##  In the News

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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

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### [Free Metro? Who Pays the Billion-Dollar Bill?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33244:free-metro-who-pays-the-billion-dollar-bill&catid=312)

August 24 2026

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### [West LA Democrats Endorse Roy and Reitano, Decline to Back a Candidate in Senate District 24](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33248:west-la-democrats-endorse-roy-and-reitano-decline-to-back-a-candidate-in-senate-district-24&catid=401)

August 24 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Mayor Garcetti Launches “HIMBY” - His “Homeless In My Backyard” Plan

Written by Tim Deegan on April 23 2018.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15314:mayor-garcetti-launches-himby-his-homeless-in-my-backyard-plan&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/033m.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15313:la-city-council-pointlessly-exaggerates-gun-deaths-since-columbine&catid=312)Written by Daniel Guss on April 23 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [LA City Council Pointlessly Exaggerates Gun Deaths Since Columbine](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15313:la-city-council-pointlessly-exaggerates-gun-deaths-since-columbine&catid=312)

The not-so-truthful statement from Krekorian went as follows: “…in the 19 years since Columbine, 570,000 Americans have died from gun violence….” …

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 23 2018.

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Written by Jay Handal on April 23 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/58/033q-58f89405.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2018/033q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e2d12a2a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15310:council-passes-garcetti-s-homeless-ordinances-but-will-they-have-the-courage-to-act&catid=312)### [Council Passes Garcetti’s Homeless Ordinances … but Will They Have the Courage to Act?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15310:council-passes-garcetti-s-homeless-ordinances-but-will-they-have-the-courage-to-act&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on April 23 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f9/033r-f97f6430.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2018/033r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=690a2079) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15309:corruption-vs-corruptionism-how-garcetti-s-la-has-become-a-fact-free-zone&catid=312)### [Corruption vs Corruptionism: How Garcetti’s LA Has Become a Fact-Free Zone](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15309:corruption-vs-corruptionism-how-garcetti-s-la-has-become-a-fact-free-zone&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 23 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/28/033t-2802d1f4.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2018/033t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3ddb9ad6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15308:beware-mr-mayor-angelenos-know-a-bully-when-they-see-one&catid=312)### [Beware Mr. Mayor, Angelenos Know a Bully When They See One](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15308:beware-mr-mayor-angelenos-know-a-bully-when-they-see-one&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 23 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/87/032a-874c5b7a.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2018/032a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e313775f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15303:what-s-next-miller-high-life-yosemite-national-park&catid=312)### [What’s Next? ‘Miller High Life Yosemite National Park’?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15303:what-s-next-miller-high-life-yosemite-national-park&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on April 23 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6f/032d-6ff770d9.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2018/032d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=52bbd8bf) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15301:us-congressman-ted-lieu-powerful-voice-for-the-southland&catid=312)### [US Congressman Ted Lieu – Powerful Voice for the Southland](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15301:us-congressman-ted-lieu-powerful-voice-for-the-southland&catid=312)

Written by Sara Corcoran on April 23 2018.

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Written by Elise Foley on April 23 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 23 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ef/032g-ef8c8d6e.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2018/032g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=feaae8b0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15298:the-yimby-guide-to-bullying-and-its-results-sb-827-goes-down-in-committee&catid=312)### [The YIMBY Guide to Bullying and Its Results: SB 827 Goes Down in Committee](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15298:the-yimby-guide-to-bullying-and-its-results-sb-827-goes-down-in-committee&catid=312)

Written by CityWatch on April 23 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on April 23 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/21/032i-21301546.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2018/032i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2424989b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15296:the-state-s-most-controversial-housing-bill-in-years-just-died-here-s-what-to-take-away-from-that&catid=312)### [The State’s Most Controversial Housing Bill In Years Just Died. Here’s What to Take Away from That.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15296:the-state-s-most-controversial-housing-bill-in-years-just-died-here-s-what-to-take-away-from-that&catid=312)

Written by Matt Levin on April 23 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 23 2018.

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Written by Jay Handal on April 23 2018.

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Written by Edward Ring on April 23 2018.

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Written by Ken Draper on April 23 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on April 16 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on April 16 2018.

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