#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Garcetti’s Opt-Out for Governor May Have Saved Villaraigosa](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14299-garcetti-s-opt-out-for-governor-may-have-saved-villaraigosa "Garcetti’s Opt-Out for Governor May Have Saved Villaraigosa")

      Details    Dan Walters    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     November 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/088b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14299-garcetti-s-opt-out-for-governor-may-have-saved-villaraigosa)

CAL MATTERS-That sigh you hear is Antonio Villaraigos’s relief that Eric Garcetti won’t be running for governor next year.

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   ##  [ PLUM Committee: Reading Between the Lines at the Latest SRO Airbnb Meeting](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14298-plum-committee-reading-between-the-lines-at-the-latest-sro-airbnb-meeting "PLUM Committee: Reading Between the Lines at the Latest SRO   Airbnb Meeting")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     November 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/088c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14298-plum-committee-reading-between-the-lines-at-the-latest-sro-airbnb-meeting)

EASTSIDER-The much awaited PLUM Committee meeting to finalize whatever they’re going to do with the Airbnb (Short Term Rental) Ordinance has been shrouded in a veil of secrecy and “moving the ball” hearing dates. Was it because they knew they couldn’t take action at the meeting? You tell me.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14298-plum-committee-reading-between-the-lines-at-the-latest-sro-airbnb-meeting)

   ##  [ What “Business as Usual” Means at City Hall and for the Residents of Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14296-what-business-as-usual-means-at-city-hall-and-for-the-residents-of-los-angeles "What “Business as Usual” Means at City Hall and for the Residents of Los Angeles")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     November 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/088g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14296-what-business-as-usual-means-at-city-hall-and-for-the-residents-of-los-angeles)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-It is not easy to remain “king of the hill” on a playground or even in the backrooms of City Hall. But, to hold on to power, we have seen how desperate times require desperate measures. This is why the violent end of Occupy Los Angeles at City Hall’s front door marked the way for the defeat of Measure S, the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, several years later.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14296-what-business-as-usual-means-at-city-hall-and-for-the-residents-of-los-angeles)

   ##  [ How Can We Have a Discussion When No One is Listening?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14295-how-can-we-have-a-discussion-when-no-one-is-listening "How Can We Have a Discussion When No One is Listening?")

      Details    David Bell    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     November 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/088h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14295-how-can-we-have-a-discussion-when-no-one-is-listening)

BELL VIEW--David Brooks took another crack at [The Big Picture](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/opinion/when-politics-becomes-your-idol.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fdavid-brooks&action=click&contentCollection=opinion&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection) this week in his New York Times column. According to Mr. Brooks, America suffers from a species of political idolatry, where no one actually thinks about anything anymore, and we all just believe what our “party” tells us to believe. In Mr. Brooks’s America, the Left and the Right have each wrapped the warm blanket of tribal certainty around themselves, secure in the knowledge that “they’re wrong and we’re right.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14295-how-can-we-have-a-discussion-when-no-one-is-listening)

   ##  [ Dark Money Didn’t Cause This California Problem … No One to Blame but Ourselves](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14293-dark-money-didn-t-cause-this-california-problem-no-one-to-blame-but-ourselves "Dark Money Didn’t Cause This California Problem … No One to Blame but Ourselves")

      Details    David Crane    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     November 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/088j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14293-dark-money-didn-t-cause-this-california-problem-no-one-to-blame-but-ourselves)

GUEST COMMENTARY--Little about political contributions in California is hidden. Information is easily accessible at [Cal-Access](http://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/), a website run by California’s Secretary of State. For example, look [here](http://www.electiontrack.com/lookup.php?committee=1018725) to see contributions to a special interest and then [here](https://calmatters.org/articles/a-childs-death-and-the-power-of-the-dental-lobby/) for unfortunate consequences from political activity by that interest. ***There’s nothing dark about that money.*** Still, uninformed or lazy commentators all too often blame the state’s political problems on dark money\*. But that’s not true.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14293-dark-money-didn-t-cause-this-california-problem-no-one-to-blame-but-ourselves)

   ##  [ Auntie Maxine Calls Out LA Radio Host Handel for Calling Congresswoman Wilson a Whore](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14292-auntie-maxine-calls-out-la-radio-host-handel-for-calling-congresswoman-wilson-a-whore "Auntie Maxine Calls Out LA Radio Host Handel for Calling Congresswoman Wilson a Whore")

      Details    Jasmyne Cannick    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     November 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/088k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14292-auntie-maxine-calls-out-la-radio-host-handel-for-calling-congresswoman-wilson-a-whore)

WHAT WHITE LOOKS LIKE--On Friday, October 27, Los Angeles Democratic Congresswoman **Maxine Waters** spoke out about morning drive radio host **Bill Handel** of **iHeartMedia’s KFI 640** calling Congresswoman Frederica Wilson a “cheap, sleazy Democrat whore” on the radio. Handel–who is scheduled to be [inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame](http://www.radiohof.org/) this week– followed up his comments after social media backlash erupted with a sorry-not-sorry saying that he should have called Wilson a “media whore.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14292-auntie-maxine-calls-out-la-radio-host-handel-for-calling-congresswoman-wilson-a-whore)

   ##  [ LA Councilman Mike Bonin Recall, Why Bother?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14291-la-councilman-mike-bonin-recall-why-bother "LA Councilman Mike Bonin Recall, Why Bother?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     November 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/088n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14291-la-councilman-mike-bonin-recall-why-bother)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Periodically some Angelenos become upset with their councilmember and want to recall him (or her). Last year people in the Valley wanted to recall Councilmember Krekorian and many people in Hollywood want to recall Councilmembers O’Farrell and Ryu. But recalls are notoriously unsuccessful.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14291-la-councilman-mike-bonin-recall-why-bother)

   ##  [ Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics ... and the Venice Blvd Reconfiguration](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14290-lies-damned-lies-statistics-and-the-venice-blvd-reconfiguration "Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics ... and the Venice Blvd Reconfiguration")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     November 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/088o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14290-lies-damned-lies-statistics-and-the-venice-blvd-reconfiguration)

ALPERN AT LARGE--About 20 angry folks gave up watching the last game of the World Series Wednesday night to attend the Mar Vista Community Council Transportation/Infrastructure Committee meeting. Their only solace appeared to be that it was no fun watching the game, since the Dodgers were losing big time from the get-go.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14290-lies-damned-lies-statistics-and-the-venice-blvd-reconfiguration)

   ##  [ South LA Mothers Shut Down Insulting Open Space Hearing](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14288-south-la-mothers-shut-down-insulting-open-space-hearing "South LA Mothers Shut Down Insulting Open Space Hearing")

      Details    Ileana Wachtel    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     November 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2017/088q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14288-south-la-mothers-shut-down-insulting-open-space-hearing)

GUEST WORDS-South LA mothers halted a city hearing on open space Saturday after city planners failed to involve the black community, held it the day of the huge Taste of Soul festival, and wanted half of the attendees to discuss Culture & Community” instead of open space. *(Photo above: Near empty meeting after South LA moms had their say.)*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14288-south-la-mothers-shut-down-insulting-open-space-hearing)

   ##  [ Reminder: Trump’s Appointees are Mirror Images of Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14282-reminder-trump-s-appointees-are-mirror-images-of-trump "Reminder: Trump’s Appointees are Mirror Images of Trump")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 30 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/087t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14282-reminder-trump-s-appointees-are-mirror-images-of-trump)

**GELFAND’S WORLD--What did the Trump campaign say when the elephant walked into their headquarters?

**Answer: Nothing. They didn't see it.**

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   ##  [ Why I Got Arrested Outside the Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Facility](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14281-why-i-got-arrested-outside-the-aliso-canyon-gas-storage-facility "Why I Got Arrested Outside the Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Facility")

      Details    Alexandra Nagy    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 30 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/087a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14281-why-i-got-arrested-outside-the-aliso-canyon-gas-storage-facility)

GUEST WORDS-This week, I joined more than 100 Porter Ranch area residents and their supporters to mark the two-year anniversary of the gas blowout at the SoCalGas Aliso Canyon Storage Facility. The 2015 blowout -- the worst gas disaster in U.S. history -- released 100 thousand metric tons of methane and took four months to cap. For five hours on the October 23 anniversary, we blockaded the entrance to the facility that has gotten so many friends and neighbors sick. After two years of insisting that the dangerous gas facility be closed down, we were fed up with getting the run around from SoCalGas, state regulators and public officials.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14281-why-i-got-arrested-outside-the-aliso-canyon-gas-storage-facility)

   ##  [ California’s Fear of High-Rise Living Is Blocking Our View of the Future](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14278-california-s-fear-of-high-rise-living-is-blocking-our-view-of-the-future "California’s Fear of High-Rise Living Is Blocking Our View of the Future")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 30 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/087d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14278-california-s-fear-of-high-rise-living-is-blocking-our-view-of-the-future)

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--Want to spook your neighbors this Halloween? Don’t bother with big displays of goblins, ghouls, or ghosts. Instead, just decorate your door with a picture of an eight-story apartment building.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14278-california-s-fear-of-high-rise-living-is-blocking-our-view-of-the-future)

   ##  [ Sexual Harassment: A Capitol Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14277-sexual-harassment-a-capitol-problem "Sexual Harassment: A Capitol Problem")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 30 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/087e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14277-sexual-harassment-a-capitol-problem)

BCK FILE--Sexual harassment has taken over the news and social media feeds. Every day, there’s another high-profile executive or celebrity who has been harassing female colleagues in the office or on set. As I [wrote in CityWatch](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles-for-rss/14233-metoo-is-the-weinstein-price-double-punch-the-beginning-of-the-end) last week, hopefully, this vigilance to suspend, fire, or elicit resignations isn’t a temporary P.R. move but authentic change.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14277-sexual-harassment-a-capitol-problem)

   ##  [ Hepatitis Outbreak in LA: A Wake Up Call ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14273-hepatitis-outbreak-in-la-a-wake-up-call "Hepatitis Outbreak in LA: A Wake Up Call  ")

      Details    Julia Stein    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 30 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/087k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14273-hepatitis-outbreak-in-la-a-wake-up-call)

On October 25, 2017, protestors from the Catholic Worker and the LA Community action Network entered Los Angeles City Hall carrying covered toilets protesting lack of hygiene among homeless who have an outbreak of hepatitis A. The protestors tried to deliver the toilets to Mayor Garcetti.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14273-hepatitis-outbreak-in-la-a-wake-up-call)

   ##  [ What Does Launching More Rocketships Say About Betsy DeVos' Agenda?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14271-what-does-launching-more-rocketships-say-about-betsy-devos-agenda "What Does Launching More Rocketships Say About Betsy DeVos' Agenda?")

      Details    Karen Wolfe    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 30 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/087n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14271-what-does-launching-more-rocketships-say-about-betsy-devos-agenda)

EDUCATION WATCH-Silicon Valley-based Rocketship is a charter school chain with a bevy of star backers that has reported sky-high student achievement and recently landed a $12.6 million grant from Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education. But beyond the hype is a galaxy of problems, including plummeting test scores, litigation and allegations of student mistreatment.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14271-what-does-launching-more-rocketships-say-about-betsy-devos-agenda)

   ##  [ Baseball Chokes on a Jackie Robinson Moment](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14270-baseball-chokes-on-a-jackie-robinson-moment "Baseball Chokes on a Jackie Robinson Moment")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 30 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/087p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14270-baseball-chokes-on-a-jackie-robinson-moment)

@THE GUSS REPORT-2017 is the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and faced a tidal wave of hatred ranging from being spit upon to receiving death threats. His doing so, and his succeeding at his job, is not just an element of baseball history, but of American history. As such, Robinson’s 42 uniform number has been retired by every team in both MLB leagues.

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   ##  [ Looks Like NIMBY’s are In Good Company, Think Frank Lloyd Wright](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14269-looks-like-nimby-s-are-in-good-company-think-frank-lloyd-wright "Looks Like NIMBY’s are In Good Company, Think Frank Lloyd Wright")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 30 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/087q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14269-looks-like-nimby-s-are-in-good-company-think-frank-lloyd-wright)

DEEGAN ON LA-A pioneer in so many ways, he was also an early NIMBY-type that railed against development. He was so angry, so distraught about the constructions that were happening outside his dining room window, the stain on his view, the assault on his senses that Frank Lloyd Wright felt he had no other option than blocking out the offending view by boarding up his window. This nugget of information was provided by docents who lead tours through the [Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio](http://cal.flwright.org/tours/homeandstudio) in Oak Park, a leafy, Wright-residence-filled western suburb of Chicago.

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   ##  [ Ugly Political Hypocrisy - Something is Rotten in Sacramento](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14268-ugly-political-hypocrisy-something-is-rotten-in-sacramento "Ugly Political Hypocrisy - Something is Rotten in Sacramento")

      Details    David Crane    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 30 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/087r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14268-ugly-political-hypocrisy-something-is-rotten-in-sacramento)

GUEST WORDS-The recent release of Ken Burns’ Vietnam documentary transported me back to the politics of my youth and the ugly hypocrisy of Lyndon Johnson, whose story contains a critical lesson for California today.

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   ##  [ Why They Call it Politics: LA Mayor Nominates Political Consultant for Planning Commission](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14266-why-they-call-it-politics-la-mayor-nominates-political-consultant-for-planning-commission "Why They Call it Politics: LA Mayor Nominates Political Consultant for Planning Commission")

      Details    Patrick Range McDonald    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 26 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/086a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14266-why-they-call-it-politics-la-mayor-nominates-political-consultant-for-planning-commission)

POLITICS--LA planning commissioners, who wield tremendous power and influence, should obviously have a background in urban planning and land use, right? Not according to Mayor Eric Garcetti. He’s nominated [a political consultant for the California Democratic Party](http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2017/17-1194_rpt_MAYOR_10-17-2017.pdf) to the Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission. *(Photo above: Mayor Garcetti on right with State Senator Kevin de Leon.)*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14266-why-they-call-it-politics-la-mayor-nominates-political-consultant-for-planning-commission)

   ##  [ Where Have All the Leaders Gone?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14265-where-have-all-the-leaders-gone "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?")

      Details    Dennis P. Zine    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 26 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/086c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14265-where-have-all-the-leaders-gone)

RANTZ AND RAVEZ-In previous columns, I’ve written about numerous critical issues facing the City of Los Angeles and the State of California, and the elected officials who are responsible for the governance of our City of the Angels and the Golden State of California.

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   ##  [ We Don’t Think of Californians as Climate Refugees Yet, But We Should](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14263-we-don-t-think-of-californians-as-climate-refugees-yet-but-we-should "We Don’t Think of Californians as Climate Refugees Yet, But We Should")

      Details    Mark Trahant    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 26 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/086f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14263-we-don-t-think-of-californians-as-climate-refugees-yet-but-we-should)

GUEST WORDS--Let’s play with a word and an idea. “Hegemony” means the dominance of one political group over all others. That, at this moment, is the Republican brand. President Donald J. Trump, a Republican Senate, a Republican House, and a conservative, if not Republican, court system that will judge the law and Constitution for years to come. Hegemony. *(Photo above: Jennifer Yarnal searches for keepsakes in the rubble of her home just a few days ago in Santa Rosa, California. LA Times/Getty image.)*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14263-we-don-t-think-of-californians-as-climate-refugees-yet-but-we-should)

1. [ The Trumpification of the California GOP is Well Underway](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14262-the-trumpification-of-the-california-gop-is-well-underway)
2. [ The Dodgers, a World Series Loss and the Magic of the Game ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14261-the-dodgers-a-world-series-loss-and-the-magic-of-the-game)
3. [ Study Ties California Gun Violence Increases to Nevada Gun Shows](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14260-study-ties-california-gun-violence-increases-to-nevada-gun-shows)
4. [ South LA: Sick and Scared Residents Demand End to Urban Oil Drilling … City Hall Shrugs!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14259-south-la-sick-and-scared-residents-demand-end-to-urban-oil-drilling-city-hall-shrugs)
5. [ John Chiang, a Progressive Who Can Count](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14256-john-chiang-a-progressive-who-can-count)
6. [ Health Care: ‘Access’ vs ‘Coverage’ All in the Metrics](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14255-health-care-access-vs-coverage-all-in-the-metrics)
7. [ Elephant in the Affordable Housing Room: CA Lawmakers Need to Speed up CEQA Litigation](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14254-elephant-in-the-affordable-housing-room-ca-lawmakers-need-to-speed-up-ceqa-litigation)
8. [ Debunking the ‘NIMBY’ Myth](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14252-debunking-the-nimby-myth)
9. [ Confronting the Blurry Lines](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14251-confronting-the-blurry-lines)
10. [ All-Time High: Gallup Poll Says Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14247-all-time-high-gallup-poll-says-nearly-two-thirds-of-americans-support-marijuana-legalization)
11. [ The ABC's of Childish Policies for Addressing Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14243-the-abc-s-of-childish-policies-for-addressing-homelessness)
12. [ Not Her Mother's Daughter: The Lessons of Lisa Bloom](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14241-not-her-mother-s-daughter-the-lessons-of-lisa-bloom)
13. [ While LA Sleeps … Ignoring Its Gathering Storm](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14240-while-la-sleeps-ignoring-its-gathering-storm)
14. [ The Upside of Home-Sharing In LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14238-the-upside-of-home-sharing-in-la)
15. [ The Dodgers Have Only Done This Once](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14237-the-dodgers-have-only-done-this-once)
16. [ SoCal: Rising Rents Are Stressing Out Tenants and Aggravating the Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14236-socal-rising-rents-are-stressing-out-tenants-and-aggravating-the-housing-crisis)
17. [ #MeToo: Is the Weinstein/Price Double Punch the Beginning of the End?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14233-metoo-is-the-weinstein-price-double-punch-the-beginning-of-the-end)

18. [ Marijuana: Is ‘Pot Therapy’ Legal for California Dogs and Cats?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14232-marijuana-is-pot-therapy-legal-for-california-dogs-and-cats)
19. [ Kevin de Leon Enters U.S. Senate Race … Against the Wrong Opponent?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14231-kevin-de-leon-enters-u-s-senate-race-against-the-wrong-opponent)
20. [ From Harvey Weinstein to the CA State Judiciary: Abuse of Power](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14230-from-harvey-weinstein-to-the-ca-state-judiciary-abuse-of-power)

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