#  LOS ANGELES

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

   ##  [ 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 "The Lincoln Heights Jail - Now That’s Community Involvement!")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13814-the-lincoln-heights-jail-now-that-s-community-involvement)

EASTSIDER-As I attended the community meeting/development proposal meeting at the old Goodwill Auditorium in Lincoln Heights, it was clear that Councilmember Gil Cedillo has “learned a thing or two” from his recent, bruising, re-election Campaign for Council District 1.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13814-the-lincoln-heights-jail-now-that-s-community-involvement)

   ##  [ Zero Tolerance for Nazis](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13809-zero-tolerance-for-nazis "Zero Tolerance for Nazis")

      Details    David Bell    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13809-zero-tolerance-for-nazis)

BELL VIEW-The outrage comes so quickly these days. From North Korea to Nazis, all in the course of a weekend. Trump takes credit -- through the sheer audacity of his “tough talk” -- for backing Kim Jong Un off his threat to annihilate the US -- as if all the other presidents in history have just let North Korea bomb us back into the Stone Age.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13809-zero-tolerance-for-nazis)

   ##  [ 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 "Court Slams Brakes on Federal Prosecution of California Pot Growers")

      Details    Dennis Romero    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065z2.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13805-court-slams-brakes-on-federal-prosecution-of-california-pot-growers)

PRECEDENT SETTING--A U.S. District Court this week blocked federal prosecutors from moving forward with their conspiracy case against a pair of Northern California cultivators because the duo was determined to be in compliance with Golden State medical marijuana laws.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13805-court-slams-brakes-on-federal-prosecution-of-california-pot-growers)

   ##  [ 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 "A Tale of Two Regions: In California’s Economy, North trumps South — for Now")

      Details    Dan Walters    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13803-a-tale-of-two-regions-in-california-s-economy-north-trumps-south-for-now)

CALIFORNIA POLITICS--When two New York baseball teams, the Dodgers and the Giants, moved west six decades ago, their ancient cross-town rivalry merged into the equally intense – and equally long – competition between Los Angeles and San Francisco for economic, cultural and, of course, political dominance of California.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13803-a-tale-of-two-regions-in-california-s-economy-north-trumps-south-for-now)

   ##  [ 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 "Cal State’s Answer to Segregated, Inferior K-12 Education: Ignore it!")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13801-cal-state-s-answer-to-segregated-inferior-k-12-education-ignore-it)

EDUCATION WATCH-The Cal State system's [recent decision](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-cal-state-remedial-requirements-20170803-story.html) to get rid of the requirement that as many as 25,000 incoming freshman take non-credited remedial courses in Entry Level Math (ELM) and the English Placement Test (EPT) before taking college level coursework is irrational. It defies common sense to think that students who have not mastered prerequisite grade-level standards in Math and English are able to understand college level coursework – coursework that *relies* on basic foundational knowledge to understand the college level classes they are now allowed to take.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13801-cal-state-s-answer-to-segregated-inferior-k-12-education-ignore-it)

   ##  [ 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 "Death at LGBT Activist’s Home Stuns LA's Animal  World")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13799-death-at-lgbt-activist-s-home-stuns-la-s-animal-world)

ANIMAL WATCH-According to the [*WeHo Times*](http://www.wehotimes.com/sex-politics-meth-death-west-hollywood/) on August 7, 2007, the Los Angeles County Coroner reported he had closed the case on the death of [Gemmel Moore](http://mec.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/mec/main/home/caseinformation/casedetail?CaseNum=2017-05583), 26, at 7:22 p.m. on July 27, determining that it was an accident and caused by the use of methamphetamine.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13799-death-at-lgbt-activist-s-home-stuns-la-s-animal-world)

   ##  [ 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 "Here's a Great Idea. Let's Create a Massive Traffic Jam on Purpose!")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13796-here-s-a-great-idea-let-s-create-a-massive-traffic-jam-on-purpose)

GELFAND’S WORLD--I'll start with the more serious side of this story, but then we'll get into a little MTA bashing which, I assure you, they well deserve. Let's start by imagining that there is an emergency in the harbor (maybe a fire on a ship is creating toxic fumes) that would require an evacuation. There are basically three northbound streets connecting San Pedro to the rest of the city -- Pacific Ave, Gaffey, and Western. There are a couple of roads leading across the Palos Verdes peninsula to the west, but they are minor elements in the transportation network. The bulk of traffic into and out of the area is along the north-south axis.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13796-here-s-a-great-idea-let-s-create-a-massive-traffic-jam-on-purpose)

   ##  [ Hollywood Monuments Matter](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13795-hollywood-monuments-matter "Hollywood Monuments Matter")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13795-hollywood-monuments-matter)

DEEGAN ON LA-Movie mogul and studio owner Jack Warner helped to build Hollywood, a town that is now slowly being broken down like the set on one of his many movies. But it’s not movie crews who are doing post-production tear-down. It’s developers and politicos who are striking the set every time they collaborate to replace a successful expression of Hollywood architecture with their version of the sequel. Each demolition tears away at Hollywood’s history and destroys the character and fabric of Hollywood neighborhoods.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13795-hollywood-monuments-matter)

   ##  [ 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 "How Airports Became the Battleground for Deciding Who Belongs in America")

      Details    Talia Inlender    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13794-how-airports-became-the-battleground-for-deciding-who-belongs-in-america)

EMBRACING THE OTHER-At 3 p.m. on January 28, 2017 -- the day after Donald Trump signed [an executive order](http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/politics/text-of-trump-executive-order-nation-ban-refugees/index.html) banning travel to the United States by citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries -- I frantically tried to stop the departure of a plane carrying Ali Vayeghan.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13794-how-airports-became-the-battleground-for-deciding-who-belongs-in-america)

   ##  [ In San Juan Bautista, It’s Apocalypse—Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13793-in-san-juan-bautista-it-s-apocalypse-now "In San Juan Bautista, It’s Apocalypse—Now")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13793-in-san-juan-bautista-it-s-apocalypse-now)

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--If the apocalypse comes to California, I’ll be ready. After all, I’ve been to San Juan Bautista, which has centuries of experience with the ending of worlds. (Photo above: Scene from the Hitchcock movie Vertigo)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13793-in-san-juan-bautista-it-s-apocalypse-now)

1. [ 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)
2. [ 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)
3. [ Sometimes There is Only One Side](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13789-sometimes-there-is-only-one-side)
4. [ LA’s ‘Virtual Bankruptcy’ Equals ‘Service Insolvency’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13787-la-s-virtual-bankruptcy-equals-service-insolvency-2)
5. [ 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)
6. [ High-Speed Rail Gets Us Stuck in Traffic](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13782-high-speed-rail-gets-us-stuck-in-traffic)
7. [ A Simple Home Remedy for Olympic Fever](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13781-a-simple-home-remedy-for-olympic-fever)
8. [ America: A Proud History of Hyphenates](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13780-america-a-proud-history-of-hyphenates)
9. [ CalPERS is Having an Election - And What You and I Can Do About It!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13777-calpers-is-having-an-election-and-what-you-and-i-can-do-about-it)
10. [ Fake News Isn’t New](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13775-fake-news-isn-t-new)
11. [ In LA, Parks Count for Nothing … We Need a Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13773-in-la-parks-count-for-nothing-we-need-a-plan)
12. [ Is ‘Mafiazation’ of Trash Hauling Coming to LA? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13772-is-mafiazation-of-trash-hauling-coming-to-la)
13. [ Let’s be Clear: LA Does Not have Rent Control! It has RSO!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13770-let-s-be-clear-la-does-not-have-rent-control-it-has-rso)
14. [ To Make California a True Democracy, Give Non-Citizens the Right to Vote](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13766-to-make-california-a-true-democracy-give-non-citizens-the-right-to-vote)
15. [ Studio City NC Says No to Harvard-Westlake’s Improvement Plan … Controversial Public Hearing Looms](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13762-studio-city-nc-says-no-to-harvard-westlake-s-improvement-plan-controversial-public-hearing-looms)
16. [ In LA, It’s an Affordable Housing Crisis, Stupid](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13758-in-la-it-s-an-affordable-housing-crisis-stupid)
17. [ A Star is Reborn](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13757-a-star-is-reborn)
18. [ California’s Puppy Mill Ban Is a Political Sham … Here’s Why ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13756-california-s-puppy-mill-ban-is-a-political-sham-here-s-why)
19. [ Cargo Volumes at SoCal’s Twin Ports at All-Time High … So, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13755-cargo-volumes-at-socal-s-twin-ports-at-all-time-high-so-what-could-possibly-go-wrong)
20. [ Garcetti Commish Dodges His Debt](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13753-garcetti-commish-dodges-his-debt)

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