#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Christmas Card for the Metropolitan Tenants: Happy Holidays! Now Get Out!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14559-christmas-card-for-the-metropolitan-tenants-happy-holidays-now-get-out "Christmas Card for the Metropolitan Tenants:  Happy Holidays! Now Get Out!")

      Details    Susan Hunter    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 18 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/102p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14559-christmas-card-for-the-metropolitan-tenants-happy-holidays-now-get-out)

TENANTS’ RIGHTS-That's what City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell and United Way board member Jerry Neuman are permitting as they look the other way while residents are being ordered from their homes in a 1980s apartment tower, seen by thousands of commuters on the 101 freeway.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14559-christmas-card-for-the-metropolitan-tenants-happy-holidays-now-get-out)

   ##  [ California: Universal Health Care for Less $$$](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14558-california-universal-health-care-for-less "California: Universal Health Care for Less $$$")

      Details    Dan Walters    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 18 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/102r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14558-california-universal-health-care-for-less)

CAL MATTERS-When the Legislature reconvenes and the campaigns for governor heat up next year, Californians will be hearing a lot – and a lot of hot air – about universal health care.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14558-california-universal-health-care-for-less)

   ##  [ What Alabamians and Angelenos Have in Common](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14548-what-alabamians-and-angelenos-have-in-common "What Alabamians and Angelenos Have in Common")

      Details    Richard Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14548-what-alabamians-and-angelenos-have-in-common)

CORRUPTION WATCH- People love lies, myths and feel-good beliefs, but we shun facts. The sooner we recognize that our lives are founded on our emotional attachment to lies and myths, the sooner we can combat their deleterious effects.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14548-what-alabamians-and-angelenos-have-in-common)

   ##  [ United Nations Investigation Visits LA’s Skid Row … the World Needs to Know!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14546-united-nations-investigation-visits-la-s-skid-row-the-world-needs-to-know "United Nations Investigation Visits LA’s Skid Row … the World Needs to Know!")

      Details    General Jeff    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14546-united-nations-investigation-visits-la-s-skid-row-the-world-needs-to-know)

DTLA SKID ROW- Last week, Philip Alston, a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, visited Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles as part of a national tour investigating human rights conditions for the poorest U.S. citizens.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14546-united-nations-investigation-visits-la-s-skid-row-the-world-needs-to-know)

   ##  [ The Danger of Race-Based Politics](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14545-the-danger-of-race-based-politics "The Danger of Race-Based Politics")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14545-the-danger-of-race-based-politics)

RACISM CUTTING BOTH WAYS-Overall, perceptions of worsening racial relations have been building since the Obama years. And now, with everything from the Kate Steinle murder verdict to President Trump’s dog-whistling Muslim tweets, they seem destined to worsen further.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14545-the-danger-of-race-based-politics)

   ##  [ The Crime Debate Gets Louder, Bail Reform is Next](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14544-the-crime-debate-gets-louder-bail-reform-is-next "The Crime Debate Gets Louder, Bail Reform is Next")

      Details    Dan Walters    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14544-the-crime-debate-gets-louder-bail-reform-is-next)

CAL MATTERS--California, which had led the nation in cracking down on crime in the 1980s and 1990s by locking up tens of thousands of felons, has dramatically reversed course in the last half-decade, to wit:

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14544-the-crime-debate-gets-louder-bail-reform-is-next)

   ##  [ ‘RFPs … We Don’t Need No Stinking RFPs’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14542-rfps-we-don-t-need-no-stinking-rfps "‘RFPs … We Don’t Need No Stinking RFPs’")

      Details    Eric Preven & Joshua Preven    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14542-rfps-we-don-t-need-no-stinking-rfps)

PREVEN REPORT--In California, public agencies are required to put major contracts out to bid, so why did the Mayor and City Council of Los Angeles just award a seven-year, sixty-four million dollar contract to Motorola Solutions, Inc. with no request for proposal (RFP)?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14542-rfps-we-don-t-need-no-stinking-rfps)

   ##  [ Oh Lord, the Democratic Establishment Rides Again!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14539-oh-lord-the-democratic-establishment-rides-again "Oh Lord, the Democratic Establishment Rides Again!")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14539-oh-lord-the-democratic-establishment-rides-again)

EASTSIDER-Just when I was going to do a column on Neighborhood Councils, the National Democratic Party struck again! I just don’t understand how their politically correct and morally bankrupt pandering is supposed to gain them election victories.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14539-oh-lord-the-democratic-establishment-rides-again)

   ##  [ New Billboard Law Allows Flashing Ads Every 8 Seconds … Yes, It's That Bad](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14538-new-billboard-law-allows-flashing-ads-every-8-seconds-yes-it-s-that-bad "New Billboard Law Allows Flashing Ads Every 8 Seconds … Yes, It's That Bad")

      Details    Patrick Frank    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14538-new-billboard-law-allows-flashing-ads-every-8-seconds-yes-it-s-that-bad)

BILLBOARD BLIGHT-There will be hundreds of new digital billboards all across the city, flashing ad messages that change every eight seconds all day and into the night, if the City Council Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee gets its way. The new draft legislation they unveiled at a Dec. 12 City Hall hearing basically capitulates to the sign companies, generally ignoring traffic safety, aesthetics and environmental concerns.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14538-new-billboard-law-allows-flashing-ads-every-8-seconds-yes-it-s-that-bad)

   ##  [ It’s Not Complicated](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14535-it-s-not-complicated "It’s Not Complicated")

      Details    David Bell    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14535-it-s-not-complicated)

**BELL VIEW--**This morning we woke to news of a miracle in Alabama: a tough-on-crime prosecutor who brought justice to unrepentant terrorists for murdering little girls in a church upset a child molester who was banned from the local mall for hitting on high school girls during his 30’s. Miraculous, eh? Well, for times like these, we’ll take our miracles wherever we can get them.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14535-it-s-not-complicated)

   ##  [ First-Person Report: Cancer-Causing Chemicals Endanger SoCal Kids](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14532-first-person-report-cancer-causing-chemicals-endanger-socal-kids "First-Person Report: Cancer-Causing Chemicals Endanger SoCal Kids")

      Details    Lisa Lappin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14532-first-person-report-cancer-causing-chemicals-endanger-socal-kids)

‘I DON’T WANT TO DIE’-As a veteran teacher of 25 years, I‘ve heard children say a lot of things. But, in 2010 one of my second-grade students said something no teacher should ever hear: “Ms. Lappin, I don’t want to die.” He wasn’t sick. But he was scared. The child’s haunting words impelled me to start asking questions. Specifically, why were so many children, teachers, and residents contracting cancer in the small city of Paramount?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14532-first-person-report-cancer-causing-chemicals-endanger-socal-kids)

   ##  [ City Hall Putting Its Thumb on the Land Use Scale](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14531-city-hall-putting-its-thumb-on-the-land-use-scale "City Hall Putting Its Thumb on the Land Use Scale")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14531-city-hall-putting-its-thumb-on-the-land-use-scale)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-In the fanciful world of high school and college “civics” and political science classes, government is portrayed as a neutral force blindly balancing many competing interest groups. While a few gullible students might fall for this claim, a quick look at the City of Los Angeles puts this notion to rest.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14531-city-hall-putting-its-thumb-on-the-land-use-scale)

   ##  [ Loser Trump: Uniquely Awful and at the Tipping Point](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14527-loser-trump-uniquely-awful-and-at-the-tipping-point "Loser Trump: Uniquely Awful and at the Tipping Point")

      Details    Doug Epperhart    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/0101z5.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14527-loser-trump-uniquely-awful-and-at-the-tipping-point)

POLITICS-Does Tuesday’s election of Doug Jones as Alabama’s first Democratic U.S. Senator in more than two decades signal the beginning of the end for Donald Trump? Have enough voters who embraced Trump’s anti-Washington rhetoric finally awakened from the fevered dream of draining the swamp? Or was the defeat of Roy Moore an electoral aberration?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14527-loser-trump-uniquely-awful-and-at-the-tipping-point)

   ##  [ USC Equity ‘Mavens’ Promote Spending on Expensive Mass Transit and Housing that Benefit the Rich](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14522-usc-equity-mavens-promote-spending-on-expensive-mass-transit-and-housing-that-benefit-the-rich "USC Equity ‘Mavens’ Promote Spending on Expensive Mass Transit and Housing that Benefit the Rich")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 11 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/100b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14522-usc-equity-mavens-promote-spending-on-expensive-mass-transit-and-housing-that-benefit-the-rich)

CORRUPTION WATCH-All educated people have heard Lord Acton’s quote from 1887, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” One interesting aspect of Lord Acton’s statement is that it took thousands of years for someone to concisely state what everyone knew. It’s the lesson behind Sodom and Gomorrah where the judges were named Liar, Deceiver, and Perverter of the law. Socrates’, Plato’s and Aristotle’s discussions on how to bring together wisdom and power yielded no solution. As the Arab political philosopher al-Farabi noted in his parable of the pious ascetic, the corruption power brings taints even the righteous. (The ascetic had to lie by acts of deception to save his life.)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14522-usc-equity-mavens-promote-spending-on-expensive-mass-transit-and-housing-that-benefit-the-rich)

   ##  [ Okay, Your Company Doesn’t Have a Harvey Weinstein Issue, But … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14519-okay-your-company-doesn-t-have-a-harvey-weinstein-issue-but "Okay, Your Company Doesn’t Have a Harvey Weinstein Issue, But …      ")

      Details    Jay Marks    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 11 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/100f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14519-okay-your-company-doesn-t-have-a-harvey-weinstein-issue-but)

SMALL BIZ WATCH--As sexual harassment allegations spread to more individuals and industries, the sad facts are coming out regarding treatment of women at work that many have known about for decades. It’s easy to point to more “glamorous” enterprises like entertainment, investment, culinary, tech, politics, fashion, and think that these “ego-head” movers and shakers are getting their due. In the days to come #MeToo will certainly spread to less glamorous industries and less prominent transgressors, and many industries and localities will have unfortunate and distressing sexual harassment accounts to deal with.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14519-okay-your-company-doesn-t-have-a-harvey-weinstein-issue-but)

   ##  [ LA Sups Sticking It to the Poor: Hiking Admission Fees to Natural History Museum](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14518-la-sups-sticking-it-to-the-poor-hiking-admission-fees-to-natural-history-museum "LA Sups Sticking It to the Poor: Hiking Admission Fees to Natural History Museum")

      Details    Eric Preven and Joshua Preven    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 11 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/100g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14518-la-sups-sticking-it-to-the-poor-hiking-admission-fees-to-natural-history-museum)

PREVEN REPORT-How is charging admission to a public museum not the same thing as charging admission to a public library?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14518-la-sups-sticking-it-to-the-poor-hiking-admission-fees-to-natural-history-museum)

   ##  [ Heed the People’s Cry or Prepare for an LA River Tea Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14516-heed-the-people-s-cry-or-prepare-for-an-la-river-tea-party "Heed the People’s Cry or Prepare for an LA River Tea Party")

      Details    Scott Silverstein    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 11 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/100i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14516-heed-the-people-s-cry-or-prepare-for-an-la-river-tea-party)

PERSPECTIVE--Remember being taught about the Boston Tea Party? The patriots of Boston finally had enough taxation without representation. Well folks, get your tea bags out and ready.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14516-heed-the-people-s-cry-or-prepare-for-an-la-river-tea-party)

   ##  [ Drug Biz Sues California … Unhappy with New ‘Advance Notice’ Law](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14514-drug-biz-sues-california-unhappy-with-new-advance-notice-law "Drug Biz Sues California … Unhappy with New ‘Advance Notice’ Law")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 11 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/100k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14514-drug-biz-sues-california-unhappy-with-new-advance-notice-law)

GELFAND’S WORLD--The pharmaceutical industry sued the state of California on Friday. You see, California recently passed a law that would require the drug companies to give advance warning before they raise prices substantially. Under California's new [law,](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-drugpricing/california-governor-signs-drug-pricing-transparency-law-idUSKBN1CE28W) drug companies are at least supposed to provide some advance notice and to explain their reasons. So as night follows day, the pharmaceutical industry filed suit, wrapping themselves in the Constitution and various other sacred [obligations](http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/drug-companies-sue-block-california-drug-price-law-51682236).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14514-drug-biz-sues-california-unhappy-with-new-advance-notice-law)

   ##  [ CA Wildfires Could Continue ‘til Christmas … No Rain, High Temps will Keep Smoke Coming](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14513-ca-wildfires-could-continue-til-christmas-no-rain-high-temps-will-keep-smoke-coming "CA Wildfires Could Continue ‘til Christmas … No Rain, High Temps will Keep Smoke Coming")

      Details    Eric Holthaus    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 11 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/100n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14513-ca-wildfires-could-continue-til-christmas-no-rain-high-temps-will-keep-smoke-coming)

CLIMATE POLITICS--At a moment when firefighters—and anyone who lives and breathes in Southern California—could use a break, the atmosphere is about to double down.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14513-ca-wildfires-could-continue-til-christmas-no-rain-high-temps-will-keep-smoke-coming)

   ##  [ Backlash Ripples Through California Politics after Women Denounce Sexual Harassment](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14510-backlash-ripples-through-california-politics-after-women-denounce-sexual-harassment "Backlash Ripples Through California Politics after Women Denounce Sexual Harassment")

      Details    Laurel Rosenhall    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 11 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/100r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14510-backlash-ripples-through-california-politics-after-women-denounce-sexual-harassment)

CAL MATTERS--With sexual harassment and assault allegations ricocheting through the state Capitol, two female lobbyists say they soon faced the consequences of speaking out—a state senator who suddenly wanted to avoid meeting with them.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14510-backlash-ripples-through-california-politics-after-women-denounce-sexual-harassment)

   ##  [ Are the Current Olympic Transportation Goals Really What’s Best for LA?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14509-are-the-current-olympic-transportation-goals-really-what-s-best-for-la "Are the Current Olympic Transportation Goals Really What’s Best for LA?")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     December 11 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2017/100s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14509-are-the-current-olympic-transportation-goals-really-what-s-best-for-la)

ALPERN AT LARGE--As stated in my last [CityWatch article](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles-for-rss/14496-twenty-eight-is-great-a-metro-project-list-of-olympic-proportions), Los Angeles City and County is using its successful 2028 Olympic bid to accelerate the many Metro projects that have been delayed to 2035 or beyond.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14509-are-the-current-olympic-transportation-goals-really-what-s-best-for-la)

1. [ Alcohol Restrictions: CA Mike Feuer Promoting End Run Around LA’s Neighborhood Councils](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14507-alcohol-restrictions-ca-mike-feuer-promoting-end-run-around-la-s-neighborhood-councils)
2. [ How Climate Change Fuels the Wildfires in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14502-how-climate-change-fuels-the-wildfires-in-california)
3. [ LA Council’s Dumb Plan to Regulate Recreational Pot … Have to Ask, What Were They Smoking?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14500-la-council-s-dumb-plan-to-regulate-recreational-pot-have-to-ask-what-were-they-smoking)
4. [ Twenty-Eight is Great: A Metro Project List of Olympic Proportions](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14496-twenty-eight-is-great-a-metro-project-list-of-olympic-proportions)
5. [ The Corrosive Art of Empty Ritual](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14495-the-corrosive-art-of-empty-ritual)
6. [ Telltale Signs You Might be Hobnobbing with a Gentrifier](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14494-telltale-signs-you-might-be-hobnobbing-with-a-gentrifier)
7. [ ‘Not Guilty’ - Kate Steinle Jury Delivers Outrageous Verdict!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14492-not-guilty-kate-steinle-jury-delivers-outrageous-verdict)
8. [ Little Known YIMBY Bills Gonna Have Big Impact on Local Planning](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14491-little-known-yimby-bills-gonna-have-big-impact-on-local-planning)
9. [ Hell Hath No Fury](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14490-hell-hath-no-fury)
10. [ Aliso Canyon Puts the Hit on DWP Customers This Winter](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14488-aliso-canyon-puts-the-hit-on-dwp-customers-this-winter)
11. [ LA’s Escalating Housing Costs Rooted in Local Corruption, Wall Street Greed](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14486-la-s-escalating-housing-costs-rooted-in-local-corruption-wall-street-greed)
12. [ Why LA Will Never Look Like NY](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14479-why-la-will-never-look-like-ny)
13. [ Trump Tax: Killer for Californians](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14477-trump-tax-killer-for-californians)
14. [ The Moral Obligation to Provide Sanctuary](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14476-the-moral-obligation-to-provide-sanctuary)
15. [ Something Stinks on the Westside ... It’s More Than Just the ‘Great Mercaptan Leak’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14475-something-stinks-on-the-westside-it-s-more-than-just-the-great-mercaptan-leak)
16. [ Perhaps an Audit is In Order for LA’s Ethics Commission](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14473-perhaps-an-audit-is-in-order-for-la-s-ethics-commission)
17. [ Granny Flats: How Corrupt Pols, Two-Bit Developers Destroy LA’s Middle-Class Neighborhoods](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14467-granny-flats-how-corrupt-pols-two-bit-developers-destroy-la-s-middle-class-neighborhoods)
18. [ Former DA Steve Cooley’s Blue Lives Matter Includes Tribute to a Fallen K-9](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14466-former-da-steve-cooley-s-blue-lives-matter-includes-tribute-to-a-fallen-k-9)
19. [ Federal Judge Rules: ‘Spindler Did Not Threaten Wesson’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14465-federal-judge-rules-spindler-did-not-threaten-wesson)
20. [ City Talk: Deciphering the Gobbledygook](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14462-city-talk-deciphering-the-gobbledygook)

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