## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) ### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) August 06 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) August 07 2025 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/32/15024d-3287005d.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15024d.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=1c73d51f)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12890:hollywood-its-own-worst-enemy&catid=312) LOS ANGELES ## [ Hollywood: Its Own Worst Enemy ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12890:hollywood-its-own-worst-enemy&catid=312) CULTURAL DISCONNECT?--No industry is more identified with Southern California than entertainment. Yet, in the past, the industry’s appeal has lain in identifying with the always-changing values and mythos of American society. But, today, t… ### More Coverage - [Chief Beck Concerned: Deportation Fears Preventing Latinos from Reporting Rape](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12887:chief-beck-concerned-deportation-fears-preventing-latinos-from-reporting-rape&catid=312) - [Parking, Barking, and Snarking](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12886:parking-barking-and-snarking&catid=312) - [Public Policy Survey: California Hates Trump, Loves Brown](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12885:public-policy-survey-california-hates-trump-loves-brown&catid=312) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/61/15024e-6101bc61.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15024e.png&thumbnail=610,361,&hash=83b4a6db) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12889:fixing-la-s-housing-crisis-cheaper-homes-is-not-the-answer&catid=312)LOS ANGELES ## [Fixing LA’s Housing Crisis … Cheaper Homes is Not the Answer](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12889:fixing-la-s-housing-crisis-cheaper-homes-is-not-the-answer&catid=312) ECONOMIES OF PLACE-This time of year, the swallows return to Capistrano, and I return to my birthplace, San Francisco, for the city’s annual pre-budget finance conference. For the last few years I have kicked things off with an economic ou… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/05/15024g-0508beaa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12887:chief-beck-concerned-deportation-fears-preventing-latinos-from-reporting-rape&catid=312)### [Chief Beck Concerned: Deportation Fears Preventing Latinos from Reporting Rape](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12887:chief-beck-concerned-deportation-fears-preventing-latinos-from-reporting-rape&catid=312) TRUMP’S AMERICA-Latinos in Los Angeles are making dramatically fewer reports of rape and domestic violence amid a climate of fear over incr… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/46/15024j-46953df3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12886:parking-barking-and-snarking&catid=312)### [Parking, Barking, and Snarking](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12886:parking-barking-and-snarking&catid=312) ALPERN AT LARGE--The City and County of Los Angeles are moving away from liberalism, and even beyond progressivism, to the extent that a so… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/15024k-34ef8050.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12885:public-policy-survey-california-hates-trump-loves-brown&catid=312)### [Public Policy Survey: California Hates Trump, Loves Brown](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12885:public-policy-survey-california-hates-trump-loves-brown&catid=312) CALBUZZ--President Donald Trump’s approval rating, just 39% nationwide, is an anemic 31% in California, according to the latest survey from… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/15024l-86a71a4c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12884:replacing-rep-becerra-how-small-d-democratic-are-the-dems-in-northeast-la&catid=312)### [Replacing Rep. Becerra: How Small ‘d’ Democratic are the Dems in Northeast LA?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12884:replacing-rep-becerra-how-small-d-democratic-are-the-dems-in-northeast-la&catid=312) EASTSIDER-The resignation of Xavier Becerra (photo above) to become California’s Attorney General has opened up a rare opportunity for some… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/39/15024n-3952c6e7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12882:the-brown-act-how-california-s-open-meetings-law-became-a-gag-rule&catid=312)### [The Brown Act: How California’s Open Meetings Law Became a Gag Rule](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12882:the-brown-act-how-california-s-open-meetings-law-became-a-gag-rule&catid=312) CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--The Ralph M. Brown Act, first approved in 1953, is celebrated for its supposed guarantees that we citizens have a vo… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/15024o-326f2a1d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12881:the-la-times-should-school-itself-before-preaching-about-planning-the-future-of-la&catid=312)### [The LA Times Should School Itself before Preaching about Planning the Future of LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12881:the-la-times-should-school-itself-before-preaching-about-planning-the-future-of-la&catid=312) PLATKIN ON PLANNING-It is distressing, but hardly surprising, that the Los Angeles Times would use a lead editorial to preach about plannin… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/15023g-96dd0efe.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12870:la-transportation-the-good-the-bad-and-the-stupid&catid=312)### [LA Transportation: The Good, The Bad, and The Stupid](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12870:la-transportation-the-good-the-bad-and-the-stupid&catid=312) TRANSIT WATCH--So here we are in spring of 2017--we've just had two elections that were both bruising and decisive, either in victory or in… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/15023h-9029c8dc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12869:how-do-la-dems-explain-mia-at-the-polls&catid=312)### [How Do LA Dems Explain: MIA at the Polls?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12869:how-do-la-dems-explain-mia-at-the-polls&catid=312) TOO LITTLE DEMOCRACY-Los Angeles is solidly Democratic and has voted so twice in the past five months to prove it. However, it is a sad com… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/da/15023j-da52ef71.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12867:dems-ready-to-roll-over-in-supreme-court-confirmation-fight-and-will-pay-the-price&catid=312)### [Dems Ready to Roll Over in Supreme Court Confirmation Fight … and Will Pay the Price](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12867:dems-ready-to-roll-over-in-supreme-court-confirmation-fight-and-will-pay-the-price&catid=312) URBAN PERSPECTIVE-The day the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, Appeals Court Judge and Scalia’s nominated replacement, Neil… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/15023k-4b3c73bb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12866:can-la-s-tech-oligarchs-thrive-under-trump&catid=312)### [Can LA’s Tech Oligarchs Thrive Under Trump?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12866:can-la-s-tech-oligarchs-thrive-under-trump&catid=312) NEW GEOGRAPHY--With the first billionaire in the White House, Wall Street booming and, for the first time in almost a decade, very solid an… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8e/15023l-8e664d90.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15023l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1280ca7d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12865:california-schools-disconnected-dashboard-breaks-the-thermometer&catid=312)### [California Schools’ Disconnected Dashboard Breaks the Thermometer](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12865:california-schools-disconnected-dashboard-breaks-the-thermometer&catid=312) EDUCATION POLITICS--If you know Shakespeare's play “Julius Caesar,” the Ides of March -- or March 15 – it is the date in 44 BC when Julius… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/17/15023m-171cd405.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15023m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cb41f7f1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12864:why-california-teachers-are-getting-layoff-notices-despite-historic-teacher-shortages&catid=312)### [Why California Teachers Are Getting Layoff Notices Despite Historic Teacher Shortages!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12864:why-california-teachers-are-getting-layoff-notices-despite-historic-teacher-shortages&catid=312) EDUCATION POLITICS--California’s school districts expect to issue close to 1,750 teacher layoff notices despite a statewide teacher shortag… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e0/15023n-e00252eb.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15023n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=83be70de) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12863:when-leaving-stuff-out-is-the-same-as-fake-news&catid=312)### [When Leaving Stuff Out is the Same as Fake News](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12863:when-leaving-stuff-out-is-the-same-as-fake-news&catid=312) EDITING INFORMATION-Only a fool would accuse the mainstream LA press of dabbling in fake news. But what to call a political endorsement, th… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/38/15023o-38750905.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15023o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=28905aa2) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12862:when-alt-facts-become-the-norm&catid=312)### [When Alt-Facts Become the Norm](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12862:when-alt-facts-become-the-norm&catid=312) CORRUPTION WATCH--People do not operate on the basis of reality. Rather, they function on their beliefs. If their beliefs are close to real… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d5/15023q-d56d05cd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12860:the-numbers-game-and-the-real-cost-of-phony-social-security-cards&catid=312)### [The Numbers Game and the Real Cost of Phony Social Security Cards](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12860:the-numbers-game-and-the-real-cost-of-phony-social-security-cards&catid=312) PERSPECTIVE-Deportations of illegal immigrants has been in the news quite a bit since Donald Trump took office. Possession of stolen Social… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/03/15023r-037ab424.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15023r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5360d6fb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12859:shame-shame-on-los-angeles&catid=312)### [Shame, Shame on Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12859:shame-shame-on-los-angeles&catid=312) MY TURN--I really thought this time would be different. Especially after all the toxic political atmosphere had spurred thousands into ma… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/31/15022a-31dda797.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15022a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=204cb909) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12850:la-s-modern-identity-resolving-the-fault-lines-of-an-uneven-growth&catid=312)### [LA’s Modern Identity: Resolving the Fault Lines of an Uneven Growth](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12850:la-s-modern-identity-resolving-the-fault-lines-of-an-uneven-growth&catid=312) WEST COAST CITY OF LIGHTS-Imagine stepping into a time machine and traveling 100 years into the future. You find out that the city of Fargo… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/74/15022c-74f039cf.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15022c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0f761a62) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12849:joe-bray-ali-ray-of-hope&catid=312)### [Joe Bray-Ali: Ray of Hope?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12849:joe-bray-ali-ray-of-hope&catid=312) RUN-OFF?-Last week, I had a brief sit down with Joe Bray-Ali – the upstart, independent candidate for the City Council seat in Council Dist… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4a/15022d-4a818954.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2017/15022d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2f0bf16f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12848:home-district-stakeouts-begin-in-california-and-across-the-nation-as-trumpcare-advances&catid=312)### [Home District 'Stakeouts' Begin In California and Across the Nation as TrumpCare Advances](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12848:home-district-stakeouts-begin-in-california-and-across-the-nation-as-trumpcare-advances&catid=312) HEALTHCARE WATCH--The GOP's healthcare plan narrowly passed out of the House Budget Committee on Thursday, while "stakeouts" began in Congr… [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/ME%20DENTAL%20SPA/me%20dental%202026%20final.jpg)](http://medentalspa.com/) ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/banners/signup-for-cw.png) ## Get The News In Your Email Inbox Mondays & Thursdays Message [ ![LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/dwp%20level%20pay%205-7-25.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/82 "LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)") [ ![Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/HHR/AHF-rent-too-high.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/104 "Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2") ---