# LOS ANGELES ## [ No Need to Mince Words: We’ve Become Distracted on the Road to LA’s Transportation Future](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14212-no-need-to-mince-words-we-ve-become-distracted-on-the-road-to-la-s-transportation-future "No Need to Mince Words: We’ve Become Distracted on the Road to LA’s Transportation Future") Details Kenneth S. Alpern [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/084o.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14212-no-need-to-mince-words-we-ve-become-distracted-on-the-road-to-la-s-transportation-future) ALPERN AT LARGE--No need to mince words here--it's been tough being a transportation advocate. Political agendas, feel-good laws, ridiculous policies that send the wrong messages, and divisive paradigms have really distracted all of us from a unified approach to the planning, consensus and funding (and building) of a modern, 21st-Century LA City/County system. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14212-no-need-to-mince-words-we-ve-become-distracted-on-the-road-to-la-s-transportation-future) ## [ ‘Taste of Soul’ Needs Some Soul Searching](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14210-taste-of-soul-needs-some-soul-searching "‘Taste of Soul’ Needs Some Soul Searching") Details Eric Preven & Joshua Preven [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/084q.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14210-taste-of-soul-needs-some-soul-searching) PREVEN REPORT-For months last year, every other word out of LA City Attorney Mike Feuer's mouth was a condemnation of Wells Fargo Bank, but at the Taste of Soul street fair this coming Saturday Wells Fargo's giant logo will appear right beside the seals of the Los Angeles City and County. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14210-taste-of-soul-needs-some-soul-searching) ## [ The Great Inequality Machine – How LA City Hall does its Part](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14209-the-great-inequality-machine-how-la-city-hall-does-its-part "The Great Inequality Machine – How LA City Hall does its Part") Details Dick Platkin [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/084r.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14209-the-great-inequality-machine-how-la-city-hall-does-its-part) PLATKIN ON PLANNING-As our illustrious President tries to bamboozle the American public into believing that his back-of-the-envelope tax and health plans -- that allow [the rich to get even richer](http://www.newsweek.com/trump-tax-plan-inequality-637770) – will actually lift the income of working people, it is hard not to think about ever growing economic inequality in the United States. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14209-the-great-inequality-machine-how-la-city-hall-does-its-part) ## [ What the Heck is the DWP ‘Equity Metrics Initiative’? And, Why It’s Important that Know](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14207-what-the-heck-is-the-dwp-equity-metrics-initiative-and-why-it-s-important-that-know "What the Heck is the DWP ‘Equity Metrics Initiative’? And, Why It’s Important that Know") Details Tony Butka [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/084t.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14207-what-the-heck-is-the-dwp-equity-metrics-initiative-and-why-it-s-important-that-know) EASTSIDER-I’ve always been amazed at bureaucracies’ ability to mask their programs for the poor, the disabled, people of color and other under-represented/underserved groups, with opaque titles. Here, what is truly at the heart of the Equity Metrics Initiative is inequality. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14207-what-the-heck-is-the-dwp-equity-metrics-initiative-and-why-it-s-important-that-know) ## [ Why LA Shouldn't Bend Over Backwards to Get Amazon to Headquarter Here](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14206-why-la-shouldn-t-bend-over-backwards-to-get-amazon-to-headquarter-here "Why LA Shouldn't Bend Over Backwards to Get Amazon to Headquarter Here") Details Rick Paulas [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/084u.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14206-why-la-shouldn-t-bend-over-backwards-to-get-amazon-to-headquarter-here) PERSPECTIVE—*(Editor’s note: Amazon is looking for a second headquarters city. Los Angeles is [preparing to make the case](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/la-watchdog-for-rss/13990-amazon-has-5-billion-to-invest-in-a-second-headquarters-city-will-business-unfriendly-la-make-the-cut) for Los Angeles. Rick Paulas thinks that may be a bad idea. Read on.)* In early 2010, the city of Topeka, Kansas, was in trouble. The city's [unemployment](https://psmag.com/economics/suicide-rate-linked-to-high-unemployment-3688) rate had risen to unprecedented levels. Some in the mayor's office thought that a lack of affordable broadband [Internet access](https://psmag.com/news/only-43-percent-of-californias-rural-residents-have-broadband-internet-access) wasn't helping. Mayor Bill Bunten tried to remedy the situation by [changing the city's name to Google](http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/02/google.kansas.topeka/index.html). [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14206-why-la-shouldn-t-bend-over-backwards-to-get-amazon-to-headquarter-here) ## [ CA’s Opioid Epidemic Needs a Tougher Response](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14199-ca-s-opioid-epidemic-needs-a-tougher-response "CA’s Opioid Epidemic Needs a Tougher Response") Details Dan Walters [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14199-ca-s-opioid-epidemic-needs-a-tougher-response) CAL MATTERS-When Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed [Assembly Bill 715](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB715) last week, he closed the book on even token legislative efforts to confront California’s epidemic of opioid abuse. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14199-ca-s-opioid-epidemic-needs-a-tougher-response) ## [ Can Agitator de Leon Really Unseat California’s Most Unruffable Liberal?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14198-can-agitator-de-leon-really-unseat-california-s-most-unruffable-liberal "Can Agitator de Leon Really Unseat California’s Most Unruffable Liberal?") Details Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14198-can-agitator-de-leon-really-unseat-california-s-most-unruffable-liberal) CAL BUZZ--Ambitious but termed-out, Kevin de Leon, the 50-year-old state Senate President, on Sunday presented himself as a tougher progressive alternative as he announced a primary challenge to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 84, one of the nation’s most venerable, influential and well-positioned liberal Democrats. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14198-can-agitator-de-leon-really-unseat-california-s-most-unruffable-liberal) ## [ City Hall’s Bigamist? Could a Smoking Gun Sink Him for Bigger Crimes?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14197-city-hall-s-bigamist-could-a-smoking-gun-sink-him-for-bigger-crimes "City Hall’s Bigamist?  Could a Smoking Gun Sink Him for Bigger Crimes?") Details Daniel Guss [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14197-city-hall-s-bigamist-could-a-smoking-gun-sink-him-for-bigger-crimes) @THE GUSS REPORT-Earlier this year, this column was first to report that LA City Councilmember Curren D. Price, Jr. is presently – and has for a long while – been married to two women simultaneously, first wife Lynn Suzette Green and second wife Del Richardson. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14197-city-hall-s-bigamist-could-a-smoking-gun-sink-him-for-bigger-crimes) ## [ David Ryu Opens His Books … Guess What Pops Out](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14196-david-ryu-opens-his-books-guess-what-pops-out "David Ryu Opens His Books … Guess What Pops Out") Details Tim Deegan [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083g.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14196-david-ryu-opens-his-books-guess-what-pops-out) DEEGAN ON LA-What would you do with millions of dollars, handed to you from various City revenue sharing schemes with very little restriction or strings attached for how to spend it? All City Councilmembers face the challenge of how to manage their “discretionary funds” budgets. If you are Councilmember David Ryu (CD4), you would ask your constituents how they feel the funds should be spent, thereby mixing community empowerment with a campaign promise to get rid of what he called “slush fund” politics. He’s just published a [report](http://davidryu.lacity.org/cd4_checkbook) on how that’s been going. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14196-david-ryu-opens-his-books-guess-what-pops-out) ## [ Ex-inmates Win New Law Telling California Employers to ‘Ban the Box’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14194-ex-inmates-win-new-law-telling-california-employers-to-ban-the-box "Ex-inmates Win New Law Telling California Employers to ‘Ban the Box’") Details Lee Romney [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083i.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14194-ex-inmates-win-new-law-telling-california-employers-to-ban-the-box) CAL MATTERS-Many of the 7 million Californians with a prior arrest or conviction can likely relate to Sandra Johnson’s job hunting experience nearly a decade ago. On every employment application, she checked a box that inquired about criminal history. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14194-ex-inmates-win-new-law-telling-california-employers-to-ban-the-box) ## [ From Hollywood to the Corner Office and Every Cubical In Between: Sexual Harassment Pervades the US](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14193-from-hollywood-to-the-corner-office-and-every-cubical-in-between-sexual-harassment-pervades-the-us "From Hollywood to the Corner Office and Every Cubical In Between: Sexual Harassment Pervades the US") Details Beth Cone Kramer [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083l.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14193-from-hollywood-to-the-corner-office-and-every-cubical-in-between-sexual-harassment-pervades-the-us) THE BCK FILE--On Thursday, October 5, Hollywood was buzzing with the fallout from the *New York Times* story by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein had been paying off sexual harassment accusers for decades. As with Bill Cosby, Weinstein’s reputation had followed him for about as long as he’d been in the business. To date, over two dozen women have come forward with allegations including Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. Actress Rose McGowan took her rape accusations against Weinstein to Twitter, despite a no disclosure agreement. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14193-from-hollywood-to-the-corner-office-and-every-cubical-in-between-sexual-harassment-pervades-the-us) ## [ Herb Wesson, LA Mayor for Almost a Year Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14192-herb-wesson-la-mayor-for-almost-a-year-now "Herb Wesson, LA Mayor for Almost a Year Now") Details Eric Preven & Joshua Preven [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083n.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14192-herb-wesson-la-mayor-for-almost-a-year-now) THE PREVEN REPORT--The LA City Charter requires that when the Mayor of Los Angeles departs the state of California, he or she stops being Mayor … with the role passing to the City Council President. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14192-herb-wesson-la-mayor-for-almost-a-year-now) ## [ How Technology Will Help Angelenos Flee to the New ‘Urbs’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14191-how-technology-will-help-angelenos-flee-to-the-new-urbs "How Technology Will Help Angelenos Flee to the New ‘Urbs’") Details Richard Lee Abrams [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083o.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14191-how-technology-will-help-angelenos-flee-to-the-new-urbs) FUTURE WATCH-The potassium is about to hit the water in urban planning. In other words, the waste material shall soon collide with the wind-making machine. I refer to the mixing of self-driving electric cars with Virtual Presence. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14191-how-technology-will-help-angelenos-flee-to-the-new-urbs) ## [ Immigration Courts: A Game of 'Refugee Roulette'](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14190-immigration-courts-a-game-of-refugee-roulette "Immigration Courts: A Game of 'Refugee Roulette'") Details Bill Boyarsky [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083p.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14190-immigration-courts-a-game-of-refugee-roulette) TRUTHDIG-“Refugee Roulette” is the name of the game, and it’s a sure loser for most of the increasing number of unauthorized immigrants being arrested and hauled into court by the Trump administration. They face judges whose decisions amount to a denial of equal justice. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14190-immigration-courts-a-game-of-refugee-roulette) ## [ Lessons Learned From a True Westside-Style Friday the 13th!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14189-lessons-learned-from-a-true-westside-style-friday-the-13th "Lessons Learned From a True Westside-Style Friday the 13th!") Details Kenneth S. Alpern [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14189-lessons-learned-from-a-true-westside-style-friday-the-13th) ALPERN AT LARGE--Call it "just desserts". Call it an avoidable tragedy. Call it just part of life and/or human nature. But there was a real nightmare last Friday the 13th in the Westside, and much of it was entirely avoidable. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14189-lessons-learned-from-a-true-westside-style-friday-the-13th) ## [ 'No Kill' Alert! LA City Trust Funds May be Used for Feral Cats and 'Free' Pets](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14185-no-kill-alert-la-city-trust-funds-may-be-used-for-feral-cats-and-free-pets "'No Kill' Alert! LA City Trust Funds May be Used for Feral Cats and 'Free' Pets") Details Phyllis M. Daugherty [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083t.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14185-no-kill-alert-la-city-trust-funds-may-be-used-for-feral-cats-and-free-pets) ANIMAL WATCH-LA Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette is struggling so desperately to reach the Best Friends' "no kill" goal in 2017 that she now wants increased access to donated money in two prudently restricted City Trust Funds: (1) the Animal Sterilization Fund (aka 'Spay/Neuter Fund' or 'Pet Sterilization Fund'), a special trust established to assure continuity of financial assistance for spaying/neutering pet dogs and cats owned by City residents; and (2) the Animal Welfare Trust Fund, designated to support established shelter programs and capital improvements to maintain safe and healthy conditions for LA's impounded stray, abandoned and unwanted animals. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14185-no-kill-alert-la-city-trust-funds-may-be-used-for-feral-cats-and-free-pets) ## [ SoCal’s Future: Driverless Cars or Carless Freeways?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14183-socal-s-future-driverless-cars-or-carless-freeways "SoCal’s Future: Driverless Cars or Carless Freeways?") Details Joel Kotkin [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083v.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14183-socal-s-future-driverless-cars-or-carless-freeways) NEW GEOGRAPHY--For a generation, the car has been reviled by city planners, greens and not too few commuters. In the past decade, some boldly predicted the onset of “[peak car](https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2013/07/yet-more-evidence-peak-car/6299/)” and an auto-free future which would be dominated by [new developments](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2015/05/06/expect-to-see-more-transit-oriented-housing-in-the-future/?utm_term=.4f41bd309073) built around [transit](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/06/self-driving-cars-public-transportation). [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14183-socal-s-future-driverless-cars-or-carless-freeways) ## [ Virtual Reality … So Real It’s Scary!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14182-virtual-reality-so-real-it-s-scary "Virtual Reality … So Real It’s Scary!") Details Bob Gelfand [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 16 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/083y.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14182-virtual-reality-so-real-it-s-scary) GELFAND’S WORLD--I was standing on the bow of a sunken tug boat, looking up towards the surface about 100 feet above me, with manta rays swimming near the surface but sometimes coming closer. It seemed real, with the sort of detached feeling you get from being under the ocean. Mind you, that aura is something you get for real on scuba, but this time it was in virtual reality (VR) as demonstrated to me by Steven Xu of [Vive.com](http://Vive.com). [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14182-virtual-reality-so-real-it-s-scary) ## [ California Scores In Bottom 10 on Gun Deaths … But Sill a Long Way to Go](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14179-california-scores-in-bottom-10-on-gun-deaths-but-sill-a-long-way-to-go "California Scores In Bottom 10 on Gun Deaths … But Sill a Long Way to Go") Details Beth Cone Kramer [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 12 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14179-california-scores-in-bottom-10-on-gun-deaths-but-sill-a-long-way-to-go) THIS IS WHAT I KNOW-It’s been over a week since the Las Vegas Massacre that ended the lives of 58 people, as well as injuring almost 500 others. Since Columbine, we’ve watched coverage for far too many of these mass shootings. There are different faces attached to victims and the perpetrators. Typically, we hear about red flags. But each and every time, the display of violence sparks another gun control debate. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14179-california-scores-in-bottom-10-on-gun-deaths-but-sill-a-long-way-to-go) ## [ Los Angeles: Illegal Planning Capital of the World](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14176-los-angeles-illegal-planning-capital-of-the-world "Los Angeles: Illegal Planning Capital of the World") Details Dennis Hathaway [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 12 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14176-los-angeles-illegal-planning-capital-of-the-world) TALE OF TWO LA’S--Three doors from my house in Venice, a builder tore down a 1940’s bungalow and put up a two-story spec house that fills every square foot of allowable space on the lot. But when the house didn’t sell at the $4 million asking price, the builder listed it on Airbnb at $1400 a night, and now it’s the functional equivalent of a hotel, with guests coming and going and partying at all hours on the roof deck and around the pool and spa. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14176-los-angeles-illegal-planning-capital-of-the-world) ## [ How the People of America Change in Just a Few Terrifying Moments](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14175-how-the-people-of-america-change-in-just-a-few-terrifying-moments "How the People of America Change in Just a Few Terrifying Moments") Details Dennis P. Zine [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) October 12 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2017/082j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14175-how-the-people-of-america-change-in-just-a-few-terrifying-moments) RANTZ AND RAVEZ-We have all heard, read and seen countless media reports about 64-year old Steven Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada and the terror, injury and death he inflicted upon thousands of people who attended the Route 91 Country Music Festival adjacent to the Mandalay Bay resort-hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14175-how-the-people-of-america-change-in-just-a-few-terrifying-moments) 1. [ Must Read! How Nextdoor Found 10 Million People While LA City Planning Found 100](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14174-must-read-how-nextdoor-found-10-million-people-while-la-city-planning-found-100) 2. [ Predictable Cash & Endorsements Fuel the ‘Lifer Pipeline’ for Assembly District 51](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14171-predictable-cash-endorsements-fuel-the-lifer-pipeline-for-assembly-district-51) 3. [ Stepping on the Neck of Constituents is Just ... Not ... Funny!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14169-stepping-on-the-neck-of-constituents-is-just-not-funny) 4. [ To Oust Hawkish, Centrist Feinstein, Progressives Push for Primary Challenge](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14168-to-oust-hawkish-centrist-feinstein-progressives-push-for-primary-challenge) 5. [ What Next for California’s Sanctuary Defiance?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14166-what-next-for-california-s-sanctuary-defiance) 6. [ Proof! Neighborhood Councils are ‘Protectors of the Community’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14165-proof-neighborhood-councils-are-protectors-of-the-community) 7. [ Who Wins the Corruption Games, Republicans or the Democrats?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14164-who-wins-the-corruption-games-republicans-or-the-democrats) 8. [ California Sues Trump: A Voice for Millions of Women Upset Over Trump’s Vengeful Birth Control Rollback](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14158-california-sues-trump-a-voice-for-millions-of-women-upset-over-trump-s-vengeful-birth-control-rollback) 9. [ Doctors Getting Paid More - Now Will They Treat California’s Poor](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14156-doctors-getting-paid-more-now-will-they-treat-california-s-poor) 10. [ Guns and Common Sense: Why the Bump Stock is Not Such a Slippery Slope](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14153-guns-and-common-sense-why-the-bump-stock-is-not-such-a-slippery-slope) 11. [ Liberty Park: Can a Lawn Become a Protected Landmark?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14151-liberty-park-can-a-lawn-become-a-protected-landmark) 12. [ My Doubts about Single-Payer Just Show I’m Sick in the Head](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14150-my-doubts-about-single-payer-just-show-i-m-sick-in-the-head) 13. [ PETA ‘Dog’ and ‘Cat’ Ask Mayor Garcetti to Fix LA Animal Services](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14149-peta-dog-and-cat-ask-mayor-garcetti-to-fix-la-animal-services) 14. [ Ref Rodriguez’s Problem is Our Education Problem Too](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14148-ref-rodriguez-s-problem-is-our-education-problem-too) 15. [ The Culture Wars Not Good For SoCal Biz](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14146-the-culture-wars-not-good-for-socal-biz) 16. [ The Harvey Weinstein Example: When White Women are Violated America Responds Accordingly](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14145-the-harvey-weinstein-example-when-white-women-are-violated-america-responds-accordingly) 17. 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