## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) ### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) August 06 2026 [ ![](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/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/49/094b-49546c49.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/094b.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=1d2afc52)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14416:you-ll-never-guess-why-la-mayor-garcetti-is-thankful&catid=312) LOS ANGELES ## [ You’ll Never Guess Why LA Mayor Garcetti is Thankful ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14416:you-ll-never-guess-why-la-mayor-garcetti-is-thankful&catid=312) Thinking about what Americans may be thankful for this Thanksgiving holidays suggests some interesting possibilities. Herewith are my thoughts regarding what will be in some folks’ minds as they give thanks this year. Teenage girls in Al… ### More Coverage - [Something to be Thankful for: Ripping Off the Band Aid of a Sexual Harassment Counterculture](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14413:something-to-be-thankful-for-ripping-off-the-bandaid-of-a-sexual-harassment-counterculture&catid=312) - [Dropping the Ball on Climate Change – It is a Big Club](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14411:dropping-the-ball-on-climate-change-it-is-a-big-club&catid=312) - [U.S. President Eric Garcetti … What It Would Mean for Latinos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14410:u-s-president-eric-garcetti-what-it-would-mean-for-latinos&catid=312) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/094d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14414:o-j-the-menendez-trial-and-an-epidemic-of-misconduct-by-the-la-district-attorney&catid=312)LOS ANGELES ## [O.J., the Menendez Trial and an Epidemic of Misconduct by the LA District Attorney](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14414:o-j-the-menendez-trial-and-an-epidemic-of-misconduct-by-the-la-district-attorney&catid=312) Back in 1996, knowing that Erik and Lyle Menendez would not be found guilty of first degree murder if the jury heard all the evidence of abuse, the DA’s Office got the morally compromised Judge Stanley Weisberg to refuse to give the jury t… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5a/094e-5af95521.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/094e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8e7b5c19) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14413:something-to-be-thankful-for-ripping-off-the-bandaid-of-a-sexual-harassment-counterculture&catid=312)### [Something to be Thankful for: Ripping Off the Band Aid of a Sexual Harassment Counterculture](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14413:something-to-be-thankful-for-ripping-off-the-bandaid-of-a-sexual-harassment-counterculture&catid=312) ALPERN AT LARGE--Forever we'll debate the differences and similarities of men and women, and forever we'll debate whether treating women di… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c6/094h-c6e4b694.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/094h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=612cc9af) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14411:dropping-the-ball-on-climate-change-it-is-a-big-club&catid=312)### [Dropping the Ball on Climate Change – It is a Big Club](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14411:dropping-the-ball-on-climate-change-it-is-a-big-club&catid=312) PLATKIN ON PLANNING--For those who care about the planet’s future, it has not been a good week. There are no shortages of public officials… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8a/094i-8a6d5a0b.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/094i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=15ec2933) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14410:u-s-president-eric-garcetti-what-it-would-mean-for-latinos&catid=312)### [U.S. President Eric Garcetti … What It Would Mean for Latinos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14410:u-s-president-eric-garcetti-what-it-would-mean-for-latinos&catid=312) TOMORROWLAND--If Eric Garcetti runs for president, what will it mean for Hispanics not only in his hometown but beyond? [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c9/094m-c97a3ffd.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/094m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=44cbe22d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14407:par-k-for-the-course-turning-la-county-golf-courses-into-parks-for-the-people&catid=312)### [Par(k) for the Course … Turning LA County Golf Courses into Parks for the People](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14407:par-k-for-the-course-turning-la-county-golf-courses-into-parks-for-the-people&catid=312) PREVEN REPORT--The County of Los Angeles owns twenty golf courses—why not turn one or more of them into a park? [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/aa/093c-aab5c82d.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a2249b94) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14402:worried-about-the-state-of-public-education-this-letter-is-a-must-read&catid=312)### [Worried about the State of Public Education? This Letter is a Must Read!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14402:worried-about-the-state-of-public-education-this-letter-is-a-must-read&catid=312) EDUCATION WATCH-What is most personal is most universal. These words from Carl Rogers came to mind when I read this letter from the parents… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3b/093e-3b08ac0d.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4a93b04b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14400:housing-for-the-homeless-the-boat-solution&catid=312)### [Housing for the Homeless: The Boat Solution](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14400:housing-for-the-homeless-the-boat-solution&catid=312) PREVEN REPORT--Why not use one or more docked decommissioned cruise ships as a stop-gap measure to provide temporary housing to homeless pe… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f6/093f-f68279e9.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=76543de1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14399:lapd-probe-into-hollywood-sex-crimes-explodes-to-nearly-24-cases&catid=312)### [LAPD Probe into Hollywood Sex Crimes Explodes to Nearly 24 Cases](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14399:lapd-probe-into-hollywood-sex-crimes-explodes-to-nearly-24-cases&catid=312) IF ONLY THE BOX OFFICE WERE DOING THIS WELL--The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating nearly two dozen cases of possible sexual m… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d1/093h-d18ca08f.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6d5ea538) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14397:california-assemblyman-bocanegra-set-to-resign-sexual-harassment-charges-too-costly-to-fight&catid=312)### [California Assemblyman Bocanegra Set to Resign … Sexual Harassment Charges ‘Too Costly to Fight’ ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14397:california-assemblyman-bocanegra-set-to-resign-sexual-harassment-charges-too-costly-to-fight&catid=312) POLITICS--Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, D-Pacoima, announced Monday that he would not seek re-election and immediately resign from his leader… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7c/093k-7cb9ef4d.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f8944f13) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14395:how-journalists-hurt-homeless-animals-in-no-kill-la&catid=312)### [How Journalists Hurt Homeless Animals in “No Kill” LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14395:how-journalists-hurt-homeless-animals-in-no-kill-la&catid=312) @THE GUSS REPORT-LA journalists will soon blindly trumpet that Mayor Garcetti’s animal shelters are “No Kill” when there is no such thing a… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f1/093l-f1f456f5.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=32d5ac25) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14394:parent-of-black-teen-in-jail-charged-with-murder-speaks-out-on-rich-white-teen-out-on-bail&catid=312)### [Parent of Black Teen in Jail Charged with Murder Speaks Out on Rich White Teen Out on Bail](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14394:parent-of-black-teen-in-jail-charged-with-murder-speaks-out-on-rich-white-teen-out-on-bail&catid=312) JUSTICE WATCH--A wealthy, white Southern California teen, accused of murder and premeditated murder in an Oct. 1 gang-related killing in So… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e3/093o-e30edd7d.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a3484a9e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14392:the-cost-of-silence-part-2-how-a-wealthy-la-democratic-donor-muted-an-entire-political-party&catid=312)### [The Cost of Silence Part 2: How a Wealthy LA Democratic Donor Muted an Entire Political Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14392:the-cost-of-silence-part-2-how-a-wealthy-la-democratic-donor-muted-an-entire-political-party&catid=312) REVEALED—(Editor’s Note: The Los Angeles Times reported this weekend that Democratic Donor Ed Buck’s home was found littered with drug para… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/45/093r-45407890.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=af0e1526) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14390:a-moment-of-clarity-one-real-nazi-one-real-monster-dead&catid=312)### [A Moment of Clarity: One Real Nazi, One Real Monster, Dead](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14390:a-moment-of-clarity-one-real-nazi-one-real-monster-dead&catid=312) ALPERN AT LARGE--Some of us are too quick to accuse others as evil, and both sides of the political spectrum are too quick to decry the oth… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/08/093s-084c6f0c.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/093s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e22f8979) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14389:the-flood-of-sexual-harassment-claims-no-end-in-sight&catid=312)### [The Flood of Sexual Harassment Claims: No End In Sight](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14389:the-flood-of-sexual-harassment-claims-no-end-in-sight&catid=312) BCK FILE--Another week has passed with yet more women coming forward with sexual harassment allegations against a who’s who of Hollywood an… [ 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is the New Red and School Accountability is Getting Harder to Read](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14379:california-where-orange-is-the-new-red-and-school-accountability-is-getting-harder-to-read&catid=312) EDUCATION POLITICS--Oh, California, you paradise, you far-flung western shoal, you frontier beyond purple mountains and fruited plains, you… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/53/092i-537fcbf5.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/092i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c59c53f0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14378:robert-iger-for-president-to-many-democrats-the-mouse-may-look-like-a-louse&catid=312)### [Robert Iger For President? To Many Democrats, the Mouse May Look Like a Louse](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14378:robert-iger-for-president-to-many-democrats-the-mouse-may-look-like-a-louse&catid=312) NEW GEOGRAPHY-Few global companies enjoy as much public good will as the Walt Disney Company. The entertainment giant regularly ranks highl… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/75/092m-75115db2.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/092m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6e12e02c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14376:crossing-the-pedophile-line-no-going-back&catid=312)### [Crossing the Pedophile Line: No Going Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14376:crossing-the-pedophile-line-no-going-back&catid=312) BELL VIEW-I once did a short stint at Gigi Gordon’s Post-Conviction Assistance Center. My first week on the job, Gigi dropped 80 pedophile… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/092n-fd08d056.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14375:still-more-city-hall-real-estate-schemes-and-scams&catid=312)### [Still More City Hall Real Estate Schemes and Scams](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14375:still-more-city-hall-real-estate-schemes-and-scams&catid=312) PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Question: Is the dizzy array of new zoning ordinances welling up at LA’s City Hall really intended to address LA’s twin… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/31/092o-31d2c067.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2017/092o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d0f4cc20) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14374:venice-blvd-vision-zero-is-being-exploited-and-won-t-save-a-single-life&catid=312)### [Venice Blvd: ‘Vision Zero’ is Being Exploited and Won't Save a Single Life!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14374:venice-blvd-vision-zero-is-being-exploited-and-won-t-save-a-single-life&catid=312) ALPERN AT LARGE--Vision Zero (and, to a very large degree, Great Streets) are first-rate, meritorious efforts that have the ability to impr… [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/ME%20DENTAL%20SPA/me%20dental%202026%20final.jpg)](http://medentalspa.com/) ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/banners/signup-for-cw.png) ## Get The News In Your Email Inbox Mondays & Thursdays Email [ ![LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/dwp%20level%20pay%205-7-25.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/82 "LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)") [ ![Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/HHR/AHF-rent-too-high.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/104 "Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2") ---