##  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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### LA Pulse … Vote Now: Should CA Legalize Recreational Pot?

Written by David McNew on June 30 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11378:la-pulse-vote-now-should-ca-legalize-recreational-pot&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/db/053m-dbfa1cb8.png&src=images/stories/June-2016/053m.png&thumbnail=610,304,&hash=3a29833f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11377:is-it-a-good-idea-for-la-to-borrow-billions-of-dollars&catid=312)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 30 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Is It a Good Idea for LA to Borrow Billions of Dollars?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11377:is-it-a-good-idea-for-la-to-borrow-billions-of-dollars&catid=312)

THE CITY--Is it a good idea for the City of Los Angeles to borrow so many billions of dollars that the Federal government will have no choice but to…

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Written by Julia Ingalls on June 30 2016.

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Written by Brian J. Stiger on June 30 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/36/052d-3676b544.png&src=images/stories/June-2016/052d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2eb619ce) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11368:the-la-model-trickle-down-deceit&catid=312)### [The LA Model: Trickle Down Deceit](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11368:the-la-model-trickle-down-deceit&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on June 27 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a1/052f-a13f3c8e.png&src=images/stories/June-2016/052f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=55aea365) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11366:stage-watch-the-fringe-fest-produces-some-winners-office-beat-a-tap-dance-comedy-among-them&catid=312)### [Stage Watch: The Fringe Fest Produces Some Winners … ‘Office Beat, a Tap Dance Comedy’ Among Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11366:stage-watch-the-fringe-fest-produces-some-winners-office-beat-a-tap-dance-comedy-among-them&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on June 27 2016.

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Written by James Preston Allen on June 27 2016.

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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on June 27 2016.

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Written by Tim Deegan on June 27 2016.

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Written by Fred Mariscal on June 27 2016.

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Written by Bill Boyarsky on June 27 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/052o-ae3b2b1e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11358:ca-higher-education-a-sure-path-to-raising-incomes&catid=312)### [CA Higher Education – A Sure Path to Raising Incomes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11358:ca-higher-education-a-sure-path-to-raising-incomes&catid=312)

Written by Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine on June 27 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e8/052p-e8a1995a.png&src=images/stories/June-2016/052p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=772edb14) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11357:brits-vote-to-exit-eu-what-does-it-mean-to-la-and-california-business-and-politics&catid=312)### [Brits Vote to Exit EU … What Does it Mean to LA and California Business and Politics?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11357:brits-vote-to-exit-eu-what-does-it-mean-to-la-and-california-business-and-politics&catid=312)

Written by Joel Fox on June 27 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/02/052r-024bba63.png&src=images/stories/June-2016/052r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d365eb3a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11355:booze-on-billboards-marketing-to-la-s-kids&catid=312)### [Booze on Billboards: Marketing to LA’s Kids?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11355:booze-on-billboards-marketing-to-la-s-kids&catid=312)

Written by Dennis Hathaway on June 27 2016.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on June 27 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/54/51a-5430c27e.png&src=images/stories/June-2016/51a.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d0e01e86) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11351:what-s-behind-california-s-sudden-urge-to-help-the-homeless-it-s-the-rich&catid=312)### [What’s Behind California’s Sudden Urge to Help the Homeless? It’s the Rich!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11351:what-s-behind-california-s-sudden-urge-to-help-the-homeless-it-s-the-rich&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on June 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6d/51b-6d154ac3.png&src=images/stories/June-2016/51b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=80b1e2b0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11350:the-bullet-train-has-the-valley-in-a-tizzy-here-s-why-they-re-so-pissed-off&catid=312)### [The Bullet Train has the Valley in a Tizzy … Here’s Why They’re So Pissed Off](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11350:the-bullet-train-has-the-valley-in-a-tizzy-here-s-why-they-re-so-pissed-off&catid=312)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on June 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c9/51c-c987ce86.png&src=images/stories/June-2016/51c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=37022148) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11349:stage-watch-hollywood-fringe-struggling-to-live-up-to-its-glowing-self-claims&catid=312)### [Stage Watch: Hollywood Fringe … Struggling to Live Up to Its Glowing Self Claims](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11349:stage-watch-hollywood-fringe-struggling-to-live-up-to-its-glowing-self-claims&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on June 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/44/51d-4419e2ec.png&src=images/stories/June-2016/51d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8ac65301) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11348:say-goodbye-to-california-s-last-nuclear-power-plant&catid=312)### [Say Goodbye to California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11348:say-goodbye-to-california-s-last-nuclear-power-plant&catid=312)

Written by Rhea Suh on June 23 2016.

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Written by Nadia Prupis on June 23 2016.

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