#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Cooking Up a Grassroots Community Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14135-cooking-up-a-grassroots-community-plan "Cooking Up a Grassroots Community Plan")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/080g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14135-cooking-up-a-grassroots-community-plan)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-By state law every city in California must have a timely, internally consistent, regularly updated, and annually monitored General Plan. This plan must address the entire land area of a city and must include all infrastructure and services categories. It is far more comprehensive than zoning waivers for privately owned parcels, which pretty much sums up planning in Los Angeles.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14135-cooking-up-a-grassroots-community-plan)

   ##  [ LA School Board Bait n’ Switch was Insulting and Sneaky](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14133-la-school-board-bait-n-switch-was-insulting-and-sneaky "LA School Board Bait n’ Switch was Insulting and Sneaky")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/080i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14133-la-school-board-bait-n-switch-was-insulting-and-sneaky)

ALPERN AT LARGE--In my last [CityWatch article](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles-for-rss/14114-input-is-not-the-same-as-respect), I expressed concerns of why our city or school district wants "input" when the political leadership and bureaucracy have NO interest in actually listening or taking that "input" seriously.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14133-la-school-board-bait-n-switch-was-insulting-and-sneaky)

   ##  [ Mass Transit Experience in LA: If You Build it, They Won’t Come!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14132-mass-transit-experience-in-la-if-you-build-it-they-won-t-come "Mass Transit Experience in LA: If You Build it, They Won’t Come!")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/080j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14132-mass-transit-experience-in-la-if-you-build-it-they-won-t-come)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Someday, I expect medical science will vindicate my belief that “thinking can physically hurt.” I arrived at this conclusion a few decades ago after I had an auto accident in which a gigantic moving van tried to plow down my little Buick on the Harbor Freeway.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14132-mass-transit-experience-in-la-if-you-build-it-they-won-t-come)

   ##  [ ‘Show Your Taxes’—Could California Really Make Presidential Contenders Like Trump Do It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14129-show-your-taxes-could-california-really-make-presidential-contenders-like-trump-do-it "‘Show Your Taxes’—Could California Really Make Presidential Contenders Like Trump Do It?")

      Details    Ben Christopher    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/080m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14129-show-your-taxes-could-california-really-make-presidential-contenders-like-trump-do-it)

CALMATTERS--There’s sometimes a fine line between good governance and trolling.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14129-show-your-taxes-could-california-really-make-presidential-contenders-like-trump-do-it)

   ##  [ Urgent! We Must Reinstate a National Assault Weapon Ban](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14128-urgent-we-must-reinstate-a-national-assault-weapon-ban "Urgent! We Must Reinstate a National Assault Weapon Ban")

      Details    Rev. Robert Moore    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/080n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14128-urgent-we-must-reinstate-a-national-assault-weapon-ban)

HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE-Our thoughts and prayers go out to the nearly 600 victims and their families of the largest mass shooting in U.S. history last Sunday night in Las Vegas. The mass carnage made that city into what can only be described as a war zone. But our response needs to include more than prayers and moments of silence. We need to act to prevent more mass shootings, which are now occurring at an average of more than one per day.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14128-urgent-we-must-reinstate-a-national-assault-weapon-ban)

   ##  [ We Have the Power to Stop the Carnage](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14127-we-have-the-power-to-stop-the-carnage "We Have the Power to Stop the Carnage")

      Details    David Bell    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/080o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14127-we-have-the-power-to-stop-the-carnage)

BELL VIEW-I have a few friends from my old neighborhood who qualify as legitimate “gun nuts.” Am I afraid these guys are going to snap and start picking people off from the roof of the Motel 6? No. But I remember being about 15-years-old at a friend of mine’s house for one of those parents-are-out-for-the-night parties. We were drinking beer, shooting pool in the basement, and – eventually – we wandered up into my friend’s parents’ bedroom and took out his dad’s 30-ought-6 hunting rifle.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14127-we-have-the-power-to-stop-the-carnage)

   ##  [ ‘Buy Clean’ Bill Would Swing Climate Change Battle to CA Construction Projects](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14123-buy-clean-bill-would-swing-climate-change-battle-to-ca-construction-projects "‘Buy Clean’ Bill Would Swing Climate Change Battle to CA Construction Projects")

      Details    Dean Kuipers    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14123-buy-clean-bill-would-swing-climate-change-battle-to-ca-construction-projects)

BUILDING CLEAN-With California doubling and tripling down on climate change as a reality in 2017, a new bill awaiting Governor Jerry Brown’s signature could use the state’s massive purchasing power as the world’s sixth largest economy to address greenhouse gas emissions far beyond its borders.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14123-buy-clean-bill-would-swing-climate-change-battle-to-ca-construction-projects)

   ##  [ California: Late to the Primary Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14121-california-late-to-the-primary-party "California: Late to the Primary Party")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14121-california-late-to-the-primary-party)

THIS IS WHAT I KNOW--Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into legislation a bill that would move the 2020 presidential primary to March 3, the change likely to become law. The most populous state with the most delegates at stake has held early June primaries from 1946 to 1994.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14121-california-late-to-the-primary-party)

   ##  [ CEQA: What’s Really Behind CA’s Affordable Housing Shortage?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14120-ceqa-what-s-really-behind-ca-s-affordable-housing-shortage "CEQA: What’s Really Behind CA’s Affordable Housing Shortage?")

      Details    Eric Biber    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14120-ceqa-what-s-really-behind-ca-s-affordable-housing-shortage)

CALIFORNIA--On Friday, the Governor [signed ](https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=19979)a package of housing bills intended to help address the soaring costs of housing in many metro areas in California. Follow-up [coverage ](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-housing-legislation-signed-20170929-htmlstory.html)of that package has (rightly) indicated that those bills are a [drop in the bucket](http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article176152771.html) [in terms of addressing California’s housing crisis](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-housing-legislation-deal-impact-20170915-story.html).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14120-ceqa-what-s-really-behind-ca-s-affordable-housing-shortage)

   ##  [ Garcetti’s LA Mobility Plan 2035 … More Like New York City 1895](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14118-garcetti-s-la-mobility-plan-2035-more-like-new-york-city-1895 "Garcetti’s LA Mobility Plan 2035 … More Like New York City 1895")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14118-garcetti-s-la-mobility-plan-2035-more-like-new-york-city-1895)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Why Is Los Angeles designing a Traffic System for 1895 New York City? Hardly anyone in Los Angeles is paying any attention Mayor Garcetti’s Mobility Plan 2035, and as a result, Angelenos do not realize that he is planning a transportation infrastructure appropriate for 1895 Manhattan.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14118-garcetti-s-la-mobility-plan-2035-more-like-new-york-city-1895)

   ##  [ Hepatitis A and the Homeless - A Crisis in the Making?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14117-hepatitis-a-and-the-homeless-a-crisis-in-the-making "Hepatitis A and the Homeless - A Crisis in the Making?")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14117-hepatitis-a-and-the-homeless-a-crisis-in-the-making)

DEEGAN ON LA-Several times daily you feel the splash of hot water and inhale the scent of soap as you routinely wash your hands after any number of tasks. The homeless do not have this experience, but they should, for all the usual reasons, and now with more urgency than ever since the County Department of Public Health has announced an outbreak of Hepatitis A, a potentially serious liver disease nurtured and transmitted by poor hygiene. The homeless are especially vulnerable because they do not have a ready supply of hot water and soap, something most of us take for granted but which is an unreachable luxury for them.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14117-hepatitis-a-and-the-homeless-a-crisis-in-the-making)

   ##  [ Huge](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14116-huge "Huge")

      Details    Eric Preven & Joshua Preven    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14116-huge)

THE PREVEN REPORT--By now it's common knowledge in Los Angeles that Harvard-Westlake, an elite private middle and high school, is trying to erect a 750-car parking structure in the hillside residential neighborhood abutting its campus in Coldwater Canyon.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14116-huge)

   ##  [ I’ve Been Everywhere … In Search of Transit Solutions](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14115-i-ve-been-everywhere-in-search-of-transit-solutions "I’ve Been Everywhere … In Search of Transit Solutions")

      Details    Joel Epstein    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14115-i-ve-been-everywhere-in-search-of-transit-solutions)

TRANSIT TALK-Call it an obsession with mobility. Chicago, Montreal, New York, Los Angeles and a drive across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York State and Massachusetts. This month, *“*[*I’ve Been Everywhere*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw)*”* is the song I have been singing in my best imitation of Johnny Cash.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14115-i-ve-been-everywhere-in-search-of-transit-solutions)

   ##  [ ‘Input’ Is NOT the Same as ‘Respect’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14114-input-is-not-the-same-as-respect "‘Input’ Is NOT the Same as ‘Respect’")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14114-input-is-not-the-same-as-respect)

ALPERN AT LARGE--Whether it's taxpayer sentiment, parental sentiment, or City/State laws, the tyranny of the minority is just that--tyranny--if the voters and stakeholders are "heard" and then **ignored**. To paraphrase Orwell, we're all created equal, but some are more equal than others.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14114-input-is-not-the-same-as-respect)

   ##  [ Kicked to the Curb: How USC Drove a Bicycle Repairman into the Street](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14113-kicked-to-the-curb-how-usc-drove-a-bicycle-repairman-into-the-street "Kicked to the Curb: How USC Drove a Bicycle Repairman into the Street")

      Details    Lovell Estell III    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14113-kicked-to-the-curb-how-usc-drove-a-bicycle-repairman-into-the-street)

GENTRIFICATION FALLOUT-On a pleasantly warm afternoon, Aaron Flournoy is busy tightening the wheel on a young woman’s bicycle while three other cyclists wait nearby for his services. His mobile bike repair business, called Lil Bill’s Bike Shop, operates curbside at the busy intersection of Hoover Street and Jefferson Boulevard, directly across from an entrance to the University of Southern California campus.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14113-kicked-to-the-curb-how-usc-drove-a-bicycle-repairman-into-the-street)

   ##  [ LA Animal Rescuers Sentenced for Cruelty, Neglect by Judge Shellie Samuels ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14112-la-animal-rescuers-sentenced-for-cruelty-neglect-by-judge-shellie-samuels "LA Animal Rescuers Sentenced for Cruelty, Neglect by Judge Shellie Samuels ")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14112-la-animal-rescuers-sentenced-for-cruelty-neglect-by-judge-shellie-samuels)

ANIMAL WATCH-Two Los Angeles animal rescuers were sentenced on Friday by Superior Court Judge Shellie Samuels after each was found guilty on one count of animal abuse and two counts of negligence. LA Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette issued a media release on August 23, 2017, announcing, “LA Animal Services investigation leads to animal cruelty conviction for Lucky Puppy Rescue owners." However, the two-week jury trial for Rachel Kennedy and Sandra Vasquez actually ended on August 16.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14112-la-animal-rescuers-sentenced-for-cruelty-neglect-by-judge-shellie-samuels)

   ##  [ Maybe California has a Couple of Reasons to be Paranoid](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14111-maybe-california-has-a-couple-of-reasons-to-be-paranoid "Maybe California has a Couple of Reasons to be Paranoid")

      Details    Dan Walters    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14111-maybe-california-has-a-couple-of-reasons-to-be-paranoid)

CAL MATTERS--Just because you're paranoid, the old saying goes, doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14111-maybe-california-has-a-couple-of-reasons-to-be-paranoid)

   ##  [ President Garcetti? Surely You Jest](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14110-president-garcetti-surely-you-jest "President Garcetti? Surely You Jest")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14110-president-garcetti-surely-you-jest)

@THE GUSS REPORT-Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has a big problem. The “gelatinous one,” so named because he will never give a straight answer (e.g. is LA a sanctuary city or not?) wants to run for president, but both history and his resume say it will never happen.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14110-president-garcetti-surely-you-jest)

   ##  [ Secrets, Lies, Deception](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14108-secrets-lies-deception "Secrets, Lies, Deception")

      Details    Jay Handal    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14108-secrets-lies-deception)

JUST SAYIN’-Who would disagree that politics is defined by secrets, lies and deception? Not me. At our recent West LA Neighborhood Council Meeting, County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl sent her team of damage control folks to try to justify why they never told the community they were building a drunk tank in the heart of our revitalizing commercial district.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14108-secrets-lies-deception)

   ##  [ When a Senator Maligns LA’s Neighborhood Councils, We Should View That as a Good Thing](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14106-when-a-senator-maligns-la-s-neighborhood-councils-we-should-view-that-as-a-good-thing "When a Senator Maligns LA’s Neighborhood Councils, We Should View That as a Good Thing")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14106-when-a-senator-maligns-la-s-neighborhood-councils-we-should-view-that-as-a-good-thing)

GELFAND’S WORLD--Over the past week, numerous angry comments have appeared regarding remarks by Kevin de Leon, the state Senate President Pro Tem. Basically, de Leon insulted neighborhood council members and what we try to accomplish. In a televised interview, he said that City Council members (who he left unnamed) were secretly asking him to pass a pro-development bill that they felt they had to oppose publicly.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14106-when-a-senator-maligns-la-s-neighborhood-councils-we-should-view-that-as-a-good-thing)

   ##  [ When Shooter Is White Male, Label of 'Terrorist' Put on Hold](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14105-when-shooter-is-white-male-label-of-terrorist-put-on-hold "When Shooter Is White Male, Label of 'Terrorist' Put on Hold")

      Details    Julia Conley    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     October 02 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/079u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14105-when-shooter-is-white-male-label-of-terrorist-put-on-hold)

OBSERVER--As law enforcement officials release more information about Stephen Paddock, the suspect in the Las Vegas [shooting ](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/02/worst-mass-shooting-us-history-leaves-more-50-dead-400-injured-las-vegas)that killed nearly 60 people and injured more than 500 Sunday night, much of the reporting on his identity has focused on the fact that he is a "local individual" and a "lone wolf"—terminology that critics say has been used to signify that Paddock was a white male, and therefore not a terrorist.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14105-when-shooter-is-white-male-label-of-terrorist-put-on-hold)

1. [ ‘America … Love it or Leave it’ – Old but New Words for the NFL and Other American Sports Teams](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14101-america-love-it-or-leave-it-old-but-new-words-for-the-nfl-and-other-american-sports-teams)
2. [ California Legislature Muffs a Chance to Improve the Lives of Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14100-california-legislature-muffs-a-chance-to-improve-the-lives-of-our-children)
3. [ LA City Councilmember Mike Bonin Came Out Swinging ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14098-la-city-councilmember-mike-bonin-came-out-swinging)
4. [ PPIC Poll: Is Feinstein in Trouble? Not Likely](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14096-ppic-poll-is-feinstein-in-trouble-not-likely)
5. [ Senator Kevin de Leon: California’s Bigot Pro Tem](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14093-senator-kevin-de-leon-california-s-bigot-pro-tem)
6. [ Social Change: Enough with ‘Taking-a-Knee’, Now It’s Time for Some Real Work](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14092-social-change-enough-with-taking-a-knee-now-it-s-time-for-some-real-work)
7. [ Time to Take a Knee](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14088-time-to-take-a-knee)
8. [ Top 5 City Council Members Most Likely to Despise Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14087-top-5-city-council-members-most-likely-to-despise-los-angeles-neighborhood-councils)
9. [ Unions, Greens Send CA Utilities Commission a Message: Road to Zero Emissions Is Paved with Urgency](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14084-unions-greens-send-ca-utilities-commission-a-message-road-to-zero-emissions-is-paved-with-urgency)
10. [ When Gavin Newsom Came to Town - To the East Area Progressive Democrats Meeting, No Less](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14082-when-gavin-newsom-came-to-town-to-the-east-area-progressive-democrats-meeting-no-less)
11. [ A Word to CA Political Philanthropists: Watch What Politicians Do not What They Say](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14077-a-word-to-ca-political-philanthropists-watch-what-politicians-do-not-what-they-say)
12. [ After all the Promises … Homelessness is Still Growing in LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14073-after-all-the-promises-homelessness-is-still-growing-in-la)
13. [ CA Auto Insurers Ordered to Adjust Rates … Guess Who Gets Screwed](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14071-ca-auto-insurers-ordered-to-adjust-rates-guess-who-gets-screwed)
14. [ Earthquake Safety is Coming to LA, But It's Not What You Think](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14070-earthquake-safety-is-coming-to-la-but-it-s-not-what-you-think)
15. [ LA District Attorney Accountability: MIA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14066-la-district-attorney-accountability-mia)
16. [ Under the Radar! New Alcohol Center in West LA is Business as Usual for County … More Secrets and Lies!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14060-under-the-radar-new-alcohol-center-in-west-la-is-business-as-usual-for-county-more-secrets-and-lies)
17. [ Hot Damn! An Old Fashioned Down ‘n Dirty Board Election for CalPERS](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14050-hot-damn-an-old-fashioned-down-n-dirty-board-election-for-calpers)
18. [ L'Shanah Tovah! (Happy New Year!) Same as the Old Year... or Is It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14049-l-shanah-tovah-happy-new-year-same-as-the-old-year-or-is-it)
19. [ Shocking New Study: ‘Half of Us Who Drink, Drink Excessively’ … LA Needs the Tools to Protect Its Neighborhoods](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14046-shocking-new-study-half-of-us-who-drink-drink-excessively-la-needs-the-tools-to-protect-its-neighborhoods)
20. [ Elusive Population Growth in the City Angels](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14042-elusive-population-growth-in-the-city-angels)

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