## In the News [ ![](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/ae/064j-ae16d9b9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) ### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) August 13 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/063e-bbfe3056.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) ### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6e/013i-6e7fc913.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/013i.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=eb459d20)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12629:resistance-angelenos-take-to-streets-as-ice-raids-descend-on-los-angeles&catid=312) LOS ANGELES ## [ Resistance: Angelenos Take to Streets as ICE Raids Descend on Los Angeles ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12629:resistance-angelenos-take-to-streets-as-ice-raids-descend-on-los-angeles&catid=312) RESISTANCE WATCH--Protesters took to the streets in Los Angeles after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly raided homes and communities around the city and detained over 100 people in a mere three hours. (Photo above: Prote… ### More Coverage - [This LA Lawmaker Needs a Permanent Timeout](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12626:this-la-lawmaker-needs-a-permanent-timeout&catid=312) - [Bernard Parks Documentary Just one of Many Gems at LA’s Pan African Film & Arts Festival](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12624:bernard-parks-documentary-just-one-of-many-gems-at-la-s-pan-african-film-arts-festival&catid=312) - [City Council Tries Derail Measure S … Gambles on a Bogus Proposal to Fool Voters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12622:city-council-tries-derail-measure-s-gambles-on-a-bogus-proposal-to-fool-voters&catid=312) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/17/013n-17b9254a.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/013n.png&thumbnail=610,343,&hash=5d091e68) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12628:shall-we-wait-for-the-next-dam-to-overflow-vote-yes-on-measure-s&catid=312)LOS ANGELES ## [Shall We Wait for the Next Dam to Overflow? Vote YES on Measure S!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12628:shall-we-wait-for-the-next-dam-to-overflow-vote-yes-on-measure-s&catid=312) ALPERN AT LARGE--Planning and Transportation is NOT an issue for sissies in the Golden State, and particularly in the City of the Angels. This state, and this city, have been led by those fighting a "War on Math" for decades, and have foun… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/64/013q-64638850.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/013q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1ab7dd65) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12626:this-la-lawmaker-needs-a-permanent-timeout&catid=312)### [This LA Lawmaker Needs a Permanent Timeout](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12626:this-la-lawmaker-needs-a-permanent-timeout&catid=312) @THE GUSS REPORT-You know that the City of Los Angeles is in trouble when Councilmember “Grand Jury Nury” Martinez seems like a less risky… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/df/013h-df5e8496.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/013h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5deed57b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12624:bernard-parks-documentary-just-one-of-many-gems-at-la-s-pan-african-film-arts-festival&catid=312)### [Bernard Parks Documentary Just one of Many Gems at LA’s Pan African Film & Arts Festival](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12624:bernard-parks-documentary-just-one-of-many-gems-at-la-s-pan-african-film-arts-festival&catid=312) FILM WATCH-Sorry if I'm a little late on reporting this February 9th-20th film and art festival at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, but th… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/60/013e-60c90cef.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/013e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4be98f8e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12622:city-council-tries-derail-measure-s-gambles-on-a-bogus-proposal-to-fool-voters&catid=312)### [City Council Tries Derail Measure S … Gambles on a Bogus Proposal to Fool Voters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12622:city-council-tries-derail-measure-s-gambles-on-a-bogus-proposal-to-fool-voters&catid=312) CORRUPTION WATCH-On Wednesday, February 8, 2017, the Los Angeles City Council unleashed its latest volley of frauds perpetrated on the vote… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/013d-151623d3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12621:homelessness-now-outranks-traffic-and-crime-as-number-one-voter-issue&catid=312)### [Homelessness Now Outranks Traffic and Crime as Number One Voter Issue](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12621:homelessness-now-outranks-traffic-and-crime-as-number-one-voter-issue&catid=312) DEEGAN ON LA-“Traffic and crime have been overtaken by homelessness as the defining issue for voters right now, and that’s pretty amazing,”… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ff/013c-ffb07efc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12620:la-s-pension-time-bomb-city-financial-statements-bury-the-numbers&catid=312)### [LA’s Pension Time Bomb: City Financial Statements Bury the Numbers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12620:la-s-pension-time-bomb-city-financial-statements-bury-the-numbers&catid=312) PERSPECTIVE-The Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is pretty clear about how it wants state or local governments to report Net Pe… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d7/013t-d77ccbb1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12614:new-resistance-poll-california-refused-to-cave-for-trump-and-his-agenda&catid=312)### [New Resistance Poll: California Refused to Cave for Trump and His Agenda](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12614:new-resistance-poll-california-refused-to-cave-for-trump-and-his-agenda&catid=312) CALBUZZ-Californians resoundingly reject Republican President Donald Trump himself and the intrusions he threatens to implement on state po… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/012q-07d69d79.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12597:don-t-let-mega-developers-pee-in-your-gravy-bowl-here-s-a-city-plan-that-works&catid=312)### [Don’t Let Mega-Developers Pee In Your Gravy Bowl: Here’s a City Plan That Works](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12597:don-t-let-mega-developers-pee-in-your-gravy-bowl-here-s-a-city-plan-that-works&catid=312) THIS DEAL MAKES SENSE--I gotta hand it to Mayor Garcetti. He really knows how to put together a group of endorsers. Looking over the list o… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/012t-b1660ceb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12594:filmmaker-ava-du-verney-s-oscar-nominated-13th-is-a-tour-de-force&catid=312)### [Filmmaker Ava Du Verney’s Oscar Nominated ‘13th’ is a Tour de Force](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12594:filmmaker-ava-du-verney-s-oscar-nominated-13th-is-a-tour-de-force&catid=312) JIM CROW IS ALIVE AND WELL-The film “13th” derives its title from the one exception to the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery in 1865: "… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c5/012c-c57e4e02.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12592:california-has-a-choice-the-road-to-prosperity-or-road-to-ruin&catid=312)### [California Has a Choice: The Road to Prosperity … or Road to Ruin](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12592:california-has-a-choice-the-road-to-prosperity-or-road-to-ruin&catid=312) ALPERN AT LARGE--To the best of my knowledge, using a car, pushing for new options for mobility, wanting affordable home prices, advocating… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/012i-7dc4203b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12589:urgent-memo-to-the-governor-stop-the-witch-hunts-at-calpers&catid=312)### [Urgent Memo to the Governor: Stop the Witch Hunts at CalPERS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12589:urgent-memo-to-the-governor-stop-the-witch-hunts-at-calpers&catid=312) EASTSIDER-I really don’t mean to keep pickin’ on CalPERS, but lately their Board and smarmy General Counsel seem to be doing a better job o… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/012l-7e7fe527.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12587:sports-politics-los-angeles-should-be-wary-of-incurring-expensive-olympics-debt&catid=312)### [Sports Politics: Los Angeles Should Be Wary of Incurring Expensive Olympics Debt](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12587:sports-politics-los-angeles-should-be-wary-of-incurring-expensive-olympics-debt&catid=312) GUEST COMMENTARY--As it turns out, Los Angeles’s new love for sports does not end with acquiring the Rams and Chargers to play football. L… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5f/012k-5f6a852d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12586:support-this-venetian-carnage-we-don-t-think-so&catid=312)### [Support this ‘Venetian Carnage’? – We Don’t Think So](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12586:support-this-venetian-carnage-we-don-t-think-so&catid=312) VENICE VOX-We are a contingent of Venetian neighbors, business people, property and home owners, renters, political representatives and soc… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ab/012a-ab547872.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12585:a-slap-on-the-wrist-for-officials-and-for-you-it-s-penalties-fees-and-a-lien-on-your-property&catid=312)### [A ‘Slap on the Wrist’ for Officials … And For You? It’s Penalties, Fees and a Lien on Your Property](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12585:a-slap-on-the-wrist-for-officials-and-for-you-it-s-penalties-fees-and-a-lien-on-your-property&catid=312) STICKING IT TO THE PEOPLE- In 1984, George Orwell called the government’s propaganda division the “Ministry of Truth” but the names “Ethics… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c1/012m-c18ca725.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12584:measure-s-does-one-thing-it-stops-city-hall-corruption&catid=312)### [Measure S Does One Thing: It Stops City Hall Corruption](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12584:measure-s-does-one-thing-it-stops-city-hall-corruption&catid=312) CORRUPTION WATCH-While everyone talks about Measure S in terms of planning, the reality is that Measure S is less about development and pla… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/012n-2c81d150.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12583:la-s-regional-shopping-centers-wave-of-the-future-or-reminders-of-the-past&catid=312)### [LA’s Regional Shopping Centers: Wave of the Future or Reminders of the Past?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12583:la-s-regional-shopping-centers-wave-of-the-future-or-reminders-of-the-past&catid=312) MALL CULTURE REVISITED-When regional shopping centers first appeared in the mid 1950s, they were considered by most Americans to be the wav… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/012p-a03e411a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12581:how-progressives-are-recruiting-california-corporations-in-their-fight-against-trump&catid=312)### [How Progressives Are Recruiting California Corporations in Their Fight Against Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12581:how-progressives-are-recruiting-california-corporations-in-their-fight-against-trump&catid=312) WHAT THE RESISTANCE LOOK’S LIKE-- More than 120 companies have joined a legal brief rebuking President Donald Trump and his executive order… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/59/011q-59494253.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12577:women-s-march-los-angeles-what-s-next&catid=312)### [Women’s March Los Angeles: What’s Next?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12577:women-s-march-los-angeles-what-s-next&catid=312) STAND FOR SOMETHING--It’s hard to believe just two weeks ago, three-quarters of a million women, men and children gathered in LA’s Pershing… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/011r-2fffb718.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12576:when-it-comes-to-sanctuary-offering-a-bed-is-only-the-beginning&catid=312)### [When It Comes to Sanctuary, Offering a Bed Is Only the Beginning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12576:when-it-comes-to-sanctuary-offering-a-bed-is-only-the-beginning&catid=312) THERE’S MORE TO IMMIGRATION THAN LAWS-In late 2012, I got a call from a church member. “Seth, Harry’s picking his daughter up from school… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/011t-bd5ef9d0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12575:trump-s-claims-of-voter-fraud-too-close-to-home&catid=312)### [Trump’s Claims of Voter Fraud Too Close to Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12575:trump-s-claims-of-voter-fraud-too-close-to-home&catid=312) HE DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH-President Trump gave his informed testimony this week that people were registered to vote and had voted in multipl… [![](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 Email [ ![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") ---