# LOS ANGELES ## [ Westfield: Not Such a Good Neighbor to Some ‘Village’ Tenants](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13453-westfield-not-such-a-good-neighbor-to-some-village-tenants "Westfield: Not Such a Good Neighbor to Some ‘Village’ Tenants") Details Dennis P. Zine [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 22 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/050w.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13453-westfield-not-such-a-good-neighbor-to-some-village-tenants) RANTZ & RAVEZ-The Westfield “Village” at Victory and Topanga Canyon in the West San Fernando Valley has turned into a place to walk your dog and pay for parking (some validate) to do business with local vendors that remain open for business despite the poor foot traffic and slow sales in the area. More and more of the businesses in the “Village” are experiencing financial difficulties; sales have not been what was expected. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13453-westfield-not-such-a-good-neighbor-to-some-village-tenants) ## [ Discovering a Diamond at the Hollywood Fringe](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13446-discovering-a-diamond-at-the-hollywood-fringe "Discovering a Diamond at the Hollywood Fringe") Details Bob Gelfand [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049g.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13446-discovering-a-diamond-at-the-hollywood-fringe) GELFAND’S WORLD--In the Hollywood Fringe festival as in other parts of life, we wander along, ignoring the mediocre, enjoying the pretty good, and hoping to find that diamond in the rough that is effective and affecting. I think we've got one here. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13446-discovering-a-diamond-at-the-hollywood-fringe) ## [ LA City Council: Here’s How to Deep Six Unanimous Voting](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13444-la-city-council-here-s-how-to-deep-six-unanimous-voting "LA City Council: Here’s How to Deep Six Unanimous Voting") Details Richard Lee Abrams [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049i.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13444-la-city-council-here-s-how-to-deep-six-unanimous-voting) CORRUPTION WATCH-What if Angelenos had a City Council that maximized our quality of life instead of aggrandizing the profits of a handful of real estate developers? [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13444-la-city-council-here-s-how-to-deep-six-unanimous-voting) ## [ Neighborhood Council Prez Shut Out of Public Hearing on Hot-Button Airbnb’s](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13443-neighborhood-council-prez-shut-out-of-public-hearing-on-hot-button-airbnb-s "Neighborhood Council Prez Shut Out of Public Hearing on Hot-Button Airbnb’s") Details Tim Deegan [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13443-neighborhood-council-prez-shut-out-of-public-hearing-on-hot-button-airbnb-s) DEEGAN ON LA-“Neighborhood Councils were slighted … they were not given a chance to speak at a public hearing,” alleges Robin Greenberg, President of the [**Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council**](https://empowerla.org/babcnc/) which advocates for more than 27,000 residents representing hillside communities stretching from Laurel Canyon to Sepulveda Boulevard, and from Sunset Boulevard to Mulholland Drive. It also speaks for 35 residential associations, local schools, businesses, and faith-based institutions. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13443-neighborhood-council-prez-shut-out-of-public-hearing-on-hot-button-airbnb-s) ## [ Pit Bull Attacks Add to Increasing Violence in LA Area](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13442-pit-bull-attacks-add-to-increasing-violence-in-la-area "Pit Bull Attacks Add to Increasing Violence in LA Area") Details Phyllis Daugherty [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049k.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13442-pit-bull-attacks-add-to-increasing-violence-in-la-area) ANIMAL WATCH-Before his re-election in March 2017, Mayor Eric Garcetti was accused of [being silent on LA’s rising crime](http://www.dailynews.com/government-and-politics/20170217/la-mayor-eric-garcetti-accused-of-being-silent-on-citys-rising-crime). Opponents claimed Garcetti was hiding and suppressing 2016 crime statistics that showed a 10 percent increase in violent crime in the city and ignoring the need to hire more police officers. The Mayor's political ambitions may have also been the reason he and Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette made no public comments about two tragic Pit Bull attacks in Los Angeles in early 2017. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13442-pit-bull-attacks-add-to-increasing-violence-in-la-area) ## [ Selling a Surplus City-Owned Condo: What’s the Big Hurry, Mr. Mayor?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13441-selling-a-surplus-city-owned-condo-what-s-the-big-hurry-mr-mayor "Selling a Surplus City-Owned Condo: What’s the Big Hurry, Mr. Mayor?") Details Eric Preven and Joshua Preven [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049l.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13441-selling-a-surplus-city-owned-condo-what-s-the-big-hurry-mr-mayor) THE PREVEN REPORT-For matters requiring urgent attention, the City Council of Los Angeles has the power to convene a [Special Meeting](http://ens.lacity.org/clk/councilagendas/clkcouncilagendas3112777_06142017.html), whereby the amount of advanced notice it is required to give the public before taking action is reduced from three days to one. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13441-selling-a-surplus-city-owned-condo-what-s-the-big-hurry-mr-mayor) ## [ The Donald and The Border City San Diego Are on a Collision Course … Here’s Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13440-the-donald-and-the-border-city-san-diego-are-on-a-collision-course-here-s-why "The Donald and The Border City San Diego Are on a Collision Course … Here’s Why") Details Joe Mathews [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049m.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13440-the-donald-and-the-border-city-san-diego-are-on-a-collision-course-here-s-why) CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--If you wish to inspect the frontlines of the conflict between Donald Trump and California, head for San Diego. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13440-the-donald-and-the-border-city-san-diego-are-on-a-collision-course-here-s-why) ## [ The Grocery Game: Amazon Buys Whole Foods … Will It Make Any Difference On Your Table?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13439-the-grocery-game-amazon-buys-whole-foods-will-it-make-any-difference-on-your-table "The Grocery Game: Amazon Buys Whole Foods … Will It Make Any Difference On Your Table?") Details Beth Cone Kramer [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049n.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13439-the-grocery-game-amazon-buys-whole-foods-will-it-make-any-difference-on-your-table) THIS IS WHAT I KNOW--On Friday, behemoth retailer Amazon announced a $13.7 Billion-value purchase of Whole Foods, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. The purchase has sent other grocery stocks tumbling, opening publicly held grocery companies ripe for takeovers, as well. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13439-the-grocery-game-amazon-buys-whole-foods-will-it-make-any-difference-on-your-table) ## [ The New Holy Grail of the LA County Rail Network: The Elusive Valley-to-Westside Subway](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13438-the-new-holy-grail-of-the-la-county-rail-network-the-elusive-valley-to-westside-subway "The New Holy Grail of the LA County Rail Network: The Elusive Valley-to-Westside Subway") Details Kenneth S. Alpern [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049p.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13438-the-new-holy-grail-of-the-la-county-rail-network-the-elusive-valley-to-westside-subway) TRANSIT WATCH--It's interesting ... and maybe a little sad ... that while the transit advocates behind the Expo Line revolution (who then turned their sights to the LAX/Metro Rail, Wilshire Subway, Downtown Light Rail Connector) have to some degree separated and gone on to other issues, venues, and their own personal lives, some battles still remain, and are just not going away. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13438-the-new-holy-grail-of-the-la-county-rail-network-the-elusive-valley-to-westside-subway) ## [ Turning Los Angeles into a Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13437-turning-los-angeles-into-a-democracy "Turning Los Angeles into a Democracy") Details Don Dwiggins [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049t.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13437-turning-los-angeles-into-a-democracy) VOICES *– (This article was first posted in **CityWatch in 2013**. Considering the political and social division and voter apathy Los Angeles is experiencing in 2017, it seemed appropriate to post it again.)* [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13437-turning-los-angeles-into-a-democracy) ## [ Time to Break Up the LASUD! Take Your Seat. Quiet Down. Let Me Explain.](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13436-time-to-break-up-the-lasud-take-your-seat-quiet-down-let-me-explain "Time to Break Up the LASUD! Take Your Seat. Quiet Down. Let Me Explain.") Details Marc Joffe [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049q.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13436-time-to-break-up-the-lasud-take-your-seat-quiet-down-let-me-explain) EDUCATION POLITICS--Large school districts are often less responsive to the needs of students and the hopes of parents than smaller districts. Public educational behemoths – such as Los Angeles Unified – are more likely to fall under the influence of well-organized interest groups such as teachers’ unions. By breaking up large districts into smaller ones, parents can achieve greater accountability. Although California makes school district secessions difficult, groups in Malibu and Walnut Creek are making impressive strides. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13436-time-to-break-up-the-lasud-take-your-seat-quiet-down-let-me-explain) ## [ To be a World Class City LA Must be a Bikeable City](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13435-to-be-a-world-class-city-la-must-be-a-bikeable-city "To be a World Class City LA Must be a Bikeable City") Details Ryan Snyder [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 19 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/049r.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13435-to-be-a-world-class-city-la-must-be-a-bikeable-city) VOICES--As someone who has been critical of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation over the years for being stuck in the past, I am delighted to see them putting in more bike lanes, even if it means taking lanes out for other traffic. These bike lanes make it safer for the many people who depend on bicycles to get around for their daily needs. They also encourage more to ride for transportation and recreation. This is good for us. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13435-to-be-a-world-class-city-la-must-be-a-bikeable-city) ## [ Airbnb and the PLUM Committee: “Houston, We Have a Problem!”](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13428-airbnb-and-the-plum-committee-houston-we-have-a-problem "Airbnb and the PLUM Committee: “Houston, We Have a Problem!”") Details Tony Butka [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 15 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13428-airbnb-and-the-plum-committee-houston-we-have-a-problem) EASTSIDER-It was supposed to be the equivalent of show and tell with a predetermined outcome. Then hundreds and hundreds of people showed up for the hearing. The Council Chamber quickly filled up, there was another overflow room that overflowed, and ultimately a large crowd wound up outside City Hall on the adjacent lawn. All this before the 2 p.m. start time. I heard estimates of something like 500, give or take, and the PLUM Committee was obviously not ready for the sheer magnitude of their audience. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13428-airbnb-and-the-plum-committee-houston-we-have-a-problem) ## [ Borrowing to Fund Pensions Could Make California the Next Puerto Rico](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13427-borrowing-to-fund-pensions-could-make-california-the-next-puerto-rico "Borrowing to Fund Pensions Could Make California the Next Puerto Rico") Details Marc Joffe [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 15 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13427-borrowing-to-fund-pensions-could-make-california-the-next-puerto-rico) PENSION BRINKMANSHIP-Governor Brown’s proposal to fund CalPERS with borrowed money parallels a similar move by Puerto Rico in 2008. Borrowing to meet pension obligations can work under certain circumstances, but it is a risky policy. It backfired in Puerto Rico and can do so here. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13427-borrowing-to-fund-pensions-could-make-california-the-next-puerto-rico) ## [ CA Senate Committee: Ms McGill’s False Testimony Should Not Go Unpunished](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13426-ca-senate-committee-ms-mcgill-s-false-testimony-should-not-go-unpunished "CA Senate Committee: Ms McGill’s False Testimony Should Not Go Unpunished") Details ALADS Board of Directors [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 15 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13426-ca-senate-committee-ms-mcgill-s-false-testimony-should-not-go-unpunished) GUEST COMMENTARY-The false testimony given by [Kim McGill](http://www.caresforyouth.org/CARESCalls/Entries/2014/4/15_April_15,_2014_-_Kim_McGill.html) of the Youth Justice Coalition during recent testimony before the Senate Public Safety Committee is greatly disturbing. [As detailed in a blog](http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1120011172453&ca=73198ce2-8cbf-4f12-a4be-70fb731658c9) by Michele Hanisee and Eric Siddall, Ms. McGill gave her testimony before the Senate Public Safety Committee to attempt to "humanize" overturning California law adding mandatory prison time for using a gun in a crime. Several Senators specifically cited her testimony as their reason to support the bill. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13426-ca-senate-committee-ms-mcgill-s-false-testimony-should-not-go-unpunished) ## [ California Should Lead on Single Payer Health Care … Here’s Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13425-california-should-lead-on-single-payer-health-care-here-s-why "California Should Lead on Single Payer Health Care … Here’s Why") Details Doug Epperhart [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 15 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13425-california-should-lead-on-single-payer-health-care-here-s-why) POLITICS--As Trump and the Republicans work to eliminate Obamacare and “replace” it with an economic unicorn that would wipe out health insurance for tens of millions Americans, some politicians in California are pushing for a single-payer healthcare system in the Golden State. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13425-california-should-lead-on-single-payer-health-care-here-s-why) ## [ California’s Descent to Socialism or How the ‘Nerd Estate’ Controls the Rest of Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13424-california-s-descent-to-socialism-or-how-the-nerd-estate-controls-the-rest-of-us "California’s Descent to Socialism or How the ‘Nerd Estate’ Controls the Rest of Us") Details Joel Kotkin [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 15 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13424-california-s-descent-to-socialism-or-how-the-nerd-estate-controls-the-rest-of-us) NEW GEOGRAPHY--California is widely celebrated as the fount of technical, cultural and political innovation. Now we seem primed to outdo even ourselves, creating a new kind of socialism that, in the end, more resembles feudalism than social democracy. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13424-california-s-descent-to-socialism-or-how-the-nerd-estate-controls-the-rest-of-us) ## [ City Hall’s Universal Fixit: Green Lighting Real Estate Speculation](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13423-city-hall-s-universal-fixit-green-lighting-real-estate-speculation "City Hall’s Universal Fixit: Green Lighting Real Estate Speculation") Details Dick Platkin [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 15 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048g.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13423-city-hall-s-universal-fixit-green-lighting-real-estate-speculation) PLATKIN ON PLANNING-When you are hammer, the whole world looks like a nail, or in the case of the City of Los Angeles, when you are totally wedded to real estate speculation, you only have one hammer, up-zoning to fix all urban ills/nails. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13423-city-hall-s-universal-fixit-green-lighting-real-estate-speculation) ## [ City Takes Over San Pedro NC, Makes Bad Situation Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13422-city-takes-over-san-pedro-nc-makes-bad-situation-worse "City Takes Over San Pedro NC, Makes Bad Situation Worse") Details Bob Gelfand [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 15 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13422-city-takes-over-san-pedro-nc-makes-bad-situation-worse) GELFAND’S WORLD--In the movie *Invictus (above)*, Nelson Mandela is hoping to create a bond with South Africa's white population He invites the captain of the country's largely white rugby team to visit him at the presidential palace. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13422-city-takes-over-san-pedro-nc-makes-bad-situation-worse) ## [ Continuing Effort to Silence California Senator Kamala Harris Speaks Volumes](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13421-continuing-effort-to-silence-california-senator-kamala-harris-speaks-volumes "Continuing Effort to Silence California Senator Kamala Harris Speaks Volumes") Details Francis Maxwell [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 15 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048i.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13421-continuing-effort-to-silence-california-senator-kamala-harris-speaks-volumes) SENATE SEXISM ALIVE AND WELL--For the second time in as many weeks, Kamala Harris was cut off by her Republican colleagues while posing questions at a Senate intelligence committee hearing. To most, seeing yet another example of a woman silenced by male senators only reinforces the reality that there are different rules for the different genders, but many on the right remain stubbornly unwilling to acknowledge that a male-dominated government led by a pussy-grabbing misogynist would exhibit sexist attitudes toward women. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13421-continuing-effort-to-silence-california-senator-kamala-harris-speaks-volumes) ## [ Digital Billboards in LA: A PLUM (Committee) Harvest](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13420-digital-billboards-in-la-a-plum-committee-harvest "Digital Billboards in LA: A PLUM (Committee) Harvest") Details Patrick Frank [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) June 15 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/048j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13420-digital-billboards-in-la-a-plum-committee-harvest) BILLBOARD WATCH-Public safety, aesthetics, and the will of the people continue to get short shrift at the City Council Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee, as it caves to the powerful billboard lobby. After years of hearings and reports, the committee on May 31 gave instructions to the City Attorney to finally draft a new Citywide Sign Ordinance that will govern billboards, known legally as off-site signs (Council File 11-1705). We should all enjoy the dark night skies while we can, because if this bill becomes a law, digital billboards will be going up in all kinds of new places, flashing messages in our faces every 8 seconds. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13420-digital-billboards-in-la-a-plum-committee-harvest) 1. [ Finally, Something Good to Write About](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13418-finally-something-good-to-write-about) 2. [ L A Style: Governance by Litigation](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13417-l-a-style-governance-by-litigation) 3. [ LA’s ‘Ghost Ship’: Is This Justice or Just Us?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13416-la-s-ghost-ship-is-this-justice-or-just-us) 4. 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[ Google This: You are a Silicon Valley Lab Rat](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13399-google-this-you-are-a-silicon-valley-lab-rat) 10. [ Judge Runs Homeless Out of Skid Row](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13398-judge-runs-homeless-out-of-skid-row) 11. [ Prison Unions are Punishing California Taxpayers … Here’s How](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13397-prison-unions-are-punishing-california-taxpayers-here-s-how) 12. [ Race, Class and an LA Bike Movement Face Off](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13396-race-class-and-an-la-bike-movement-face-off) 13. [ ‘Rescued Dogs’ Imported from Asia Infected with Deadly Influenza … Was LA Properly Warned?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13395-rescued-dogs-imported-from-asia-infected-with-deadly-influenza-was-la-properly-warned) 14. 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