#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ California Cuts Services, Staff to Pay Pension Costs](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13572-california-cuts-services-staff-to-pay-pension-costs "California Cuts Services, Staff to Pay Pension Costs")

      Details    David Schwartzman    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13572-california-cuts-services-staff-to-pay-pension-costs)

POLICY--Across California, many local governments have raised taxes while cutting services. Local officials desperate for union support have made irresponsible deals with public employee unions, creating staggering employee costs. Taxpayer money meant to provide essential services to the least well-off instead goes directly to higher salaries and benefits.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13572-california-cuts-services-staff-to-pay-pension-costs)

   ##  [ Californians Losing Access to Their Coast -- What to Do about It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13571-californians-losing-access-to-their-coast-what-to-do-about-it "Californians Losing Access to Their Coast -- What to Do about It?")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13571-californians-losing-access-to-their-coast-what-to-do-about-it)

GELFAND’S WORLD--We are the west coast -- accent on that word *coast*. What makes California different from Nebraska and Colorado is that we have an ocean. We have sea cliffs, beaches, and kelp beds you can explore underwater. We even have the remains of [a shipwreck](http://californiathroughmylens.com/shipwreck-hike-ranchos-palos-verdes) that you can walk right up to, at the base of a local cliff. Californians take pride in the fact that the beach and the water belong to all of us. But it's not a done deal in all places.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13571-californians-losing-access-to-their-coast-what-to-do-about-it)

   ##  [ Can California Survive a Tech Crash?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13570-can-california-survive-a-tech-crash "Can California Survive a Tech Crash?")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13570-can-california-survive-a-tech-crash)

NEW GEOGRAPHY-California’s economic revival has sparked widespread notions, shared by Jerry Brown and observers elsewhere, that its economy — and policy agenda — should be adopted by the rest of the country. And, to be sure, the Golden State has made a strong recovery in the last five years, but this may prove to be far more vulnerable than its boosters imagine.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13570-can-california-survive-a-tech-crash)

   ##  [ Dog-Attack Poster Urged for LA Animal Services … Will Pit Bulls be Featured?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13569-dog-attack-poster-urged-for-la-animal-services-will-pit-bulls-be-featured "Dog-Attack Poster Urged for LA Animal Services … Will Pit Bulls be Featured?")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13569-dog-attack-poster-urged-for-la-animal-services-will-pit-bulls-be-featured)

ANIMAL WATCH-At the June 27 meeting of the Los Angeles Animal Services' Commissioners -- all appointees of Mayor Eric Garcetti -- Commissioner Roger Wolfson, a screenwriter, urged the creation of an LAAS poster on how to handle a dog attack, indicating he had already received support of the idea from GM Brenda Barnette and Commission President Larry Gross.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13569-dog-attack-poster-urged-for-la-animal-services-will-pit-bulls-be-featured)

   ##  [ Exclusive! Spindler Beats Feuer’s Gun Rap, Cites Fake LA Times Article](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13567-exclusive-spindler-beats-feuer-s-gun-rap-cites-fake-la-times-article "Exclusive! Spindler Beats Feuer’s Gun Rap, Cites Fake LA Times Article")

      Details    Daniel Guss    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13567-exclusive-spindler-beats-feuer-s-gun-rap-cites-fake-la-times-article)

@THE GUSS REPORT-In a Van Nuys court room on Friday, the illegal gun possession charge hastily filed by LA City Attorney Mike Feuer’s office against City Hall critic Wayne Spindler (photo above) died a death as curious as its life.

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   ##  [ Garcetti’s Toxic Bike Lanes: Criminal Liability Could Rival Flint’s Poisoned Water](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13566-garcetti-s-toxic-bike-lanes-criminal-liability-could-rival-flint-s-poisoned-water "Garcetti’s Toxic Bike Lanes: Criminal Liability Could Rival Flint’s Poisoned Water")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13566-garcetti-s-toxic-bike-lanes-criminal-liability-could-rival-flint-s-poisoned-water)

CORRUPTION WATCH-The hubris that comes with holding public office is usually rational. Public officials so seldom are held accountable for their actions that they never think of possible criminal liability for their behavior. The times, they may be changing.

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   ##  [ LA Immigration Court Exposes the ‘Legal Hell’ of the U.S. Deportation System](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13565-la-immigration-court-exposes-the-legal-hell-of-the-u-s-deportation-system "LA Immigration Court Exposes the ‘Legal Hell’ of the U.S. Deportation System")

      Details    Bill Boyarsky    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13565-la-immigration-court-exposes-the-legal-hell-of-the-u-s-deportation-system)

BOYARSKY’S LA--Immigration court in Los Angeles is in an undistinguished, rectangular office building in the center of downtown. Every weekday, immigrants make their way there to plead before one of the judges for a chance to remain in the United States.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13565-la-immigration-court-exposes-the-legal-hell-of-the-u-s-deportation-system)

   ##  [ ‘Mad-as-Hell’ Resistance Swings Affordable Housing Pendulum toward Renters](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13563-mad-as-hell-resistance-swings-affordable-housing-pendulum-toward-renters "‘Mad-as-Hell’ Resistance Swings Affordable Housing Pendulum toward Renters")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13563-mad-as-hell-resistance-swings-affordable-housing-pendulum-toward-renters)

DEEGAN ON LA-In less stressful times, the relationships between tenants and landlords were ruled by the market economy of supply and demand. Lately, however, affordable housing has entered a state of crisis, as space is needed to squeeze in more people who want to live here or park their money in real estate investment. A third wheel has been attached to the landlord-tenant equation: developers eager to make their profits in a booming upscale housing market is leaving many renters in the dust.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13563-mad-as-hell-resistance-swings-affordable-housing-pendulum-toward-renters)

   ##  [ Resistance Heroes Win Long War with Exide … State Forces Lead Contamination Clean Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13560-resistance-heroes-win-long-war-with-exide-state-forces-lead-contamination-clean-up "Resistance Heroes Win Long War with Exide … State Forces Lead Contamination Clean Up")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13560-resistance-heroes-win-long-war-with-exide-state-forces-lead-contamination-clean-up)

PEOPLE POWER—*(Editor’s Note: This is one a series of profiles and reports celebrating Resistance Heroes … people like you who have stood up to power and won.)*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13560-resistance-heroes-win-long-war-with-exide-state-forces-lead-contamination-clean-up)

   ##  [ The Fastest Way to Change California and Help LA: A Desert Bridge!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13558-the-fastest-way-to-change-california-and-help-la-a-desert-bridge "The Fastest Way to Change California and Help LA: A Desert Bridge!")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 10 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13558-the-fastest-way-to-change-california-and-help-la-a-desert-bridge)

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--What’s the fastest way to change California?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13558-the-fastest-way-to-change-california-and-help-la-a-desert-bridge)

   ##  [ CityWatch Contributors Eric & Joshua Preven Win LA Press Club Award, Inspire CNN Anchor](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13551-citywatch-contributors-eric-joshua-preven-win-la-press-club-award-inspire-cnn-anchor "CityWatch Contributors Eric & Joshua Preven Win LA Press Club Award, Inspire CNN Anchor")

      Details    Sara Epstein    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 06 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/054h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13551-citywatch-contributors-eric-joshua-preven-win-la-press-club-award-inspire-cnn-anchor)

EYES ON THE PRIZE--At the LA Press Club’s 59th Annual Awards Ceremony on Sunday, at the Biltmore Millennium Hotel, brothers Eric Preven and Joshua Preven took first prize in the category of online political commentary, for their **CityWatch** article [“It’s Time to End LA’s Secret Meetings: What Do City Council Members and LA’s County Supervisors Have to Hide?”](http://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles/11747-it-s-time-to-end-la-s-secret-meetings-what-do-city-council-members-and-la-s-county-supervisors-have-to-hide) More than five hundred journalists and media executives attended the event.

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   ##  [ Bernie, We're Talking to You, Bro … You've got This One Exactly Backwards](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13550-bernie-we-re-talking-to-you-bro-you-ve-got-this-one-exactly-backwards "Bernie, We're Talking to You, Bro … You've got This One Exactly Backwards")

      Details    Michael Cohen    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 06 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/054j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13550-bernie-we-re-talking-to-you-bro-you-ve-got-this-one-exactly-backwards)

THE COHEN COLUMN--The Senate Republicans were going to quick-fix their massive tax cut for the rich, pretending to be a health care bill, which the independent Congressional Budget Office slammed worse than the House bill. Then they ducked out of town one day early.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13550-bernie-we-re-talking-to-you-bro-you-ve-got-this-one-exactly-backwards)

   ##  [ Coldwater Canyon Parking Project: Not Every Harvard-Westlake Parent is On Board](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13549-coldwater-canyon-parking-project-not-every-harvard-westlake-parent-is-on-board "Coldwater Canyon Parking Project: Not Every Harvard-Westlake Parent is On Board")

      Details    Eric Preven and Joshua Preven    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 06 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/054k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13549-coldwater-canyon-parking-project-not-every-harvard-westlake-parent-is-on-board)

PREVEN REPORT-“I am pleased to share that our Parking, Safety and Athletic (PSA) Improvement Plan will have its first public hearing with the City of LA on on Monday July 24, 2017,” writes Harvard-Westlake President Rick B. Commons in a recent email to “friends and families” of the school referring to Harvard-Westlake's proposed 750-space parking garage and accompanying roof-top athletic field and 163-foot pedestrian bridge over Coldwater Canyon Boulevard.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13549-coldwater-canyon-parking-project-not-every-harvard-westlake-parent-is-on-board)

   ##  [ Is City Hall Back-Peddling on Homeless ‘Emergency’ Spending?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13548-is-city-hall-back-peddling-on-homeless-emergency-spending "Is City Hall Back-Peddling on Homeless ‘Emergency’ Spending?")

      Details    Dennis P. Zine    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 06 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/054l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13548-is-city-hall-back-peddling-on-homeless-emergency-spending)

RANTZ AND RAVEZ-On July 1, 2017, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and LA City Council members were sworn into office for the next 5 1/2 years. Now that they are officially in position, in power to serve the public, what will they do to improve the quality of life in Los Angeles? What will they do to address transportation gridlock, the high cost of housing, increasing crime and a host of other pressing matters using over $8 billion in taxes?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13548-is-city-hall-back-peddling-on-homeless-emergency-spending)

   ##  [ Jerry Brown’s ‘Trailer Trash’ Supports Forced Unionism](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13547-jerry-brown-s-trailer-trash-supports-forced-unionism "Jerry Brown’s ‘Trailer Trash’ Supports Forced Unionism")

      Details    Larry Sand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 06 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/054m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13547-jerry-brown-s-trailer-trash-supports-forced-unionism)

RIGGING THE RULES-The public employee unions, especially the teacher union variety, are very jittery over the prospect that the *Janus* case, if successful in the U.S. Supreme Court next year, could [free government workers from paying forced dues](https://www.city-journal.org/html/janus-and-worker-freedom-15298.html) to a union as a condition of employment. Enter California’s [AB 119](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB119), a trailer bill, which was signed into law last week. As R Street Institute’s Steven Greenhut reminds us, a [trailer bill](http://www.rstreet.org/op-ed/browns-union-ploy-shows-unions-still-fear-end-to-mandatory-dues/) is typically intended “for last minute and non-controversial technical fixes to budget matters.” While, AB 119 was certainly last minute, it is anything but non-controversial.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13547-jerry-brown-s-trailer-trash-supports-forced-unionism)

   ##  [ Neighborhood Councils at 15: ‘Looking Back, If I Could Change One Thing …’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13545-neighborhood-councils-at-15-looking-back-if-i-could-change-one-thing "Neighborhood Councils at 15: ‘Looking Back, If I Could Change One Thing …’")

      Details    Bill Christopher    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 06 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/054p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13545-neighborhood-councils-at-15-looking-back-if-i-could-change-one-thing)

15 CANDLES-- *(Editor’s Note: It has 15 years since Los Angeles certified its first Neighborhood Council … Wilmington Neighborhood Council … in December of 2001. The ’15 Candles’ campaign celebrates the occasion, looks back at the early days and considers the future of LA’s NCs. Bill Christopher Chaired the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners … BONC … beginning in June of 2001 and, working at fever pitch, oversaw the certification of some 60 neighborhood councils in a two year period. Bill takes a look back and considers what he might do differently.)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13545-neighborhood-councils-at-15-looking-back-if-i-could-change-one-thing)

   ##  [ Single Payer Is a Scam](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13544-single-payer-is-a-scam "Single Payer Is a Scam")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 06 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/054r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13544-single-payer-is-a-scam)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Millions of Americans on the Left are being scammed by the call for “Single Payer Health Care.” We have naively allowed ourselves to be so polarized by the endless hogwash from both parties that we will believe anything. The Left is consumed with insane Tweets from a mentally ill President and by the stupendous avarice of the GOP in Congress; a majority of Americans have lost the ability to think.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13544-single-payer-is-a-scam)

   ##  [ The DWP Contract is a Good Deal for the Public and the Union, Here’s Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13543-the-dwp-contract-is-a-good-deal-for-the-public-and-the-union-here-s-why "The DWP Contract is a Good Deal for the Public and the Union, Here’s Why")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 06 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/054s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13543-the-dwp-contract-is-a-good-deal-for-the-public-and-the-union-here-s-why)

EASTSIDER-I rarely write directly about what I do for a living, but as a neutral person with some 25 years experience in California public sector labor relations, I feel compelled to write about the merits of the DWP/IBEW settlement itself, especially after the recent flood of articles casting the contract in unflattering terms.

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   ##  [ What are Tenant’s Rights in the Midst of LA’s Affordable Housing Crisis?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13540-what-are-tenant-s-rights-in-the-midst-of-la-s-affordable-housing-crisis "What are Tenant’s Rights in the Midst of LA’s Affordable Housing Crisis?")

      Details    Connie Acosta    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 06 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/054w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13540-what-are-tenant-s-rights-in-the-midst-of-la-s-affordable-housing-crisis)

TENANT’S RIGHTS--Close to four Million people reside in Los Angeles according to an annual population report by the California Department of Finance dated May 1, 2017

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13540-what-are-tenant-s-rights-in-the-midst-of-la-s-affordable-housing-crisis)

   ##  [ Garcetti to DWP Ratepayers: “Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk”](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13527-garcetti-to-dwp-ratepayers-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk "Garcetti to DWP Ratepayers: “Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk”")

      Details    Paul Hatfield    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 03 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/053e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13527-garcetti-to-dwp-ratepayers-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk)

PERSPECTIVE-Much has been written and discussed about the [recently approved contract with DWP’s IBEW Local 18 members.](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dwp-contract-vote-20170627-story.html)..but not enough.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13527-garcetti-to-dwp-ratepayers-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk)

   ##  [ Hey California, Let’s Celebrate July 4 by Declaring Independence … It's Time to Put the Golden State First](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13526-hey-california-let-s-celebrate-july-4-by-declaring-independence-it-s-time-to-put-the-golden-state-first "Hey California, Let’s Celebrate July 4 by Declaring Independence … It's Time to Put the Golden State First")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     July 03 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/053f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13526-hey-california-let-s-celebrate-july-4-by-declaring-independence-it-s-time-to-put-the-golden-state-first)

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA-- Dear America, I suppose I should wish you happy birthday. But I’m just not feeling it.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13526-hey-california-let-s-celebrate-july-4-by-declaring-independence-it-s-time-to-put-the-golden-state-first)

1. [ Insider: How DWP Union Won the New Contract Battle … Without a Single Cut or Bruise](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13525-insider-how-dwp-union-won-the-new-contract-battle-without-a-single-cut-or-bruise)
2. [ LA’s Two New Climate Advocates: Long on Spin, Short on Details](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13522-la-s-two-new-climate-advocates-long-on-spin-short-on-details)
3. [ Will Starbucks Really be Sued for ‘Running a Homeless Shelter’ or is This Another Hollywood Publicity Stunt?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13516-will-starbucks-really-be-sued-for-running-a-homeless-shelter-or-is-this-another-hollywood-publicity-stunt)
4. [ Soon-to-be American Already ‘Giving Back’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13511-soon-to-be-american-already-giving-back)
5. [ SAG-AFTRA Curtain Goes Up On … a Strike!? June 30 is Deadline](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13509-sag-aftra-curtain-goes-up-on-a-strike-june-30-is-deadline)
6. [ Lordy! Another Special Election in Northeast LA!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13506-lordy-another-special-election-in-northeast-la)
7. [ LA Councilman Huizar, Staff Admit to Their Roll in ‘Killing’ Skid Row Neighborhood Council](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13505-la-councilman-huizar-staff-admit-to-their-roll-in-killing-skid-row-neighborhood-council)
8. [ Employee Steals $4.4 Million from DWP … Gets a Virtual Pass on Punishment](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13502-employee-steals-4-4-million-from-dwp-gets-a-virtual-pass-on-punishment)
9. [ Dems: Now Is Not the Time to be Fighting with … Other Dems](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13500-dems-now-is-not-the-time-to-be-fighting-with-other-dems)
10. [ Empowering Developers Will Not Solve LA’s Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13499-empowering-developers-will-not-solve-la-s-housing-crisis)
11. [ Bikers and Motorists: A Little Compromise, Please?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13493-bikers-and-motorists-a-little-compromise-please)
12. [ California AG Puts Brakes on State-Funded Travel to States with Anti-LGBT Laws](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13491-california-ag-puts-brakes-on-state-funded-travel-to-states-with-anti-lgbt-laws)
13. [ California ICE Detention Facility Locks Out Clergy and Lawyers](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13490-california-ice-detention-facility-locks-out-clergy-and-lawyers)
14. [ China Enacts One-Dog, Two-Child Policy … Why LA Should Care](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13489-china-enacts-one-dog-two-child-policy-why-la-should-care)
15. [ DWP Union on Brink of Hefty New Labor Agreement … Not a Peep from NCs or Ratepayer Advocate](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13488-dwp-union-on-brink-of-hefty-new-labor-agreement-not-a-peep-from-ncs-or-ratepayer-advocate)
16. [ How the Amazon-Whole Foods Retail Apocalypse could be a Win-Win](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13487-how-the-amazon-whole-foods-retail-apocalypse-could-be-a-win-win)
17. [ Imagine Spending Months Rotting In Jail because You’re Poor … CA Senate Bill Would Change That](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13486-imagine-spending-months-rotting-in-jail-because-you-re-poor-ca-senate-bill-would-change-that)
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