## 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 # LOS ANGELES --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/039b.png)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15445:tax-reform-bill-cure-worse-than-the-ailment&catid=312) Written by Paul Hatfield on May 17 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [ Tax Reform Bill: Cure Worse than the Ailment ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15445:tax-reform-bill-cure-worse-than-the-ailment&catid=312) But that is precisely what State Senator Kevin de Leon and Assembly Member Autumn Burke (photo above)are proposing with SB227 and AB2217. The latter is a recent development. 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Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [Sacramento Has Declared War on You, Let Me Explain](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15444:sacramento-has-declared-war-on-you-let-me-explain&catid=312) On that day California State Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 827 exposing for everyone who wished to see Sacramento’s truly callous legislative process. In that moment many of us realized that something very dark was happening to Califo… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/039d-9b088ce8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15443:rebelling-against-california-s-sanctuary-law-from-inside-california&catid=312)### [Rebelling against California’s ‘Sanctuary’ Law—from Inside California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15443:rebelling-against-california-s-sanctuary-law-from-inside-california&catid=312) Written by David Gorn on May 17 2018. 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