##  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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### [EXCLUSIVE: John McKinney Warns City Hall. Enforce the Law. Demand Accountability.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33241:exclusive-john-mckinney-warns-city-hall-enforce-the-law-demand-accountability&catid=401)

August 24 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Prepare for a Scare: How Do Lobbyists Really Do What They Do?

Written by Dennis Hathaway on August 18 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11660:prepare-for-a-scare-how-do-lobbyists-really-do-what-they-do&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/067h-a4311559.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11659:our-wildfire-crisis-what-california-can-do&catid=312)Written by Judith Schwartz on August 18 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Our Wildfire Crisis: What California Can Do](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11659:our-wildfire-crisis-what-california-can-do&catid=312)

DROUGHT CONUNDRUM-While fire is always part of nature, many attribute its increased frequency and intensity to climate change. Certainly, that makes…

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Written by Preserve LA on August 18 2016.

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Written by Chris Reed on August 18 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7b/067n-7b9be513.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2016/067n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9c041309) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11656:lacma-s-controversial-expansion-plan-long-on-hype-short-on-context&catid=312)### [LACMA’s Controversial Expansion Plan: Long on Hype, Short on Context](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11656:lacma-s-controversial-expansion-plan-long-on-hype-short-on-context&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on August 18 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/067o-be15a081.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11655:herb-wesson-king-of-the-foreclosure-dance&catid=312)### [Herb Wesson: King of the Foreclosure Dance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11655:herb-wesson-king-of-the-foreclosure-dance&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on August 18 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/89/067q-89d24c13.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2016/067q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c5a1d01c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11653:filipe-fuentes-not-such-a-long-farewell&catid=312)### [Felipe Fuentes: Not Such a Long Farewell](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11653:filipe-fuentes-not-such-a-long-farewell&catid=312)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on August 18 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/35/066a-3501ed8d.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2016/066a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1b7841d1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11647:will-the-reef-mega-project-put-longtime-south-central-residents-on-the-street&catid=312)### [Will ‘The Reef’ Mega-Project Put Longtime South Central Residents on the Street?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11647:will-the-reef-mega-project-put-longtime-south-central-residents-on-the-street&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d1/066c-d1f7c5ad.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11646:why-assemblymember-richard-bloom-s-legislation-to-block-criticism-of-israel-will-fail&catid=312)### [Why Assemblymember Richard Bloom’s Legislation to Block Criticism of Israel will Fail](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11646:why-assemblymember-richard-bloom-s-legislation-to-block-criticism-of-israel-will-fail&catid=312)

Written by Victor Rothman and Jeff Warner on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/62/066d-62f24a4a.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2016/066d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b76fb687) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11645:trump-concedes-defeat-hope-goes-solo-dilbert-goes-off-the-edge-and-more&catid=312)### [Trump Concedes Defeat, Hope Goes Solo, Dilbert Goes Off the Edge … and More](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11645:trump-concedes-defeat-hope-goes-solo-dilbert-goes-off-the-edge-and-more&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4f/066e-4fe83e82.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11644:someone-missed-the-memo-new-la-bus-shelter-ads-with-guns&catid=312)### [Someone Missed the Memo: New LA Bus Shelter Ads with Guns](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11644:someone-missed-the-memo-new-la-bus-shelter-ads-with-guns&catid=312)

Written by Dennis Hathaway on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/066f-d87920d9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11643:political-reform-act-takes-the-stage-in-la&catid=312)### [Political Reform Act Takes the Stage in LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11643:political-reform-act-takes-the-stage-in-la&catid=312)

Written by Jania Palacios on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/066g-2d50c433.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11642:no-blank-checks-for-jerry-brown-s-pet-projects&catid=312)### [No Blank Checks for Jerry Brown’s Pet Projects](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11642:no-blank-checks-for-jerry-brown-s-pet-projects&catid=312)

Written by Jack Humphreville on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/06/066h-06c092e8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11641:neighborhood-integrity-for-the-sake-of-all-angelenos&catid=312)### [Neighborhood Integrity: For the Sake of All Angelenos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11641:neighborhood-integrity-for-the-sake-of-all-angelenos&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/16/066i-16b6fa96.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2016/066i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=61219222) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11640:la-times-misguided-tirade-against-the-sheriff-s-department&catid=312)### [LA Times’ Misguided Tirade Against the Sheriff's Department ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11640:la-times-misguided-tirade-against-the-sheriff-s-department&catid=312)

Written by George Hofstetter on August 15 2016.

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Written by Tim Deegan on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/066p-07088053.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11635:california-for-whom&catid=312)### [California for Whom?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11635:california-for-whom&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/066q-b1170a28.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11634:ca-senator-lara-going-after-schools-that-use-religion-to-discriminate-against-gays&catid=312)### [CA Senator Lara: Going after Schools that Use Religion to Discriminate Against Gays](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11634:ca-senator-lara-going-after-schools-that-use-religion-to-discriminate-against-gays&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/066r-def77992.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11633:the-hertzberg-end-run&catid=312)### [The Hertzberg End Run](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11633:the-hertzberg-end-run&catid=312)

Written by Paul Hatfield on August 15 2016.

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Written by San Pedro Resident on August 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/065a-bfff8a04.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11629:nc-budget-day-at-la-city-hall-what-you-missed&catid=312)### [NC Budget Day at LA City Hall: What You Missed](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11629:nc-budget-day-at-la-city-hall-what-you-missed&catid=312)

Written by Connie Acosta on August 11 2016.

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