## 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/18/078t-18fdbde1.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078t.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=f50d1c70)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11833:california-s-boom-is-poised-to-go-bust-while-liberals-dream-of-scandinavia-on-the-pacific&catid=312) LOS ANGELES ## [ California’s Boom Is Poised to Go Bust … While Liberals' Dream of Scandinavia on the Pacific ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11833:california-s-boom-is-poised-to-go-bust-while-liberals-dream-of-scandinavia-on-the-pacific&catid=312) NEWGEOGRAPHY--As its economy started to recover in 2010, progressives began to hail California as a kind of Scandinavia on the Pacific — a place where liberal programs also produce prosperity. The state’s recovery has won plaudits from suc… ### More Coverage - [Los Angeles is Doomed Unless Angelenos Act to Stop Densification](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11831:los-angeles-is-doomed-unless-angelenos-act-to-stop-densification&catid=312) - [The California System: Education by Lottery](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11828:the-california-system-education-by-lottery&catid=312) - [Taxing the Overtaxed … Paying in Dollars and Stress ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11827:taxing-the-overtaxed-paying-in-dollars-and-stress&catid=312) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/76/078u-769a1df3.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078u.png&thumbnail=610,312,&hash=86208bb5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11832:california-no-such-thing-as-non-partisan-redistricting-including-la-county&catid=312)LOS ANGELES ## [California: No Such Thing as Non-Partisan Redistricting … Including LA County](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11832:california-no-such-thing-as-non-partisan-redistricting-including-la-county&catid=312) REDISTRICTING POLITICS--Among California’s great strengths is that our local government offices are nonpartisan, unlike many states where partisan politics dominates at the local level. But once in a while aspects of our Progressive Era re… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/07/078b-073b031e.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=25b640e9) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11831:los-angeles-is-doomed-unless-angelenos-act-to-stop-densification&catid=312)### [Los Angeles is Doomed Unless Angelenos Act to Stop Densification](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11831:los-angeles-is-doomed-unless-angelenos-act-to-stop-densification&catid=312) KISSING THE LA WE LOVE GOOBYE--I have had the pleasure of living in Los Angeles for thirty-five years and have loved it, warts and all. I’v… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c0/078f-c074e675.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e75e06bb) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11828:the-california-system-education-by-lottery&catid=312)### [The California System: Education by Lottery](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11828:the-california-system-education-by-lottery&catid=312) CONNECTING CALIFORNIA-Californians may think we have a system of public education. But what we really have is a state system for rationing… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fb/078g-fb32b90b.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=10195562) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11827:taxing-the-overtaxed-paying-in-dollars-and-stress&catid=312)### [Taxing the Overtaxed … Paying in Dollars and Stress ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11827:taxing-the-overtaxed-paying-in-dollars-and-stress&catid=312) ALPERN AT LARGE--The doctor is IN, folks! Yes, I very much DO care about your sanity, and about your health. I care about your mental hea… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8e/078j-8ed5653a.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0373266e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11825:president-wesson-la-s-fabricator-in-chief&catid=312)### [President Wesson: LA’s Fabricator-in-Chief](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11825:president-wesson-la-s-fabricator-in-chief&catid=312) @THEGUSSREPORT-Herb Wesson, the current LA City Council president (and former Speaker of the California State Assembly), forgot the adage a… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/14/078k-14d52b1b.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f43a696d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11824:los-angeles-homeless-field-of-dreams&catid=312)### [Los Angeles: Homeless’ Field of Dreams](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11824:los-angeles-homeless-field-of-dreams&catid=312) PERSPECTIVE-Through the efforts of Valley Village Homeowners Association and Neighborhood Council Valley Village, a homeless encampment alo… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/dd/078l-dd176291.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e52583bc) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11823:la-city-council-s-secret-deal-to-buy-4-400-tasers-do-they-really-work&catid=312)### [LA City Council’s Secret Deal to Buy 4,400 Tasers – Do They Really Work?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11823:la-city-council-s-secret-deal-to-buy-4-400-tasers-do-they-really-work&catid=312) SEEKING SOLUTIONS-The facts surrounding the fatal police shooting of thirteen-year old Tyre King seem to be changing by the hour. The polic… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5f/078n-5fc2e93a.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ace1aea0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11822:is-the-california-coastline-in-danger-does-it-matter&catid=312)### [Is the California Coastline in Danger? Does it Matter?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11822:is-the-california-coastline-in-danger-does-it-matter&catid=312) DEEGAN ON CALIFORNIA-There’s a romance to the phrase “Pacific Coast Highway” that is for many a burned-into-the-brain vision of wide open… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/32/078o-32c658b4.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a0d07770) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11821:is-los-angeles-prepared-for-disaster-the-answer-is-no&catid=312)### [Is Los Angeles Prepared for Disaster? The Answer is NO!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11821:is-los-angeles-prepared-for-disaster-the-answer-is-no&catid=312) GELAND’S WORLD--We have to thank mayor Garcetti for taking disaster preparedness seriously. He brought Dr Lucy Jones into city government… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/42/078q-4256f31c.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=997518ff) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11820:chase-knolls-a-popular-post-war-apartment-complex-faces-the-battle-of-its-life&catid=312)### [Chase Knolls: A Popular Post-War Apartment Complex Faces the Battle of Its Life](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11820:chase-knolls-a-popular-post-war-apartment-complex-faces-the-battle-of-its-life&catid=312) HERE’S WHAT I KNOW--In the years following World War II, Los Angeles was a fast-growing metropolis, an automobile-centric sprawling modern… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8c/075a-8c0fa36b.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fae92cd6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11817:working-class-struggles-in-socal-symbolize-blue-collar-blues-across-america&catid=312)### [Working-Class Struggles in SoCal Symbolize Blue-Collar Blues Across America](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11817:working-class-struggles-in-socal-symbolize-blue-collar-blues-across-america&catid=312) TRUTHDIG-It should be named “the exploitation highway.” The path begins at the Los Angeles Harbor and extends about 100 miles east to the w… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9e/075e-9e6179ad.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=337c5c6e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11814:welcome-to-la-where-real-estate-speculation-meets-squeaky-wheel-planning&catid=312)### [Welcome to LA, Where Real Estate Speculation meets Squeaky Wheel Planning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11814:welcome-to-la-where-real-estate-speculation-meets-squeaky-wheel-planning&catid=312) PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Planning a large city like Los Angeles might be complicated, but it is not rocket science. In fact, the State of Califo… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/04/075f-04ee774c.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0790c71a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11813:we-ve-forgotten-what-made-los-angeles-a-great-city&catid=312)### [We’ve Forgotten What Made Los Angeles a Great City](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11813:we-ve-forgotten-what-made-los-angeles-a-great-city&catid=312) RICHARD’S LA ALMANAC-In writing for the CityWatch Corruption Watch, a lot of focus has been on the harm which the crimogenic nature of the… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9c/075h-9c5573cf.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c801296a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11811:thoughts-on-the-pot-prop-64-california-could-be-whistling-happy-days-are-here-again&catid=312)### [Thoughts on the Pot Prop. 64: California Could be Whistling ‘Happy Days are Here Again’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11811:thoughts-on-the-pot-prop-64-california-could-be-whistling-happy-days-are-here-again&catid=312) PROPS FOR THE PROP-If Proposition 64 on the November 8 ballot passes, California joins the ranks of states where the prohibition against ma… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cb/075i-cbbf0aab.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=24e5d495) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11810:the-sixth-street-safety-war-people-are-dying-while-we-argue&catid=312)### [The Sixth Street Safety War: “People are Dying While We Argue”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11810:the-sixth-street-safety-war-people-are-dying-while-we-argue&catid=312) RIDING WITH RICHARD--Last night I sat through a four and a half hour meeting of the Mid-City West Community Council. Sitting for an hour, l… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/96/075j-96c0c1b5.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b8722192) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11809:shame-on-joe-buscaino-now-trying-to-hide-the-homeless-from-the-neighbors&catid=312)### [Shame on Joe Buscaino … Now Trying to Hide the Homeless from the Neighbors](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11809:shame-on-joe-buscaino-now-trying-to-hide-the-homeless-from-the-neighbors&catid=312) AT LENGTH--At the Sept. 13 Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council stakeholder meeting, we were reminded once again of Councilman Joe Buscai… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/12/075k-12332011.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=65f2ee0e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11808:rethinking-la-s-yearly-neighborhood-council-congress&catid=312)### [Rethinking LA’s Yearly Neighborhood Council Congress](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11808:rethinking-la-s-yearly-neighborhood-council-congress&catid=312) GELFAND’S WORLD--Once a year, City Hall opens its doors to the public for the annual Neighborhood Council Congress. This year, the gatherin… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/44/075m-44e219a4.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2ce698aa) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11807:nextdoor-effective-social-media-or-just-another-annoying-unnecessary-intrusion&catid=312)### [‘Nextdoor’ - Effective Social Media or Just another Annoying, Unnecessary Intrusion?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11807:nextdoor-effective-social-media-or-just-another-annoying-unnecessary-intrusion&catid=312) MY WAY--I like to think I am an equal opportunity critic and cheerleader but, of late, I’ve been more of a critic. So, I am happy to play c… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0d/075n-0d14ab95.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e811de16) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11806:new-advanced-roadway-architecture-for-la-and-why-prop-m-won-t-work&catid=312)### [New Advanced Roadway Architecture for LA and Why Prop. M won’t Work!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11806:new-advanced-roadway-architecture-for-la-and-why-prop-m-won-t-work&catid=312) TRANSPORTATION BREAKTHROUGHS-With all the technological improvements coming along with vehicles it is fitting that an advanced roadway arch… [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e5/075o-e5069121.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/075o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2dc9c198) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11805:hey-hey-we-won-t-pay-itt-tech-students-launch-debt-strike-7-schools-in-la-area&catid=312)### [Hey, Hey We Won’t Pay … ITT Tech Students Launch Debt Strike …7 Schools in LA Area](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11805:hey-hey-we-won-t-pay-itt-tech-students-launch-debt-strike-7-schools-in-la-area&catid=312) VOICES--Former students of the recently shuttered, for-profit ITT Technical Institutes announced Wednesday they have no choice other than t… [![](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 First Name [ ![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") ---