##  In the News

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### [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

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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### [Your Boss Owns Your Workday—Not Your Brain](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33199:your-boss-owns-your-workday-not-your-brain&catid=425)

August 13 2026

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### [Biden Family Grift vs. Trump Family Grift: Let’s Do the Numbers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33205:biden-family-grift-vs-trump-family-grift-lets-do-the-numbers&catid=9)

August 13 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### In Defense of the 800 Pound Gorilla of the Public Pension World

Written by Tony Butka on October 13 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11957:in-defense-of-the-800-pound-gorilla-of-the-public-pension-world&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/10/083l-10ddaebc.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/083l.png&thumbnail=610,321,&hash=c54893e9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11955:don-t-hold-your-breath-for-an-urban-new-deal-from-a-clinton-or-trump-administration&catid=312)Written by Dick Platkin on October 13 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Don’t Hold Your Breath for an Urban New Deal from a Clinton (or Trump) Administration](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11955:don-t-hold-your-breath-for-an-urban-new-deal-from-a-clinton-or-trump-administration&catid=312)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-If you think a Hillary Clinton administration, even with another Great Recession and the Democrats in control of Congress, will r…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/20/083m-206afbd4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11954:democrats-should-turn-the-page-on-corruption-and-choose-a-woman-for-state-party-chair&catid=312)### [Democrats Should Turn the Page on Corruption and Choose a Woman for State Party Chair ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11954:democrats-should-turn-the-page-on-corruption-and-choose-a-woman-for-state-party-chair&catid=312)

Written by Delaine Eastin and Ron Kaye on October 13 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c1/083p-c1625479.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11953:can-this-ballot-measure-really-fix-la-s-affordable-housing-crisis&catid=312)### [Can This Ballot Measure Really Fix LA’s Affordable Housing Crisis?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11953:can-this-ballot-measure-really-fix-la-s-affordable-housing-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Sasha Abramsky on October 13 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/083r-1d95ff36.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11952:amid-the-mud-and-the-sleaze-remember-the-issues-please&catid=312)### [Amid the Mud and the Sleaze, Remember the Issues Please](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11952:amid-the-mud-and-the-sleaze-remember-the-issues-please&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on October 13 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/082a-431cbb34.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11950:who-speaks-for-you-at-city-hall-is-anybody-listening&catid=312)### [Who Speaks for You at City Hall? Is Anybody Listening?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11950:who-speaks-for-you-at-city-hall-is-anybody-listening&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f1/082d-f1b2fb04.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c2541ee7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11946:there-is-integrity-in-that-la-initiative&catid=312)### [There is Integrity in that LA Initiative](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11946:there-is-integrity-in-that-la-initiative&catid=312)

Written by Charles Crumpley on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f0/082h-f03b74d2.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=65dc59bc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11944:the-trump-anchor-in-california&catid=312)### [The Trump Anchor in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11944:the-trump-anchor-in-california&catid=312)

Written by Joel Fox on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f9/082i-f940d297.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b13abaa0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11943:say-no-to-hhh-homeless-ballot-initiative-is-just-bad-math&catid=312)### [Say ‘No’ to HHH: Homeless Ballot Initiative is Just ‘Bad Math’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11943:say-no-to-hhh-homeless-ballot-initiative-is-just-bad-math&catid=312)

Written by General Jeff on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f3/082j-f3009827.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ad6c9db0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11942:profile-it-s-no-longer-your-grandfather-s-metrolink-thanks-to-the-good-work-of-ceo-art-leahy-1&catid=312)### [Profile: It’s No Longer Your Grandfather’s Metrolink, Thanks to the Good Work of CEO Art Leahy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11942:profile-it-s-no-longer-your-grandfather-s-metrolink-thanks-to-the-good-work-of-ceo-art-leahy-1&catid=312)

Written by Art Leahy on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8e/082l-8edd39e3.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=223a1b49) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11941:measure-m-stands-for-moving-forward-and-making-amends-together&catid=312)### [Measure ‘M’ Stands for Moving Forward and Making Amends … Together](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11941:measure-m-stands-for-moving-forward-and-making-amends-together&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cb/082n-cb519a3e.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=723402e8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11939:is-california-s-new-accountability-plan-gobbledygook&catid=312)### [Is California’s New Accountability Plan "Gobbledygook"?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11939:is-california-s-new-accountability-plan-gobbledygook&catid=312)

Written by Karen Wolfe on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/39/082o-3940536d.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=66d0b4f0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11938:herb-wesson-the-man-who-would-be-mayor&catid=312)### [Herb Wesson: The Man Who Would be Mayor](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11938:herb-wesson-the-man-who-would-be-mayor&catid=312)

Written by Dianne V. Lawrence on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a4/082q-a48f38f9.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=60d29254) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11936:did-la-council-president-wesson-vote-illegally-for-more-than-11-years&catid=312)### [Did LA Council President Wesson Vote Illegally for More than 11 Years?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11936:did-la-council-president-wesson-vote-illegally-for-more-than-11-years&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5d/082r-5d900604.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=83d40261) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11935:curb-big-pharma-s-price-gauging-vote-yes-on-ca-prop-61&catid=312)### [Curb Big Pharma’s Price Gauging: Vote ‘Yes’ on CA Prop. 61](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11935:curb-big-pharma-s-price-gauging-vote-yes-on-ca-prop-61&catid=312)

Written by Deborah Burger on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c3/082t-c3b010e5.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/082t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d292d4ef) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11934:california-s-new-education-architecture-is-already-failing&catid=312)### [California’s New Education Architecture Is Already Failing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11934:california-s-new-education-architecture-is-already-failing&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on October 10 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/03/081v-034d9fb8.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/081v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=719c04f8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11929:deadly-sixth-street-may-have-to-wait-for-safety-upgrades&catid=312)### [Deadly Sixth Street May have to Wait for Safety Upgrades](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11929:deadly-sixth-street-may-have-to-wait-for-safety-upgrades&catid=312)

Written by Brent Giannotta on October 06 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ae/081a-aeafc934.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/081a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=17f9f5af) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11927:what-about-accountability-mta-measure-m-has-it-bass-ackwards&catid=312)### [What about Accountability? MTA Measure M has it ‘Bass Ackwards’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11927:what-about-accountability-mta-measure-m-has-it-bass-ackwards&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on October 06 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/04/081b-0436ff9d.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/081b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=622988a1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11926:warning-we-ain-t-seen-nothin-yet-california-faces-decades-long-megadroughts&catid=312)### [Warning! We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet: California Faces Decades-Long Megadroughts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11926:warning-we-ain-t-seen-nothin-yet-california-faces-decades-long-megadroughts&catid=312)

Written by Nika Knight on October 06 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0f/081d-0faae113.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/081d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=540cfb52) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11925:this-is-not-about-donald-trump&catid=312)### [This Is Not About Donald Trump!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11925:this-is-not-about-donald-trump&catid=312)

Written by Tom Engelhardt on October 06 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/98/081e-986cbd9c.png&src=images/stories/Oct-2016/081e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=70a2cb71) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11924:the-z-man-sues-the-city-and-lapd-chief-beck-for-6-million-and-other-good-stuff&catid=312)### [The Z-Man Sues the City and LAPD Chief Beck for $6 Million … and, Other Good Stuff](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11924:the-z-man-sues-the-city-and-lapd-chief-beck-for-6-million-and-other-good-stuff&catid=312)

Written by Dennis Zine on October 06 2016.

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