## 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/media/yootheme/cache/a4/045c-a428bfe5.jpg)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28993:homelessness-crisis-in-la-and-sf-numbers-games-hide-policy-failures&catid=312) Written by Tim Campbell on June 03 2024. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [ Homelessness Crisis in LA and SF: Numbers Games Hide Policy Failures ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28993:homelessness-crisis-in-la-and-sf-numbers-games-hide-policy-failures&catid=312) iAUDIT! - It’s no secret that the two California cities with the largest homeless populations are Los Angeles and San Francisco. LAHSA has yet to release the results of its 2024 PIT count, but the 2023 survey showed at least 75,500 homele… ### More Coverage - [Sepulveda Pass Transit – Metro Keeps the Public in the Dark About Possible Eminent Domain](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28955:sepulveda-pass-transit-metro-keeps-the-public-in-the-dark-about-possible-eminent-domain&catid=312) - [Veterans Row: A Microcosm of Our Homelessness Crisis ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28942:veterans-row-a-microcosm-of-our-homelessness-crisis&catid=312) - [The MTA. Dangerous for Riders and a Waste of Money](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28937:the-mta-dangerous-for-riders-and-a-waste-of-money&catid=312) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9d/044j-9d8687dd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28976:law-enforcement-blamed-amid-costly-campus-protests-and-safety-concerns-surge-on-la-metro&catid=312)Written by Dennis P. Zine on May 30 2024. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [Law Enforcement Blamed Amid Costly Campus Protests; and Safety Concerns Surge on LA Metro](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28976:law-enforcement-blamed-amid-costly-campus-protests-and-safety-concerns-surge-on-la-metro&catid=312) RANTZ AND RAVEZ - When peaceful protests and demonstrations become unlawful and destructive, activist and some WEAK-KNEE SPINLESS politicians like to blame the Police, Sheriff, Highway Patrol, and any or all other Law Enforcement Agency ca… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/71/043a-713f13f5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28955:sepulveda-pass-transit-metro-keeps-the-public-in-the-dark-about-possible-eminent-domain&catid=312)### [Sepulveda Pass Transit – Metro Keeps the Public in the Dark About Possible Eminent Domain](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28955:sepulveda-pass-transit-metro-keeps-the-public-in-the-dark-about-possible-eminent-domain&catid=312) Written by Bob Anderson on May 27 2024. 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