#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Is LA for Sale? Mayor Solicits Millions for His Favored Causes](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13869-is-la-for-sale-mayor-solicits-millions-for-his-favored-causes "Is LA for Sale? Mayor Solicits Millions for His Favored Causes")

      Details    Aaron Mendelson & Mary Plummer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13869-is-la-for-sale-mayor-solicits-millions-for-his-favored-causes)

**KPCC SPECIAL REPORT**--Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti — a longtime critic of big money in local politics — has set a surprising city record requesting large contributions, using a little-known and largely unregulated process called “behested payments,” KPCC has found.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13869-is-la-for-sale-mayor-solicits-millions-for-his-favored-causes)

   ##  [ Los Angeles: Who Has the Right to Live in the City? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13868-los-angeles-who-has-the-right-to-live-in-the-city "Los Angeles:  Who Has the Right to Live in the City? ")

      Details    Julia Stein    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13868-los-angeles-who-has-the-right-to-live-in-the-city)

GUEST WORDS—In 1950 my parents and grandmother were able to afford to buy a duplex for us to live in for $11,000 a mile north of the LaBrea tar pits here in Los Angeles. For two years I have watched the destruction of house after house in my neighborhood to build ugly McMansions selling for $4 million, and my block is a noisy construction pit to make developers rich.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13868-los-angeles-who-has-the-right-to-live-in-the-city)

   ##  [ Spay and Neuter War Heads to Local Dog Parks](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13864-spay-and-neuter-war-heads-to-local-dog-parks "Spay and Neuter War Heads to Local Dog Parks")

      Details    Kym Cunningham    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13864-spay-and-neuter-war-heads-to-local-dog-parks)

NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-There is a war going on in Long Beach, a war fought in the most unlikely of places: the dog park. It can be seen in the nervous sizing up of new dogs when they enter the metal gates, as their owners unlatch harnesses from bellies. It is a war often fought only with stickers, flyers and sharpened glares as pets are corralled into opposing corners of a dust-covered park. But on occasion, these hostilities bubble up into angry words that boil in the unrelenting sunlight: “Fix your dog!”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13864-spay-and-neuter-war-heads-to-local-dog-parks)

   ##  [ There’s a Force Destroying California’s Quality of Life and It’s Not the Orange Man in the White House](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13863-there-s-a-force-destroying-california-s-quality-of-life-and-it-s-not-the-orange-man-in-the-white-house "There’s a Force Destroying California’s Quality of Life and It’s Not the Orange Man in the White House")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13863-there-s-a-force-destroying-california-s-quality-of-life-and-it-s-not-the-orange-man-in-the-white-house)

TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE--In my last [CityWatch article](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles-for-rss/13834-will-we-ever-get-serious-about-infrastructure-and-transportation), I reminded everyone that the need to create transportation/infrastructure for mobility, water, electricity, sewage, etc. is greater than ever … but our political polarization is getting in the way.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13863-there-s-a-force-destroying-california-s-quality-of-life-and-it-s-not-the-orange-man-in-the-white-house)

   ##  [ Corporate Greed: I’m Blacking You Out!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13859-corporate-greed-i-m-blacking-you-out "Corporate Greed: I’m Blacking You Out!")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 22 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067z9.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13859-corporate-greed-i-m-blacking-you-out)

STAND UP AND BE COUNTED-What has regrettably become the sole motivation behind using technology to communicate with customers, is not what it should be – providing better service -- but rather to increase profit by reducing costs, which further degrades service. Corporations have as their sole *raison d'etre* the yearly increasing of profit (growth), no matter what the effect on their ability to fairly and morally supply goods and services to the customer.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13859-corporate-greed-i-m-blacking-you-out)

   ##  [ Anti-Semitism: The Elephant On the Boardwalk](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13856-anti-semitism-the-elephant-on-the-boardwalk "Anti-Semitism: The Elephant On the Boardwalk")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13856-anti-semitism-the-elephant-on-the-boardwalk)

THIS IS WHAT I KNOW--Yesterday, I joined the ‘Alt Right is Not Alright’ March in Venice -- and knew I’d write an article about my experience. What I could not foretell was that the column I’d write would end up being quite different from what I had intended.

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   ##  [ LA Animal Comish Considers Removing Breed ID from Dog Kennel Cards to Increase Pit Bull Adoptions](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13850-la-animal-comish-considers-removing-breed-id-from-dog-kennel-cards-to-increase-pit-bull-adoptions "LA Animal Comish Considers Removing Breed ID from Dog Kennel Cards to Increase Pit Bull Adoptions")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13850-la-animal-comish-considers-removing-breed-id-from-dog-kennel-cards-to-increase-pit-bull-adoptions)

ANIMAL WATCH-Two LA Animal Services' Commissioners appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti propose that potential adopters should not be informed of the breed -- or apparent breed -- of dogs they consider taking home from Los Angeles city shelters.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13850-la-animal-comish-considers-removing-breed-id-from-dog-kennel-cards-to-increase-pit-bull-adoptions)

   ##  [ LA: Google’s Fail and Teacher Jail](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13849-la-google-s-fail-and-teacher-jail "LA: Google’s Fail and Teacher Jail")

      Details    Larry Sand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13849-la-google-s-fail-and-teacher-jail)

PC POLITICS--Without going through another weedy analysis of James Damore’s firing from Google – [Holman Jenkins](https://www.wsj.com/articles/memo-to-a-google-engineer-1502234200), [George Leef](https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeleef/2017/08/10/can-google-get-away-with-it/#3850fc31683f) and [Nick Gillespie](http://reason.com/blog/2017/08/10/the-google-memo-exposes-a-libertarian-bl) have done a fine job of that – let’s just say the Silicon Valley engineer was canned for [stating](http://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-diversity-screed-1797564320) what most scientists and sensible people have known ever since Adam and Eve frolicked in Eden – that there are biological differences between men and women and also for suggesting that the tech giant has become an “ideological echo chamber.” So the politically correct, party line zealots at Google decided, [*1984*](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS509US509&q=thought+crime+1984&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-svHnzdTVAhUX1GMKHc_uAaQQ1QIIeCgA&biw=1680&bih=920)-like, to shove the thought-criminal out the door.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13849-la-google-s-fail-and-teacher-jail)

   ##  [ Los Angeles: The Rodney King Riots from a Korean-American Perspective](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13848-los-angeles-the-rodney-king-riots-from-a-korean-american-perspective "Los Angeles: The Rodney King Riots from a Korean-American Perspective")

      Details    Katie Kilkenny    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13848-los-angeles-the-rodney-king-riots-from-a-korean-american-perspective)

LOS ANGELES--Though the beating of Rodney King that sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots occurred in the Northwest Valley, the [epicenter](https://la.curbed.com/maps/1992-los-angeles-riots-rodney-king-map) of the civil unrest that followed was South Central, a region southwest of downtown LA. In the 25 years since, South Central has proven to be a popular backdrop for movies that look at the implications of the riots: [*Straight Outta Compton*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398426/) and [*Menace II Society*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107554/) are both set in a tense post-Rodney King South Central, while documentaries including [*Rize*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436724/) and [*Burn Motherf\*cker, Burn!*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6175670/) focus, to some degree, on civil unrest in the area's neighborhoods. (Photo above: Gook star, writer, and director Justin Chon.)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13848-los-angeles-the-rodney-king-riots-from-a-korean-american-perspective)

   ##  [ This Is One Cool Cat](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13843-this-is-one-cool-cat "This Is One Cool Cat")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13843-this-is-one-cool-cat)

DEEGAN ON LA-Move over Magic. Step aside CT3. Bono, go to the back of the room. All you one-name celebrities -- meet your match and more: P-22, LA's iconic Puma (also known as a Mountain Lion or Cougar), a popular “extreme survivor” who lives in the Griffith Park hills. He’s even been honored with his own official day by a Mayoral and City Council Decree -- October 22 is P-22 Day in LA.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13843-this-is-one-cool-cat)

   ##  [ The Mauling of the ‘Coolest Street in America’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13841-the-mauling-of-the-coolest-street-in-america "The Mauling of the ‘Coolest Street in America’")

      Details    Marian Crostic & Elaine Spierer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13841-the-mauling-of-the-coolest-street-in-america)

NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS--Or is it ***malling?*** It’s both. And it’s bad.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13841-the-mauling-of-the-coolest-street-in-america)

   ##  [ The Presidential Primary System is #$%&!! And LA’s Mayor Slips Into Campaign Mode](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13840-the-presidential-primary-system-is-and-la-s-mayor-slips-into-campaign-mode "The Presidential Primary System is  #$%&!! And LA’s Mayor Slips Into Campaign Mode")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13840-the-presidential-primary-system-is-and-la-s-mayor-slips-into-campaign-mode)

GELFAND’S WORLD--The 2020 presidential campaign has started and the stakes couldn't be higher. How do we know that we are officially in campaign season already? One clue is that Los Angeles will be without its mayor for the next two weeks. Eric Garcetti is leaving home to campaign in New Hampshire. Ostensibly, he will be campaigning for someone else, a person who is running to be the mayor of Manchester, a town that is 2568 miles from here and has a population of 110,000 people. I guess we're supposed to believe that the choice of who gets elected mayor of Manchester is a question of major importance to the people of Los Angeles. To dust off the phrase made popular by Jim Bouton, *Yeah, Sure*.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13840-the-presidential-primary-system-is-and-la-s-mayor-slips-into-campaign-mode)

   ##  [ Trash Talk](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13839-trash-talk "Trash Talk")

      Details    Jay Handal    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13839-trash-talk)

JUST ASKIN’--Earlier this year the City entered into an Exclusive Franchise Trash Agreement, commonly called a Monopoly.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13839-trash-talk)

   ##  [ Why the 1st Amendment Needs a Warning Label](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13835-why-the-1st-amendment-needs-a-warning-label "Why the 1st Amendment Needs a Warning Label")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067z2.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13835-why-the-1st-amendment-needs-a-warning-label)

@THE GUSS REPORT-Trump and Nazis and Kaepernick, oh my! As deeply flawed and forever tarnished as Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and many of their contemporaries were on the subject of slavery (Adams didn’t own slaves and was opposed to slavery, but worked to slow Abolition) they were brilliant on the five freedoms afforded us by the 1st Amendment, which are freedom of religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly and to petition the government without fear of punishment.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13835-why-the-1st-amendment-needs-a-warning-label)

   ##  [ Will We Ever Get Serious about Infrastructure and Transportation?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13834-will-we-ever-get-serious-about-infrastructure-and-transportation "Will We Ever Get Serious about Infrastructure and Transportation?")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067z3.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13834-will-we-ever-get-serious-about-infrastructure-and-transportation)

GETTING THERE FROM HERE--For those of us who remember the movie "The Running Man" with Dustin Hoffman, the question of "Is it safe?" still has meaning. Now it's time to ask that question about water, power, transportation, etc. There are those who want division, who are outraged, or are both ... but for the issues that USUALLY unite us (transportation/infrastructure), is it safe to raise those issues again.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13834-will-we-ever-get-serious-about-infrastructure-and-transportation)

   ##  [ The LA Connection: What Exactly is Fake News?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13825-the-la-connection-what-exactly-is-fake-news "The LA Connection: What Exactly is Fake News?")

      Details    Denyse Selesnick    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13825-the-la-connection-what-exactly-is-fake-news)

MY TURN-It’s the question many of us are asking these days: what exactly *is* fake news? Is it news you disagree with? Or is it advertising that looks like news but isn’t -- as is the case with an “advertorial” in which an advertiser who wants to hype a new product *pays* for it to be written about as if it were a news story. (These types of articles should be identified as such and the Internet tries to make that distinction by calling them "sponsored.")

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13825-the-la-connection-what-exactly-is-fake-news)

   ##  [ Avoidance Matters](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13824-avoidance-matters "Avoidance Matters")

      Details    Sara Roos    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13824-avoidance-matters)

RESPONSIBILITY IS PERSONAL-“…[I’m not the angry racist](http://nypost.com/2017/08/13/white-nationalists-are-being-ousted-on-twitter-and-one-lost-his-job/) they see in that photo….” But if not you, then who? Because someone is.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13824-avoidance-matters)

   ##  [ But Councilman Bonin, You Promised!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13823-but-councilman-bonin-you-promised "But Councilman Bonin, You Promised!")

      Details    Eric Preven & Joshua Preven    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13823-but-councilman-bonin-you-promised)

THE PREVEN REPORT--Just hours before releasing a [YouTube](https://www.citywatchla.com/mip://0a1b8e28/default.html) [video promising](https://youtu.be/YStV2baeYoo) his constituents that he would “bring all perspectives to the table” before moving forward with any further “road diet” projects, LA City Council member Mike [Bonin](https://www.citywatchla.com/mip://0a1b8e28/default.html) moved forward with another “road diet” project. [Bonin](https://www.citywatchla.com/mip://0a1b8e28/default.html) introduced and got passed a [motion appropriating $490,594](http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2015/15-0486-S1_rpt_tran_7-26-17.pdf) to expand environmental clearance work for the “Lincoln Boulevard Bridge Widening Project.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13823-but-councilman-bonin-you-promised)

   ##  [ California’s Kidless Future](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13822-california-s-kidless-future "California’s Kidless Future")

      Details    Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13822-california-s-kidless-future)

NEW GEOGRAPHY-Images of California, particularly the southern coast, are embedded with those associated with youthfulness — surfers, actors, models, glamorous entrepreneurs. Yet, in reality, the state — and the region — are falling well behind in the growth of their youthful population, which carries significant implications for our future economic trajectory and the nature of our society.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13822-california-s-kidless-future)

   ##  [ Is it Vision Zero or Zero Vision?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13818-is-it-vision-zero-or-zero-vision "Is it Vision Zero or Zero Vision?")

      Details    Dennis P. Zine    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13818-is-it-vision-zero-or-zero-vision)

RANTZ AND RAVEZ-I recently discussed the current living conditions in the City of Los Angeles with a 30-ish, married resident of the San Fernando Valley who works for the City of LA. He is quite upset with the current state-of-affairs here: traffic congestion, increasing crime, lack of affordable housing, the economy, the constantly expanding homeless population and a host of related topics. In addition to the direction in which the city is headed, we discussed the Mayor’s plan and vision for LA.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13818-is-it-vision-zero-or-zero-vision)

   ##  [ LA’s Housing Crisis: Much Worse than You Think](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13817-la-s-housing-crisis-much-worse-than-you-think "LA’s Housing Crisis: Much Worse than You Think")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13817-la-s-housing-crisis-much-worse-than-you-think)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Driving through Skid Row, witnessing homeless encampments near luxury apartment complexes, encountering people living in their cars, hearing stories about long commutes to the Antelope Valley for cheaper housing, or reading the latest data of soaring housing prices and rents lets you know that LA is in the midst of a severe housing crisis.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13817-la-s-housing-crisis-much-worse-than-you-think)

1. [ The Lincoln Heights Jail - Now That’s Community Involvement!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13814-the-lincoln-heights-jail-now-that-s-community-involvement)
2. [ Zero Tolerance for Nazis](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13809-zero-tolerance-for-nazis)
3. [ Court Slams Brakes on Federal Prosecution of California Pot Growers](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13805-court-slams-brakes-on-federal-prosecution-of-california-pot-growers)
4. [ A Tale of Two Regions: In California’s Economy, North trumps South — for Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13803-a-tale-of-two-regions-in-california-s-economy-north-trumps-south-for-now)
5. [ Cal State’s Answer to Segregated, Inferior K-12 Education: Ignore it!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13801-cal-state-s-answer-to-segregated-inferior-k-12-education-ignore-it)
6. [ Death at LGBT Activist’s Home Stuns LA's Animal World](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13799-death-at-lgbt-activist-s-home-stuns-la-s-animal-world)
7. [ Here's a Great Idea. Let's Create a Massive Traffic Jam on Purpose!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13796-here-s-a-great-idea-let-s-create-a-massive-traffic-jam-on-purpose)
8. [ Hollywood Monuments Matter](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13795-hollywood-monuments-matter)
9. [ How Airports Became the Battleground for Deciding Who Belongs in America](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13794-how-airports-became-the-battleground-for-deciding-who-belongs-in-america)
10. [ In San Juan Bautista, It’s Apocalypse—Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13793-in-san-juan-bautista-it-s-apocalypse-now)
11. [ LA City Council’s Steaming Pile of Hypocrisy, McCarthyism and Guano](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13792-la-city-council-s-steaming-pile-of-hypocrisy-mccarthyism-and-guano)
12. [ PLUM Committee Alert! They’re Ready to Raise Land Use Appeal Fees Sky High](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13791-plum-committee-alert-they-re-ready-to-raise-land-use-appeal-fees-sky-high)
13. [ Sometimes There is Only One Side](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13789-sometimes-there-is-only-one-side)
14. [ LA’s ‘Virtual Bankruptcy’ Equals ‘Service Insolvency’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13787-la-s-virtual-bankruptcy-equals-service-insolvency-2)
15. [ Story Behind the Studio City NC Controversial Harvard-Westlake Vote](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13786-story-behind-the-studio-city-nc-controversial-harvard-westlake-vote)
16. [ High-Speed Rail Gets Us Stuck in Traffic](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13782-high-speed-rail-gets-us-stuck-in-traffic)
17. [ A Simple Home Remedy for Olympic Fever](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13781-a-simple-home-remedy-for-olympic-fever)
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