ca-election-how-the-la-billionaires-will-get-their-way&catid=312) Is it good or bad that most Angelenos do not vote? It is neither good nor bad since most who vote are clueless and voting is an exercise of ignorance. What do we know about the candidates in the June 5thPrimary Election? Almost nothing… ### More Coverage - [The Old Distraction Trick: How NOT Deal with LA’s Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15537:the-old-distraction-trick-how-not-deal-with-la-s-housing-crisis&catid=312) - [Outraged by Cinemark’s New Large Bag Policy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15535:outraged-by-cinemark-s-new-large-bag-policy&catid=312) - [MS-13 and Me](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15533:ms-13-and-me&catid=312) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/dc/044a-dc1a2ce6.png&src=images/stories/June-2018/044a.png&thumbnail=610,331,&hash=1f5677a6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15539:why-steyer-is-wrong-wrong-wrong-on-impeachment&catid=312)Written by Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine on May 31 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [Why Steyer is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong on Impeachment](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15539:why-steyer-is-wrong-wrong-wrong-on-impeachment&catid=312) But Steyer is dead wrong – and his millions invested in his impeachment petition compound the problem – that now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their country. “The Founders gave us impeachment to answer a rec… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ce/044c-ceb2fb2d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15537:the-old-distraction-trick-how-not-deal-with-la-s-housing-crisis&catid=312)### [The Old Distraction Trick: How NOT Deal with LA’s Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15537:the-old-distraction-trick-how-not-deal-with-la-s-housing-crisis&catid=312) Written by Dick Platkin on May 31 2018. 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