##  In the News

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

August 20 2026

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

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### The New York Times Gets LA Wrong … Again

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 20 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13060:the-new-york-times-gets-la-wrong-again&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2017/15032t.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13059:the-prime-directive-how-do-la-s-rich-get-richer&catid=312)Written by David Bell on April 20 2017. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [The Prime Directive: How Do LA’s Rich Get Richer?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13059:the-prime-directive-how-do-la-s-rich-get-richer&catid=312)

BELL VIEW-Years of banging the podium at City Hall for my allotted sixty seconds of screaming into the abyss have taught me one basic truth: Whenever…

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 20 2017.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/15031b-8c4f254b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13053:bubbles-will-burst&catid=312)### [Bubbles will Burst](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13053:bubbles-will-burst&catid=312)

Written by Brigette Kidd on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e3/15031c-e32c3acd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13052:ca-paid-7-billion-for-weapons-that-can-never-be-used&catid=312)### [CA Paid $7 Billion for Weapons That Can Never Be Used](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13052:ca-paid-7-billion-for-weapons-that-can-never-be-used&catid=312)

Written by Robert Dodge on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6f/15031e-6fcc5321.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13051:fraud-perjury-la-city-councilman-implicated-by-his-own-attorney&catid=312)### [Fraud? Perjury? LA City Councilman Implicated by His Own Attorney](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13051:fraud-perjury-la-city-councilman-implicated-by-his-own-attorney&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0a/15031f-0afcd533.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13050:ghoulishness-envelops-arkansas-mass-execution-schedule&catid=312)### [Ghoulishness Envelops Arkansas’ Mass Execution Schedule](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13050:ghoulishness-envelops-arkansas-mass-execution-schedule&catid=312)

Written by Stephen Cooper on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/15031h-a88d66ed.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13048:judicial-corruption-still-pandemic-in-california&catid=312)### [Judicial Corruption: Still Pandemic in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13048:judicial-corruption-still-pandemic-in-california&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/15031j-677bd748.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13046:koreatown-redistricting-lawsuit-moves-to-front-burner-wesson-on-hotseat&catid=312)### [Koreatown Redistricting Lawsuit Moves to Front Burner … Wesson on Hotseat](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13046:koreatown-redistricting-lawsuit-moves-to-front-burner-wesson-on-hotseat&catid=312)

Written by Grace Yoo and Dianne Lawrence on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/15031k-ac64c3ec.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13045:la-soars-to-1-in-usps-dog-attacks-while-animal-services-gm-barnette-focuses-on-feral-cats&catid=312)### [LA Soars to #1 in USPS Dog Attacks … While Animal Services GM Barnette Focuses on Feral Cats](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13045:la-soars-to-1-in-usps-dog-attacks-while-animal-services-gm-barnette-focuses-on-feral-cats&catid=312)

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/15031n-7ee3ced0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13042:exposed-mayor-and-la-council-redirecting-funds-you-approved-for-the-homeless-and-the-silence-is-deafening&catid=312)### [Exposed: Mayor and LA Council ‘Redirecting’ Funds You Approved for the Homeless … and the Silence is Deafening](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13042:exposed-mayor-and-la-council-redirecting-funds-you-approved-for-the-homeless-and-the-silence-is-deafening&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/57/15031q-571b3f6e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13039:what-s-up-with-this-california-leads-world-in-solar-power-but-electricity-rates-highest&catid=312)### [What’s Up with This? California Leads World in Solar Power but … Electricity Rates Highest](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13039:what-s-up-with-this-california-leads-world-in-solar-power-but-electricity-rates-highest&catid=312)

Written by Juan Cole on April 17 2017.

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Written by Bill Raden on April 17 2017.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on April 13 2017.

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Written by Bill Raden on April 13 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on April 13 2017.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 13 2017.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 13 2017.

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Written by General Jeff on April 13 2017.

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