# LOS ANGELES ## [ Inside the Vote to Unionize the Los Angeles Times](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14735-inside-the-vote-to-unionize-the-los-angeles-times "Inside the Vote to Unionize the Los Angeles Times") Details Jack Denton [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 22 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1607o.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14735-inside-the-vote-to-unionize-the-los-angeles-times) STANDING UP TO GREED-The *Los Angeles Times* announced on Friday that its newsroom earlier this month voted overwhelmingly to unionize, 248–44. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14735-inside-the-vote-to-unionize-the-los-angeles-times) ## [ Erwin Chemerinsky and the Case Against Trump: ‘It’s Very Frightening to Me’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14734-erwin-chemerinsky-and-the-case-against-trump-it-s-very-frightening-to-me "Erwin Chemerinsky and the Case Against Trump: ‘It’s Very Frightening to Me’") Details Danny Feingold [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 22 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1607p.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14734-erwin-chemerinsky-and-the-case-against-trump-it-s-very-frightening-to-me) CAPITAL & MAIN-*(Editor’s Note: A reminder here that constitutional scholar Chemerinsky also chaired one of the two commissions that created Los Angeles Neighborhood Council system. In those early days Neighborhood Councils were in good company amid great expectations.)* Since Donald Trump took office once year ago, perhaps no American has called into question the legal and ethical behavior of the president with more persistence and authority than Erwin Chemerinsky. One of the country’s preeminent constitutional scholars, and the dean of the University of California, Berkeley’s law school, Chemerinsky has sounded the alarm from day one of Trump’s administration – most strenuously over the president’s alleged daily violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14734-erwin-chemerinsky-and-the-case-against-trump-it-s-very-frightening-to-me) ## [ Listen Up City Hall: Time to Can the Double Talk about the Homeless!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14726-listen-up-city-hall-time-to-can-the-double-talk-about-the-homeless "Listen Up City Hall: Time to Can the Double Talk about the Homeless!") Details Dennis Zine [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 18 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1606u.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14726-listen-up-city-hall-time-to-can-the-double-talk-about-the-homeless) RANTZ AND RAVEZ-I don’t want to be too critical about the leadership or lack of it at LA City Hall. I just want to be fair and objective as I point to a failed system of direction and accomplishments – failures that impact all of us who are trying to enjoy life and happiness in the Golden State and the City of LA. I am talking about the ever-growing population of homeless living on the streets of our city. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14726-listen-up-city-hall-time-to-can-the-double-talk-about-the-homeless) ## [ Why Tech Jobs are NOT Coming to LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14725-why-tech-jobs-are-not-coming-to-la "Why Tech Jobs are NOT Coming to LA") Details Richard Lee Abrams [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 18 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1606b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14725-why-tech-jobs-are-not-coming-to-la) CORRUPTION WATCH-Mayor Garcetti’s declaration to make Los Angeles into Silicon Beach bears as little resemblance to reality as Trump’s declaration that he is “like a really stable genius.” Garcetti proclaims that LA will become a center of the STEM industry. (STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics.) In September 2017, *CNBC* showed a grinning Garcetti sitting in a self-driving car, as it heralded LA’s emergence with infusions of investment capital. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14725-why-tech-jobs-are-not-coming-to-la) ## [ Raiding 7-11’s in Koreatown Won't Get Rid of Undocumented Workers … Only Make Them Less Visible.](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14719-raiding-7-11-s-in-koreatown-won-t-get-rid-of-undocumented-workers-only-make-them-less-visible "Raiding 7-11’s in Koreatown Won't Get Rid of Undocumented Workers …  Only Make Them Less Visible.") Details Massoud Hayoun [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 18 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1606i.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14719-raiding-7-11-s-in-koreatown-won-t-get-rid-of-undocumented-workers-only-make-them-less-visible) PACIFIC STANDARD-Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents [swooped down](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/economy/immigration-raids.html) on about 100 7-Elevens across the country. The coordinated pre-dawn raids arrested 21 workers and launched audits of employers who, if found to knowingly employ undocumented workers, face fines and jail time. The message was clear: Undocumented people—even those who escape workplace arrests—will soon find it impossible to seek employment at all. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14719-raiding-7-11-s-in-koreatown-won-t-get-rid-of-undocumented-workers-only-make-them-less-visible) ## [ Pushing Back Against City Hall Cheaters](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14718-pushing-back-against-city-hall-cheaters "Pushing Back Against City Hall Cheaters") Details Dick Platkin [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 18 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1606j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14718-pushing-back-against-city-hall-cheaters) PLATKIN ON PLANNING-City Planning has developed a host of ways to assist real estate developers building for the high end of the real estate market. Their helping hand, though, is based on cheating, and it also hides behind several totally spurious claims. While they don’t yet concede their bait-and-switch approach, their friends, like [Senator Scott Wiener](https://medium.com/@Scott_Wiener/my-transit-density-bill-sb-827-answering-common-questions-and-debunking-misinformation-226eaa7e1653), unabashedly support real estate speculators with many outlandish predictions. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14718-pushing-back-against-city-hall-cheaters) ## [ Permanent Water Rationing is Coming to California](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14717-permanent-water-rationing-is-coming-to-california "Permanent Water Rationing is Coming to California") Details Edward Ring [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 18 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1606l.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14717-permanent-water-rationing-is-coming-to-california) PERSPECTIVE--Have you experienced water faucets that spray tiny jets of water onto your hands? You know, those eight tiny jets of water, each about 1.0 millimeter in diameter, that are emitted with so much pressure that the paltry quantity of water bounces off your skin before you can get it wet enough to apply soap, and makes rinsing the soap off nearly impossible? You can find these water faucets in airports and other public places, where they constitute a minor annoyance. But wait. Thanks to California’s state legislature, they’re on their way into your home. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14717-permanent-water-rationing-is-coming-to-california) ## [ Memo to Mayor Garcetti: LA Needs to Pursue Transportation Policy as Engineers, Not Social Justice Warriors](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14716-memo-to-mayor-garcetti-la-needs-to-pursue-transportation-policy-as-engineers-not-social-justice-warriors "Memo to Mayor Garcetti: LA Needs to Pursue Transportation Policy as Engineers, Not Social Justice Warriors") Details Kenneth S. Alpern [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 18 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1606p.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14716-memo-to-mayor-garcetti-la-needs-to-pursue-transportation-policy-as-engineers-not-social-justice-warriors) ALPERN AT LARGE--As stated in a previous [CityWatch piece](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles-for-rss/14654-la-s-transpo-planning-recipe-should-include-a-healthy-dose-of-science-mixed-with-about-a-spoonful-of-theory)[,](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles-for-rss/14654-la-s-transpo-planning-recipe-should-include-a-healthy-dose-of-science-mixed-with-about-a-spoonful-of-theory),) we're supposed to pursue transportation policy and infrastructure improvements as engineers, not social justice warriors. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14716-memo-to-mayor-garcetti-la-needs-to-pursue-transportation-policy-as-engineers-not-social-justice-warriors) ## [ Brown Worries about Killing California’s Golden Geese](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14714-brown-worries-about-killing-california-s-golden-geese "Brown Worries about Killing California’s Golden Geese") Details Dan Walters [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 18 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1606s.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14714-brown-worries-about-killing-california-s-golden-geese) CAL MATTERS-To intertwine cliches, Gov. Jerry Brown let the cat out of the bag last week and acknowledged that he’s concerned about killing the golden geese. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14714-brown-worries-about-killing-california-s-golden-geese) ## [ Women’s March 2018: Last Year We Marched, This Year We Run](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14707-women-s-march-2018-last-year-we-marched-this-year-we-run "Women’s March 2018: Last Year We Marched, This Year We Run") Details Beth Cone Kramer [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14707-women-s-march-2018-last-year-we-marched-this-year-we-run) BCK FILE-One year ago, the day following the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump, 750,000 people gathered in Pershing Square as part of a global Women’s March. For many of us who participated in the very first march alongside fellow members of the resistance across the country and even the world, this was one of the first steps to show our solidarity on behalf of not only women, but every group and issue marginalized by the Trump and Republican agenda. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14707-women-s-march-2018-last-year-we-marched-this-year-we-run) ## [ Will Ajit Pai’s FCC Probe into Hawaii False Alarm Expose the Telecom Giants that Caused It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14705-will-ajit-pai-s-fcc-probe-into-hawaii-false-alarm-expose-the-telecom-giants-that-caused-it "Will Ajit Pai’s FCC Probe into Hawaii False Alarm Expose the Telecom Giants that Caused It?") Details Jake Johnson [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14705-will-ajit-pai-s-fcc-probe-into-hawaii-false-alarm-expose-the-telecom-giants-that-caused-it) EXPOSED--In a [statement](https://twitter.com/AjitPaiFCC/status/952629958593142785) released shortly following the false ballistic missile alarm that sparked panic in Hawaii on Sunday, FCC chair Ajit Pai placed blame for the incident on the state's lack of "reasonable safeguards"—while failing to mention that it was telecom giants, including his former employer Verizon, that [played a specific and outsized role](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kznxde/hawaii-ballistic-missile-warning-no-testing-system) in preventing the implementation of several key safeguards. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14705-will-ajit-pai-s-fcc-probe-into-hawaii-false-alarm-expose-the-telecom-giants-that-caused-it) ## [ We Celebrated MLK on Monday ... Did YOU Take the High Road?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14703-we-celebrated-mlk-on-monday-did-you-take-the-high-road "We Celebrated MLK on Monday ... Did YOU Take the High Road?") Details Kenneth S. Alpern [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14703-we-celebrated-mlk-on-monday-did-you-take-the-high-road) ALPERN AT LARGE--We live in a nation where one side wants to save us all from the other ... but who shall save us from those trying to save us? [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14703-we-celebrated-mlk-on-monday-did-you-take-the-high-road) ## [ Pot Biz: Spotty Restrictions on Legal Pot Sales Will Keep Black Markets Alive](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14701-pot-biz-spotty-restrictions-on-legal-pot-sales-will-keep-black-markets-alive "Pot Biz: Spotty Restrictions on Legal Pot Sales Will Keep Black Markets Alive") Details Terelle Jerricks [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14701-pot-biz-spotty-restrictions-on-legal-pot-sales-will-keep-black-markets-alive) 420 FILE-Although the Los Angeles City Council adopted three ordinances to regulate and zone cannabis businesses in Los Angeles, it’s hard to imagine the impact of legal pot becoming significant enough to shrink the black market. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14701-pot-biz-spotty-restrictions-on-legal-pot-sales-will-keep-black-markets-alive) ## [ Mysterious McKesson, the Massive CA Health Care Conglomerate You’ve Never Heard Of](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14700-mysterious-mckesson-the-massive-ca-health-care-conglomerate-you-ve-never-heard-of "Mysterious McKesson, the Massive CA Health Care Conglomerate You’ve Never Heard Of") Details Joe Mathews [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605i.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14700-mysterious-mckesson-the-massive-ca-health-care-conglomerate-you-ve-never-heard-of) CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--California is so big that you don’t need to be a mouse to hide here. You can be a giant elephant, and still escape notice. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14700-mysterious-mckesson-the-massive-ca-health-care-conglomerate-you-ve-never-heard-of) ## [ ICYMI: #AddShitholeToMovieTitles](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14699-icymi-addshitholetomovietitles "ICYMI: #AddShitholeToMovieTitles") Details Daniel Guss [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14699-icymi-addshitholetomovietitles) @THE GUSS REPORT-As President Donald Trump confounds supporters, detractors and the detached alike with his latest daily dose of foot-in-mouth syndrome (late last week he allegedly inarticulately pondered why the U.S. has immigrants from “shithole” countries), some brilliant someone came up with a hash tag that offers some agreeable and much-needed comedic relief: #AddShitholeToMovieTitles, which quickly went viral. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14699-icymi-addshitholetomovietitles) ## [ Cops On Trial: Woman with Erb’s Palsy Punched in Face Repeatedly by LAPD Officers Takes Them to Court](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14695-cops-on-trial-woman-with-erb-s-palsy-punched-in-face-repeatedly-by-lapd-officers-takes-them-to-court "Cops On Trial: Woman with Erb’s Palsy Punched in Face Repeatedly by LAPD Officers Takes Them to Court") Details Jasmyne Cannick [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605n.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14695-cops-on-trial-woman-with-erb-s-palsy-punched-in-face-repeatedly-by-lapd-officers-takes-them-to-court) JUSTICE--Opening statements are scheduled to take place in Los Angeles this week in the civil trial (Case No. BC621315) of a disabled woman who alleges that in 2015 a Los Angeles police officer repeatedly punched her, including in the face, and pinned her non-functioning arm underneath her body. *(Photo: As they beat the mother of four, LAPD officers repeatedly yelled at her to give them her arm and to “stop resisting” but due to her disability she was unable to unpin her arm voluntarily.)* [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14695-cops-on-trial-woman-with-erb-s-palsy-punched-in-face-repeatedly-by-lapd-officers-takes-them-to-court) ## [ Anti-Mass Transit Crowd has It Wrong, Mass Transit Makes LA a Better Place to Live](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14691-anti-mass-transit-crowd-has-it-wrong-mass-transit-makes-la-a-better-place-to-live "Anti-Mass Transit Crowd has It Wrong, Mass Transit Makes LA a Better Place to Live") Details Matthew Hetz [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605t.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14691-anti-mass-transit-crowd-has-it-wrong-mass-transit-makes-la-a-better-place-to-live) MASS TRANSIT DEBATE-The war on transit has launched a new salvo with accusations that subways, light rail, and trolleys are financial weapons of destruction out to destroy LA, using poor and working mothers as cannon fodder. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14691-anti-mass-transit-crowd-has-it-wrong-mass-transit-makes-la-a-better-place-to-live) ## [ A Nuts and Bolts Plan for Reforming LA City Government You Can Believe In](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14690-a-nuts-and-bolts-plan-for-reforming-la-city-government-you-can-believe-in "A Nuts and Bolts Plan for Reforming LA City Government You Can Believe In") Details Bob Gelfand [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605u2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14690-a-nuts-and-bolts-plan-for-reforming-la-city-government-you-can-believe-in) GELFAND’S WORLD--We used to talk about ethical and structural reform within the city of Los Angeles. We've been distracted for the past year, but someday we will get back to thinking about fixing what ails us at the local level. Hey, we could even take up local reform while we're waiting for the mess in DC to pass. How could reform actually be made to happen at the citywide level? [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14690-a-nuts-and-bolts-plan-for-reforming-la-city-government-you-can-believe-in) ## [ A ‘Homeless Czar’ and Shortcuts to Housing Brighten 2018 for LA’s Homeless](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14689-a-homeless-czar-and-shortcuts-to-housing-brighten-2018-for-la-s-homeless "A ‘Homeless Czar’ and Shortcuts to Housing Brighten 2018 for LA’s Homeless") Details Tim Deegan [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 15 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1605v.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14689-a-homeless-czar-and-shortcuts-to-housing-brighten-2018-for-la-s-homeless) DEEGAN ON LA-Chances are it will be a happier year for the homeless in 2018 than it was in 2017, thanks to a couple of proposed ordinances that would expedite housing, an abundance of programs for many types of homeless, and possibly even having a “Homeless Czar” at City Hall. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14689-a-homeless-czar-and-shortcuts-to-housing-brighten-2018-for-la-s-homeless) ## [ Hollywood Won’t Destroy Sexism, But We Can](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14682-hollywood-won-t-destroy-sexism-but-we-can "Hollywood Won’t Destroy Sexism, But We Can") Details Razan Azzarkani [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 11 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1603u.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14682-hollywood-won-t-destroy-sexism-but-we-can) OTHER WORDS-This month’s Golden Globes were the first awards ceremony held since #MeToo went viral. To commemorate it, celebrities brought social justice activists along as their plus-ones, and many more [wore black](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42599836) to show support with the [Time’s Up](https://www.timesupnow.com/) movement, a new Hollywood initiative to purge the industry of predators. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14682-hollywood-won-t-destroy-sexism-but-we-can) ## [ Why Mass Transit Will Financially Destroy Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14679-why-mass-transit-will-financially-destroy-los-angeles "Why Mass Transit Will Financially Destroy Los Angeles") Details Richard Lee Abrams [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) January 11 2018 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1604c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14679-why-mass-transit-will-financially-destroy-los-angeles) CORRUPTION WATCH-Subways and their above-ground siblings, trolleys and light-rail trains, are Weapons of Mass Financial Destruction (WMFDs). Like subprime mortgages and nuclear power, their lethality arises from the way they are used and not from any inherent characteristic. Angelenos need to understand the serious financial threats that fixed-rail mass transit poses for the area’s financial viability. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14679-why-mass-transit-will-financially-destroy-los-angeles) 1. [ When the City Hall Ghosts Haunt You ... Who Ya Gonna Call?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14678-when-the-city-hall-ghosts-haunt-you-who-ya-gonna-call) 2. [ The Rich Are Not Like Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14675-the-rich-are-not-like-us) 3. [ The Re-Education of Patty Lopez: Capital’s Sexual Harassment Scandal Gives Her a Second Chance](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14674-the-re-education-of-patty-lopez-capital-s-sexual-harassment-scandal-gives-her-a-second-chance) 4. [ Spooks and the FBI: Never Thought I’d be Defending Them!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14673-spooks-and-the-fbi-never-thought-i-d-be-defending-them) 5. [ In-and-Out Moves Make Dem vs. Dem Contests Likely in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14672-in-and-out-moves-make-dem-vs-dem-contests-likely-in-california) 6. 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