##  In the News

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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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August 27 2026

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August 24 2026

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### [West LA Democrats Endorse Roy and Reitano, Decline to Back a Candidate in Senate District 24](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33248:west-la-democrats-endorse-roy-and-reitano-decline-to-back-a-candidate-in-senate-district-24&catid=401)

August 24 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### California’s Puppy Mill Ban Is a Political Sham … Here’s Why

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on August 07 2017.

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## [Cargo Volumes at SoCal’s Twin Ports at All-Time High … So, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13755:cargo-volumes-at-socal-s-twin-ports-at-all-time-high-so-what-could-possibly-go-wrong&catid=312)

 According to recent reports from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, cargo volumes are nearly the highest they’ve ever been. The Port of Lo…

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Written by Daniel Guss on August 07 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 07 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/063j-db810ebf.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13750:los-angeles-where-s-the-public-s-voice-in-the-2028-olympics-decision&catid=312)### [Los Angeles: Where’s the Public’s Voice in the 2028 Olympics Decision?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13750:los-angeles-where-s-the-public-s-voice-in-the-2028-olympics-decision&catid=312)

Written by Greg Nelson on August 07 2017.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on August 07 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 07 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/063q-2fad2673.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13744:will-the-george-lucas-museum-succeed-or-fail-the-answer-hangs-on-one-question&catid=312)### [Will the George Lucas Museum Succeed or Fail? The Answer Hangs on One Question!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13744:will-the-george-lucas-museum-succeed-or-fail-the-answer-hangs-on-one-question&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven &amp; Joshua Preven on August 07 2017.

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Written by Tony Butka on August 03 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/062i-9019d501.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13734:harvard-westlake-is-digging-itself-into-a-major-environment-controversy-resistance-mounts&catid=312)### [Harvard-Westlake is Digging Itself Into a Major Environment Controversy … Resistance Mounts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13734:harvard-westlake-is-digging-itself-into-a-major-environment-controversy-resistance-mounts&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on August 03 2017.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on August 03 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 03 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/062l-fba93583.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13731:la-s-neighborhood-councils-let-s-go-back-to-when-ncs-represented-the-wild-wild-west&catid=312)### [LA’s Neighborhood Councils – Let’s Go Back to When NCs Represented the Wild, Wild West](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13731:la-s-neighborhood-councils-let-s-go-back-to-when-ncs-represented-the-wild-wild-west&catid=312)

Written by Julie Butcher on August 03 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 03 2017.

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Written by Steven Greenhut on August 03 2017.

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Written by Dick Platkin on August 03 2017.

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Written by Anthony York on August 03 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven &amp; Joshua Preven on August 03 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven &amp; Joshua Preven on August 02 2017.

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Written by Joe Mathews on July 31 2017.

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