#  LOS ANGELES

   ##  [ Why Mortgage, Rent Soaked Angelenos Find Satisfaction in Dallas, Denver and Dixie](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13367-why-mortgage-rent-soaked-angelenos-find-satisfaction-in-dallas-denver-and-dixie "Why Mortgage, Rent Soaked Angelenos Find Satisfaction in Dallas, Denver and Dixie")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 08 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/046z1.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13367-why-mortgage-rent-soaked-angelenos-find-satisfaction-in-dallas-denver-and-dixie)

CORRUPTION WATCH-What is the impact on the overall LA economy when Angelenos have to pay thousands extra per month for mortgages or rent?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13367-why-mortgage-rent-soaked-angelenos-find-satisfaction-in-dallas-denver-and-dixie)

   ##  [ Artist Fights LA Apartment Demolition with Balloon Installation](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13364-artist-fights-la-apartment-demolition-with-balloon-installation "Artist Fights LA Apartment Demolition with Balloon Installation")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13364-artist-fights-la-apartment-demolition-with-balloon-installation)

RESISTANCE WATCH--Inspired by the Pixar film “UP,” artist Anne Hars placed balloon bouquets at noon, June 4, on two apartment complexes slated for demolition by luxury housing developer Michael Cohanzad of The Wiseman Group.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13364-artist-fights-la-apartment-demolition-with-balloon-installation)

   ##  [ Billy the Elephant belongs Right Where He is … in His Happy Home at the LA Zoo](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13363-billy-the-elephant-belongs-right-where-he-is-in-his-happy-home-at-the-la-zoo "Billy the Elephant belongs Right Where He is … in His Happy Home at the LA Zoo")

      Details    Julie Butcher    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13363-billy-the-elephant-belongs-right-where-he-is-in-his-happy-home-at-the-la-zoo)

THE BUTCHER SHOP … NO BONES ABOUT IT--A small, influential group of celebrities and animal activists have reinvigorated their failed 2009 campaign to move Billy the elephant out of the LA Zoo. On April 19, Councilmember Paul Koretz introduced a [motion](http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2017/17-0453_mot_04-19-2017.pdf) to “immediately cancel any current or future elephant breeding activities” and to move Billy to a “sanctuary environment.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13363-billy-the-elephant-belongs-right-where-he-is-in-his-happy-home-at-the-la-zoo)

   ##  [ Do We Want to Improve LA Transportation, Or Just Spend Money On It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13361-do-we-want-to-improve-la-transportation-or-just-spend-money-on-it "Do We Want to Improve LA Transportation, Or Just Spend Money On It?")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13361-do-we-want-to-improve-la-transportation-or-just-spend-money-on-it)

TRANSIT WATCH--Money is best spent well, and to its credit, LA Metro has overall earned the bragging rights to money well spent, and to not taking the taxpayers' money for granted. But we've seen lots of interesting data, and we've not always had the best partners in Sacramento and Washington...so how do we best proceed?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13361-do-we-want-to-improve-la-transportation-or-just-spend-money-on-it)

   ##  [ DWP will Stop Providing ‘Idle Meter Reports’ to Planning … Reports that Spur Evictions](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13360-dwp-will-stop-providing-idle-meter-reports-to-planning-reports-that-spur-evictions "DWP will Stop Providing ‘Idle Meter Reports’ to Planning … Reports that Spur Evictions")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13360-dwp-will-stop-providing-idle-meter-reports-to-planning-reports-that-spur-evictions)

DEEGAN ON LA-*"Who's on first?",* the comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello, came to mind listening to representatives of official Los Angeles explaining how the city’s little understood housing “vacancy rate” is established. But comedy turns to tragedy as we look at the consequences brought on when this controversial, almost secret “rate” is implemented to allow developers to convert affordable rent-stabilized housing into condos.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13360-dwp-will-stop-providing-idle-meter-reports-to-planning-reports-that-spur-evictions)

   ##  [ Forget Calexit: CA Legislators Busy Pushing Back Against Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13359-forget-calexit-ca-legislators-busy-pushing-back-against-trump "Forget Calexit: CA Legislators Busy Pushing Back Against Trump")

      Details    Beth Cone Kramer    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13359-forget-calexit-ca-legislators-busy-pushing-back-against-trump)

*THIS IS WHAT I KNOW-California’s State Senate and Assembly have been busy writing and voting on legislation that would stall Trump’s agenda – or at least, protect Californians from fallout.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13359-forget-calexit-ca-legislators-busy-pushing-back-against-trump)

   ##  [ Hollywood Fringe: Socked In](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13358-hollywood-fringe-socked-in "Hollywood Fringe: Socked In")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13358-hollywood-fringe-socked-in)

GELFAND’S WORLD--So there I was, sitting in the front row of a little theater on Santa Monica Blvd when a rolled-up pair of socks came flying through the air and hit me in the back of the head. I wasn't alone, since the actor on stage was himself getting bombarded with socks. Within a few minutes, the stage was covered with socks. Thus begins my account of this year's [Hollywood Fringe](http://www.hollywoodfringe.org) festival.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13358-hollywood-fringe-socked-in)

   ##  [ Message Sent: California’s Medicare-for-All Clears State Senate](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13356-message-sent-california-s-medicare-for-all-clears-state-senate "Message Sent: California’s Medicare-for-All Clears State Senate")

      Details    Jon Queally    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13356-message-sent-california-s-medicare-for-all-clears-state-senate)

RESISTANCE WATCH--A bill that would create the first state-level single payer healthcare system in the United States passed the California Senate on Thursday, generating applause as a major step forward in creating a necessary proving ground for a national 'Medicare for All' program.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13356-message-sent-california-s-medicare-for-all-clears-state-senate)

   ##  [ Trending: Mobile Car Washes Making a Splash in LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13352-trending-mobile-car-washes-making-a-splash-in-la "Trending: Mobile Car Washes Making a Splash in LA")

      Details    Sally Collins    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13352-trending-mobile-car-washes-making-a-splash-in-la)

The state of California is working to [reduce urban per capita water](http://www.californiascapitol.com/2012/09/saving-water-at-the-car-wash-now-the-law/) use by 20 percent by the end of 2020. One major concern to reaching this goal is the car washing industry.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13352-trending-mobile-car-washes-making-a-splash-in-la)

   ##  [ Trump TV, Coming to Los Angeles Soon](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13351-trump-tv-coming-to-los-angeles-soon "Trump TV, Coming to Los Angeles Soon")

      Details    Craig Aaron    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13351-trump-tv-coming-to-los-angeles-soon)

TRUMP WATCH--Donald Trump’s favorite local TV chain is about to get a lot bigger thanks to — wait for it — Donald Trump.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13351-trump-tv-coming-to-los-angeles-soon)

   ##  [ Was the Most Expensive School Board Race in History Really All About the Money?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13350-was-the-most-expensive-school-board-race-in-history-really-all-about-the-money "Was the Most Expensive School Board Race in History Really All About the Money?")

      Details    Karen Wolfe    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13350-was-the-most-expensive-school-board-race-in-history-really-all-about-the-money)

EDUCATION POLITICS-When New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg spent half a million dollars to kick Steve Zimmer off the LA School Board, Zimmer (photo above) picked up the phone. In a departure from his self-described “conflict averse” nature, he wanted to pitch his version of collaborative school reform to the “education mayor.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13350-was-the-most-expensive-school-board-race-in-history-really-all-about-the-money)

   ##  [ LA's ‘Puppy Mill-Pet Shop Ban’… Success or Hypocrisy?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13348-la-s-puppy-mill-pet-shop-ban-success-or-hypocrisy "LA's ‘Puppy Mill-Pet Shop Ban’… Success or Hypocrisy?")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13348-la-s-puppy-mill-pet-shop-ban-success-or-hypocrisy)

ANIMAL WATCH-After much media fanfare on October 24, 2012, regarding passage of a[ ban on pet shops](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/la-pet-store-sales-ban.html) selling "mill-bred" puppies, kittens and rabbits, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilman Paul Koretz and LA Animal Services' General Manager Brenda Barnette have been notably silent on its success.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13348-la-s-puppy-mill-pet-shop-ban-success-or-hypocrisy)

   ##  [ With Self-Driving Cars and Virtual Presence, Will LA Really Need Multi-Billion Dollar Mass Transit?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13346-with-self-driving-cars-and-virtual-presence-will-la-really-need-multi-billion-dollar-mass-transit "With Self-Driving Cars and Virtual Presence, Will LA Really Need Multi-Billion Dollar Mass Transit?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 05 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/045w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13346-with-self-driving-cars-and-virtual-presence-will-la-really-need-multi-billion-dollar-mass-transit)

CORRUPTION WATCH-The recent [user poll](https://metro.cvent.com/surveys/Welcome.aspx?s=9cbb353b-c0e8-483b-94ea-7d55ee6ad1bc) from METRO is pure propaganda based on absurd claims designed to benefit only the super-duper rich.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13346-with-self-driving-cars-and-virtual-presence-will-la-really-need-multi-billion-dollar-mass-transit)

   ##  [ Ain’t Got Time for Real Planning at LA’s City Hall](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13339-ain-t-got-time-for-real-planning-at-la-s-city-hall "Ain’t Got Time for Real Planning at LA’s City Hall")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 01 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/044a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13339-ain-t-got-time-for-real-planning-at-la-s-city-hall)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Among City Hall’s elected and appointed officials it easy to round up a quorum of Clinton Democrats, with [non-presidential candidate Mayor Eric Garcetti](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/23/eric-garcetti-isnt-running-for-president-wink-wink-238703) at the head of the table. If you look hard you can also find a momentary Berniecrat, recently re-elected Councilmember Gil Cedillo, and a plain vanilla Republican who lost his bid to become an LA County Supervisor, Councilmember Mitchell Englander.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13339-ain-t-got-time-for-real-planning-at-la-s-city-hall)

   ##  [ CD34 Runoff On Last Lap, Thank Goodness!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13338-cd34-runoff-on-last-lap-thank-goodness "CD34 Runoff On Last Lap, Thank Goodness!")

      Details    Tony Butka    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 01 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/044c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13338-cd34-runoff-on-last-lap-thank-goodness)

EASTSIDER-Last week, in the run up to the June 6 Special Election runoff for Congressional District 34, replacing Xavier Becerra, we saw what may be the only pre-election public forum for choosing between favorite Jimmy Gomez and challenger Robert Lee Ahn.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13338-cd34-runoff-on-last-lap-thank-goodness)

   ##  [ Do Homeless Black Lives Matter?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13336-do-homeless-black-lives-matter "Do Homeless Black Lives Matter?")

      Details    Janet Denise Kelly    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 01 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/044e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13336-do-homeless-black-lives-matter)

GUEST WORDS--I had the privilege of attending the release and presentation of the 2017 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. And I can tell you that I am not surprised by the 23% increase in homelessness in Los Angeles County. Homelessness is visible now more than ever and in places that one would not envision.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13336-do-homeless-black-lives-matter)

   ##  [ Is California about to Clobber Local Planning Control?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13335-is-california-about-to-clobber-local-planning-control "Is California about to Clobber Local Planning Control?")

      Details    Zelda Bronstein    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 01 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/044f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13335-is-california-about-to-clobber-local-planning-control)

PLANNING--The gradual decimation of local voice in planning has become accepted policy in Sacramento. The State Senate is now considering two dangerous bills, SB 35 and SB 167, that together severely curtail democratic control of housing.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13335-is-california-about-to-clobber-local-planning-control)

   ##  [ LA’s New Historic State Park: A Miracle and a Missed Opportunity](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13333-la-s-new-historic-state-park-a-miracle-and-a-missed-opportunity "LA’s New Historic State Park: A Miracle and a Missed Opportunity")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 01 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/044j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13333-la-s-new-historic-state-park-a-miracle-and-a-missed-opportunity)

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--Riddle: When is a miracle also bound to be a disappointment?

Answer: When the miracle is a project of the state of California.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13333-la-s-new-historic-state-park-a-miracle-and-a-missed-opportunity)

   ##  [ LA County Can Help Your Small Business Win a Piece of the $1 Billion Contracting Pie](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13332-la-county-can-help-your-small-business-win-a-piece-of-the-1-billion-contracting-pie "LA County Can Help Your Small Business Win a Piece of the $1 Billion Contracting Pie")

      Details    Brian J. Stiger    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 01 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/044i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13332-la-county-can-help-your-small-business-win-a-piece-of-the-1-billion-contracting-pie)

GUEST WORDS-What if I told you there’s a customer who has a goal to buy $1 billion worth of goods and services from small businesses? This customer buys everything from office supplies and computers, consultant services, clothing, hygiene products, food, bedding, cookware, furniture, and more.

This customer is Los Angeles County.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13332-la-county-can-help-your-small-business-win-a-piece-of-the-1-billion-contracting-pie)

   ##  [ Little Tokyo Turns Its Back on Skid Row NC Effort](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13330-little-tokyo-turns-its-back-on-skid-row-nc-effort "Little Tokyo Turns Its Back on Skid Row NC Effort")

      Details    General Jeff    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 01 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/044l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13330-little-tokyo-turns-its-back-on-skid-row-nc-effort)

SKID ROW-Little Tokyo (north side) and Skid Row (south side) are neighbors on opposite sides of 3rd Street in Downtown Los Angeles. The recent election to decide on the creation of a Skid Row Neighborhood Council (SRNC) is mostly known as a battle between Skid Row and the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. What is not well known is that Little Tokyo was the deciding factor in that election. Over 1600 people voted in this extremely close election, yet it was decided only by a 60 vote margin – it was the Little Tokyo votes that made the difference. Hundreds of LT voters went to pop-up polls or voted online. If Little Tokyo had supported Skid Row, the outcome of the election would have been completely different.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13330-little-tokyo-turns-its-back-on-skid-row-nc-effort)

   ##  [ Separate and Unequal Public Education: You Get What You Pay For](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13327-separate-and-unequal-public-education-you-get-what-you-pay-for "Separate and Unequal Public Education: You Get What You Pay For")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     June 01 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/044p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13327-separate-and-unequal-public-education-you-get-what-you-pay-for)

EDUCATION POLITICS-I spent the Memorial Day weekend with an old teacher friend who lives and works in an upscale bedroom community out on Long Island, NY and was unexpectedly enlightened by yet another lesson on the state of public education in this nation. Our failing, predominantly poor minority-filled inner city public education system bears no resemblance to the still excellent public education system that remains the rule in the affluent suburbs, where the middle class live and can still exert their substantial financial influence.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13327-separate-and-unequal-public-education-you-get-what-you-pay-for)

1. [ Trumps California Henchmen: Golden State Business Enablers](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13324-trumps-california-henchmen-golden-state-business-enablers)
2. [ Wasting Away in Our Garcettivilles!](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13323-wasting-away-in-our-garcettivilles)
3. [ $9.2 Billion Budget but LA Can’t Afford to Trim Its Killer Trees](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13318-9-2-billion-budget-but-la-can-t-afford-to-trim-its-killer-trees)
4. [ Could Music Account for California’s Rising Advanced Placement Scores?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13317-could-music-account-for-california-s-rising-advanced-placement-scores)
5. [ ‘Finders, Keepers’: LA Doesn’t Want Your Lost Dogs or Cats in City Shelters](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13316-finders-keepers-la-doesn-t-want-your-lost-dogs-or-cats-in-city-shelters)
6. [ Former LAUSD Supe Draws Remarkable $238k Pension](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13315-former-lausd-supe-draws-remarkable-238k-pension)
7. [ How Did Memorial Day Go Wrong? In the Words of Marine Veteran Sonia Fernandez](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13314-how-did-memorial-day-go-wrong-in-the-words-of-marine-veteran-sonia-fernandez)
8. [ LA’s Great Disempowerer Strikes Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13312-la-s-great-disempowerer-strikes-central-san-pedro-neighborhood-council)
9. [ MTA Board Reform: They Doth Protest Too Much](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13309-mta-board-reform-they-doth-protest-too-much)
10. [ Stakeholders NOT Welcome!?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13307-stakeholders-not-welcome)
11. [ The Trump Connection in LA’s Backyard](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13306-the-trump-connection-in-la-s-backyard)
12. [ They Saved Our Past, But Who Will Save the Future?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13305-they-saved-our-past-but-who-will-save-the-future)
13. [ Time for the City to Get Serious about the Funding Inequality for LA’s Neighborhood Councils](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13304-time-for-the-city-to-get-serious-about-the-funding-inequality-for-la-s-neighborhood-councils)
14. [ At Risk: CA National Parks, LA’s Angeles Crest on Trump’s Hit List](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13298-at-risk-ca-national-parks-la-s-angeles-crest-on-trump-s-hit-list)
15. [ CA Teachers’ Unions Losing the Long War Over Parental Choice … Here’s How](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13296-ca-teachers-unions-losing-the-long-war-over-parental-choice-here-s-how)
16. [ CA Treasurer Rolls the Dice … With Your Chips On the Line](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13295-ca-treasurer-rolls-the-dice-with-your-chips-on-the-line)
17. [ CalPERS: Is It Melting Down?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13294-calpers-is-it-melting-down)
18. [ Compromised CA Judiciary is On Life-Support](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13293-compromised-ca-judiciary-is-on-life-support)
19. [ High End Harvard-Westlake School Stuck in ‘Park’](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13290-high-end-harvard-westlake-school-stuck-in-park)
20. [ Holy Crow! City Hall Signs Off On $9.2 Billion Budget … What are They Going to Do With All That Money?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13289-holy-crow-city-hall-signs-off-on-9-2-billion-budget-what-are-they-going-to-do-with-all-that-money)

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