#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Is Adelanto California’s Guantanamo?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13675-is-adelanto-california-s-guantanamo "Is Adelanto California’s Guantanamo?")

      Details    Andrew Moss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 27 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13675-is-adelanto-california-s-guantanamo)

PERSPECTIVE--If you take Interstate 15 about two hours north from **Los Angeles, heading into the high desert of San Bernardino County,** you’ll reach a for-profit federal detention facility called the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center. The center’s named for the neighboring town of Adelanto, which means “advancement” or “progress” in Spanish, and it’s not an inappropriate title for a town founded a century ago by the inventor of the Hotpoint Electric Iron. But the name now carries a rather different set of associations due to the ICE facility’s presence there.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13675-is-adelanto-california-s-guantanamo)

   ##  [ CalPERS: Investments Up, Governance Down … for the Count](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13673-calpers-investments-up-governance-down-for-the-count "CalPERS: Investments Up, Governance Down … for the Count")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 27 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13673-calpers-investments-up-governance-down-for-the-count)

EASTSIDER-CalPERS recently trumpeted that they got an [11.2% return on investments](https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/newsroom/calpers-news/2017/preliminary-fiscal-year-investment-returns) this year, which should make everyone feel good about their investment portfolio, even though it was less than 1% last year, and far from hitting the 7% average rate per year that they assume.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13673-calpers-investments-up-governance-down-for-the-count)

   ##  [ California: Amid the Blaring Headlines, Routine Reports of Hate-Fueled Violence](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13672-california-amid-the-blaring-headlines-routine-reports-of-hate-fueled-violence "California: Amid the Blaring Headlines, Routine Reports of Hate-Fueled Violence")

      Details    Joe Sexton    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 27 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13672-california-amid-the-blaring-headlines-routine-reports-of-hate-fueled-violence)

PROPUBLICA REPORT--Last Wednesday, July 19, was something of a busy news day. There was word North Korea was making preparations for yet another provocative missile test. The Supreme Court, in its latest ruling in the controversial travel ban case, said that people from the six largely Muslim countries covered by the immigration enforcement action could enter the U.S. if they had a grandparent here, refusing to overturn a ruling that grandparents qualified as “bona fide relatives.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13672-california-amid-the-blaring-headlines-routine-reports-of-hate-fueled-violence)

   ##  [ Biker Lives Matter](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13660-biker-lives-matter "Biker Lives Matter")

      Details    Eric Preven & Joshua Preven    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13660-biker-lives-matter)

THE PREVEN PAPER--At its Vision Zero community update this coming[ Saturday at Loyola ](http://losangeles.carpediem.cd/events/4158904-ladot-playa-del-rey-project-open-house-at-1-lmu-drive-los-angeles-ca-90045/)[Marymount ](http://losangeles.carpediem.cd/events/4158904-ladot-playa-del-rey-project-open-house-at-1-lmu-drive-los-angeles-ca-90045/)University, the Los Angeles City Department of Transportation will have some explaining to do.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13660-biker-lives-matter)

   ##  [ California Needs to Cap the Growth of Runaway Pensions](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13659-california-needs-to-cap-the-growth-of-runaway-pensions "California Needs to Cap the Growth of Runaway Pensions")

      Details    David Schwartzman    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13659-california-needs-to-cap-the-growth-of-runaway-pensions)

REFORM ROUND ROBIN-California’s previous attempts at pension reform have had a [negligible impact](http://reason.org/news/show/ca-pepra-pension-reform). We should look to solutions from other states to tackle our growing pension problem. Last week, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a landmark school pension reform bill that will cap the growth of pension liabilities. California legislators need to follow Michigan’s lead to save its pension funds from insolvency.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13659-california-needs-to-cap-the-growth-of-runaway-pensions)

   ##  [ Do HOA’s and Neighborhood Councils Guarantee Level Freedom-of-Speech Playing Fields?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13658-do-hoa-s-and-neighborhood-councils-guarantee-level-freedom-of-speech-playing-fields "Do HOA’s and Neighborhood Councils Guarantee Level Freedom-of-Speech Playing Fields?")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13658-do-hoa-s-and-neighborhood-councils-guarantee-level-freedom-of-speech-playing-fields)

GELFAND’S WORLD--People often divide themselves into two broadly defined camps, the first of which insists on obedience to all rules, while the other defines itself by its anti-authoritarianism. May I suggest that each faction is asking the wrong question.

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   ##  [ Does the California Veterinary Medical Board Protect Bad Veterinarians?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13657-does-the-california-veterinary-medical-board-protect-bad-veterinarians "Does the California Veterinary Medical Board Protect Bad Veterinarians?")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13657-does-the-california-veterinary-medical-board-protect-bad-veterinarians)

@THE GUSS REPORT-This article is a bell that the California Department of Consumer Affairs doesn’t want to be rung about one of its 42 Boards that license and regulate an array of industries in the state, including the California Veterinary Medical Board.

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   ##  [ Going Coastal, Using the Pledge of Allegiance as a Wedge](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13654-going-coastal-using-the-pledge-of-allegiance-as-a-wedge "Going Coastal, Using the Pledge of Allegiance as a Wedge")

      Details    James Preston Allen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13654-going-coastal-using-the-pledge-of-allegiance-as-a-wedge)

AT RANDOM-Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council’s July 10 agenda-setting meeting turned out to be a rowdy affair. Some 20 stakeholders got riled up over the proposed standing rules change that removed the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of the meetings and voted against every item proposed until a resolution keeping the Pledge was placed on the agenda for the next meeting. This rule was passed by the previous council and, as it turns out, was not always adhered to.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13654-going-coastal-using-the-pledge-of-allegiance-as-a-wedge)

   ##  [ Living in a Black Lung Loft? How LA Politics and ‘Smart Planning’ Ignore Medical Science](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13653-living-in-a-black-lung-loft-how-la-politics-and-smart-planning-ignore-medical-science "Living in a Black Lung Loft? How LA Politics and ‘Smart Planning’ Ignore Medical Science")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13653-living-in-a-black-lung-loft-how-la-politics-and-smart-planning-ignore-medical-science)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Should politics invalidate medical science? Politicos readily allow interests of a tiny segment of society to dictate medical decisions for our children. For years local politicians allowed toxic-spewing industrial plant Exide to poison children who lived nearby. While the plant was physically located in Vernon, many of the 10,000 affected families lived in the city of Los Angeles.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13653-living-in-a-black-lung-loft-how-la-politics-and-smart-planning-ignore-medical-science)

   ##  [ Paramount Gets Paid While Best and Brightest Leave California](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13651-paramount-gets-paid-while-best-and-brightest-leave-california "Paramount Gets Paid While Best and Brightest Leave California")

      Details    Bob Loewen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13651-paramount-gets-paid-while-best-and-brightest-leave-california)

POLICY--Last week, my friend Ethan announced that he is moving to Ohio. Ethan is an extremely bright entrepreneur in his mid-thirties, who grew up in Southern California. He’s civic minded – joined non-profit boards, gave to charities what he could afford, and was even been elected to his local water board.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13651-paramount-gets-paid-while-best-and-brightest-leave-california)

   ##  [ Rabid Bobcat Attacks Spiral … Cat with Rabies Alarms Health Experts](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13650-rabid-bobcat-attacks-spiral-cat-with-rabies-alarms-health-experts "Rabid Bobcat Attacks Spiral … Cat with Rabies Alarms Health Experts")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13650-rabid-bobcat-attacks-spiral-cat-with-rabies-alarms-health-experts)

ANIMAL WATCH-A surge in attacks on humans and pets by bobcats testing positive for rabies across the U.S. in 2017 is getting the attention of public health officials who say it is unusual for bobcats to contract this disease and also abnormal for this elusive wild feline to attack humans. Officials warn that in any case where a bobcat attacks a human, rabies should be suspected.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13650-rabid-bobcat-attacks-spiral-cat-with-rabies-alarms-health-experts)

   ##  [ To Be a Leader on National Issues, California Must Leave It’s Smug, Protective Cocoon](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13646-to-be-a-leader-on-national-issues-california-must-leave-it-s-smug-protective-cocoon "To Be a Leader on National Issues, California Must Leave It’s Smug, Protective Cocoon")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13646-to-be-a-leader-on-national-issues-california-must-leave-it-s-smug-protective-cocoon)

CONNECTION CALIFORNIA--California, do you want to be an incubator for great ideas—or a bubble that shuts out the world?

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   ##  [ Too Risky! LA County Takes SoCal Gas to Court … Opposes Reopening of Aliso Canyon](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13645-too-risky-la-county-takes-socal-gas-to-court-opposes-reopening-of-aliso-canyon "Too Risky! LA County Takes SoCal Gas to Court … Opposes Reopening of Aliso Canyon")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13645-too-risky-la-county-takes-socal-gas-to-court-opposes-reopening-of-aliso-canyon)

THIS IS WHAT I KNOW--Back in October of 2015, SoCal Gas employees discovered a massive natural gas leak from a well within the Aliso Canyon underground storage facility in the Santa Susanna Foothills near Porter Ranch in the San Fernando Valley. Owned by Southern California Gas, a division of Sempra Energy, the gas field covers 3,600 acres.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13645-too-risky-la-county-takes-socal-gas-to-court-opposes-reopening-of-aliso-canyon)

   ##  [ A Seat at the Table](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13640-a-seat-at-the-table "A Seat at the Table")

      Details    David Bell    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 20 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/058b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13640-a-seat-at-the-table)

BELL VIEW-One of the many privileges of my middle class life is health insurance. As far as I can tell, it’s decent coverage. At least I think it’s decent – I can’t pretend to understand it, but I don’t feel like I’m one accident away from total ruin. In the midst of the current debate over the fate of the American healthcare system, it’s hard to overstate the level of peace of mind having basic coverage provides to a person. And despite the high price I pay for this coverage and the amount of work I have to do to maintain it, I recognize that – in 21st Century America – I’m privileged to have healthcare coverage.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13640-a-seat-at-the-table)

   ##  [ Exposed: LA is Pursuing Plan for Never-Ending Traffic Gridlock](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13638-exposed-la-is-pursuing-plan-for-never-ending-traffic-gridlock "Exposed: LA is Pursuing Plan for Never-Ending Traffic Gridlock")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 20 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/058e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13638-exposed-la-is-pursuing-plan-for-never-ending-traffic-gridlock)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Starting in 2014, Judge Alan Goodman and Judge James Chalfant warned us that Super Gridlock was being planned for Los Angeles, but we weren’t listening. Perhaps, we missed them sound the alarm. They used polite legalese.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13638-exposed-la-is-pursuing-plan-for-never-ending-traffic-gridlock)

   ##  [ Gas Taxes! Vehicle Fees! Crime! Dennis is Steamed!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13637-gas-taxes-vehicle-fees-crime-dennis-is-steamed "Gas Taxes! Vehicle Fees! Crime! Dennis is Steamed!")

      Details    Dennis P. Zine    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 20 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/058f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13637-gas-taxes-vehicle-fees-crime-dennis-is-steamed)

RANTZ & RAVEZ-First of all, a Big RaveZ for LA City Councilman Bob Blumenfield and the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. The Woodland Hills Recreation Center located at 5858 Shoup Avenue in the West Valley has a sparkling new pool and recreation center after a long four years of meetings, delays and construction-related problems. It was one thing after another that held up construction of the facility, including contaminated soil that had to be removed and heavy rains that hit the community.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13637-gas-taxes-vehicle-fees-crime-dennis-is-steamed)

   ##  [ Hollywood Sign: The Battle for Beachwood Drive Access Headed to Court](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13636-hollywood-sign-the-battle-for-beachwood-drive-access-headed-to-court "Hollywood Sign: The Battle for Beachwood Drive Access Headed to Court")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 20 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/058g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13636-hollywood-sign-the-battle-for-beachwood-drive-access-headed-to-court)

THIS IS WHAT I KNOW--Hiking Runyon Canyon is one of LA’s most popular outdoor workouts – in a city where Angelenos drive to Flywheel or hot yoga. Getting close enough to the Hollywood Sign for that vacation Instagram post is on the to-do lists of many tourists.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13636-hollywood-sign-the-battle-for-beachwood-drive-access-headed-to-court)

   ##  [ Hotel Complex: A Dream for Hollywood Jobs](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13635-hotel-complex-a-dream-for-hollywood-jobs "Hotel Complex: A Dream for Hollywood Jobs")

      Details    Leron Gubler    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 20 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/058i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13635-hotel-complex-a-dream-for-hollywood-jobs)

LIVING THE DREAM-When one thinks about the visionaries who made Hollywood what it is today, there are a lot of candidates to consider: Sid Grauman who dreamed up the picture palaces and movie premieres; C.E. Toberman, who built most of the grand buildings on Hollywood Blvd. and made the Hollywood Bowl a reality; the Chandler family and their associates who put the huge Hollywood Sign on Mt. Lee; Johnny Grant, who built the Hollywood Walk of Fame into an international icon. The list could go on and on.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13635-hotel-complex-a-dream-for-hollywood-jobs)

   ##  [ How Cool is This: A Chance to Become a Habitat Hero](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13634-how-cool-is-this-a-chance-to-become-a-habitat-hero "How Cool is This: A Chance to Become a Habitat Hero")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 20 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/058j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13634-how-cool-is-this-a-chance-to-become-a-habitat-hero)

DEEGAN ON LA-Movie producer Michael Costigan *(“Brokeback Mountain,” “A Bigger Splash”)* and his wife Linda are about to give Los Angeles County $98,241 -- but for what? The County’s Notice of Public Hearing says it’s for 3,275 square feet of mostly unusable, steep mountainside land adjacent to the Costigan’s Outpost Canyon home. The County operates on a $30 billion annual budget and doesn’t really need the money.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13634-how-cool-is-this-a-chance-to-become-a-habitat-hero)

   ##  [ Is It Fair to Put a Price on LA’s Freeways?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13632-is-it-fair-to-put-a-price-on-la-s-freeways "Is It Fair to Put a Price on LA’s Freeways?")

      Details    Judith Lewis Mernit    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 20 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/058l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13632-is-it-fair-to-put-a-price-on-la-s-freeways)

CAPITAL & MAIN--At 6 p.m. on any weekday evening, Interstate 10 from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles is the [fifth most crowded stretch](http://inrix.com/press-releases/los-angeles-tops-inrix-global-congestion-ranking/) of road in the United States. A light rail line paralleling the freeway has done little to help, despite exceeding rider estimates. A carpool lane or road expansion would likely [fail as well](http://www.scpr.org/blogs/economy/2014/10/10/17413/405-traffic-a-little-slower-after-1-billion-upgrad/), due to a phenomenon known as “[triple convergence](https://walkablestreets.wordpress.com/1994/08/18/the-triple-convergence/)”: When you make more room on a roadway, peak-hour drivers who would otherwise have detoured, taken the bus or left earlier, show up to fill it. (This may be the only application of Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s [novel interpretation of supply and demand](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/06/rick-perry-offered-a-little-economics-lesson-it-didnt-go-so-well/?utm_term=.46ee10dcb6d7).)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13632-is-it-fair-to-put-a-price-on-la-s-freeways)

   ##  [ LA Transportation Getting Hijacked by Those with Self-Serving Agendas](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13631-la-transportation-getting-hijacked-by-those-with-self-serving-agendas "LA Transportation Getting Hijacked by Those with Self-Serving Agendas")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 20 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/058m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13631-la-transportation-getting-hijacked-by-those-with-self-serving-agendas)

TRANSPO WATCH--To most of us, building a new highway, a new rail line, or a new bikeway (or any other mobility-oriented project) involves something that combines benefits to our Economy, Environment, and Quality of Life. Such a project should allow for greater mobility/freedom, and perhaps enhance the ability of ALL of us to financially benefit … hence the need for public funding.

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1. [ LAUSD: Where Layoffs are Celebrated with a 174% Raise — for the Bosses](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13630-lausd-where-layoffs-are-celebrated-with-a-174-raise-for-the-bosses)
2. [ Must Read: Kerfuffle Apologies and Inquiries into the Opaque Insides of Political Clubs](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13629-must-read-kerfuffle-apologies-and-inquiries-into-the-opaque-insides-of-political-clubs)
3. [ Neighborhood Councils: If I Had It to Do All Over Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13628-neighborhood-councils-if-i-had-it-to-do-all-over-again)
4. [ Which Vision for Los Angeles: An Updated General Plan or Another Real Estate Bubble?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13622-which-vision-for-los-angeles-an-updated-general-plan-or-another-real-estate-bubble)
5. [ Why O.J. was Freed - And Why It Matters](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13621-why-o-j-was-freed-and-why-it-matters)
6. [ Best Friends' No-Kill ‘2 for $10’ Pet Adoption Discount: Saving Animals or Desperation?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13615-best-friends-no-kill-2-for-10-pet-adoption-discount-saving-animals-or-desperation)
7. [ Boycotting Alaska Over Health Insurance … One Senator Needed to Put the Brakes on TrumpCare](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13614-boycotting-alaska-over-health-insurance-one-senator-needed-to-put-the-brakes-on-trumpcare)
8. [ Can ‘One LA’ Make Democracy Work?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13613-can-one-la-make-democracy-work)
9. [ Civil Rights: California Airbnb Host Ordered to Pay Up for Discrimination Violation](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13612-civil-rights-california-airbnb-host-ordered-to-pay-up-for-discrimination-violation)
10. [ Don’t Let the State Take Your Voice Away](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13611-don-t-let-the-state-take-your-voice-away)
11. [ High Flying California Charts Its Own Path – Watch Out for the Cliff Ahead?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13610-high-flying-california-charts-its-own-path-watch-out-for-the-cliff-ahead)
12. [ How to Fix LA’s Gridlock: Focus on Quality of Life, not Developers’ Profits](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13609-how-to-fix-la-s-gridlock-focus-on-quality-of-life-not-developers-profits)
13. [ LA Unfitness](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13608-la-unfitness)
14. [ Mega Developer Looking for Spot-Zone Favors Gets Swift Approval on South LA Luxury Project](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13607-mega-developer-looking-for-spot-zone-favors-gets-swift-approval-on-south-la-luxury-project)
15. [ Mr. Mayor … If You Really Want to Help the Homeless](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13606-mr-mayor-if-you-really-want-to-help-the-homeless)
16. [ Not in My Backyard? Well, Times Change](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13605-not-in-my-backyard-well-times-change)
17. [ Shocking New Report: DWP Trio Cleared Over $1 Million in Pension Pay](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13604-shocking-new-report-dwp-trio-cleared-over-1-million-in-pension-pay)
18. [ The Delta Tunnels: A Bad Deal for All Californians](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13603-the-delta-tunnels-a-bad-deal-for-all-californians)
19. [ California’s Unelected Bureaucracies that Keep Us Stuck in Traffic](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13593-california-s-unelected-bureaucracies-that-keep-us-stuck-in-traffic)
20. [ Garcetti Defends His Backing of Black Lung Lofts](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13592-garcetti-defends-his-backing-of-black-lung-lofts)

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