##  In the News

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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

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### [California Can’t Insure Its Homes. Now Sacramento Wants to Insure the Trees](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33266:california-cant-insure-its-homes-now-sacramento-wants-to-insure-the-trees&catid=385)

August 27 2026

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### [Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429)

August 27 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### California: No Such Thing as Non-Partisan Redistricting … Including LA County

Written by Tony Quinn on September 19 2016.

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  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ba/078b-ba2aa652.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/078b.png&thumbnail=610,319,&hash=08d4fd3b) ](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)Written by Michael Wilson on September 19 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=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’ve been a g…

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Written by Joe Mathews on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/078g-fb32b90b.png) ](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)

Written by Ken Alpern on September 19 2016.

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Written by Daniel Guss on September 19 2016.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/078l-dd176291.png) ](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)

Written by Joshua Preven and Eric Preven on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](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)

Written by Tim Deegan on September 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/078o-32c658b4.png) ](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)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 19 2016.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on September 19 2016.

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Written by Bill Boyarsky on September 15 2016.

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Written by Dick Platkin on September 15 2016.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 15 2016.

 [ ![](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)

Written by Doug Epperhart on September 15 2016.

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Written by Richard Risemberg on September 15 2016.

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Written by James Preston Allen on September 15 2016.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on September 15 2016.

 [ ![](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)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on September 15 2016.

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Written by Phil Brown on September 15 2016.

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Written by Andrea Germanos on September 15 2016.

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