##  In the News

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### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

September 03 2026

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

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### [As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33308:as-california-debated-sharing-data-on-drivers-homeland-security-subpoenaed-17-million-records&catid=425)

September 03 2026

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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

September 07 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Devil’s in the Details – LA Speculators Can Still Scam the System in the Build a Better LA Initiative

Written by Dick Platkin on February 25 2016.

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  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2016/017e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10604:the-battle-of-fallujah-and-its-human-aftermath-set-to-music&catid=312)Written by Bob Gelfand on February 26 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [The Battle of Fallujah and Its Human Aftermath … Set to Music!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10604:the-battle-of-fallujah-and-its-human-aftermath-set-to-music&catid=312)

GELFAND’S WORLD--Being so damaged by the horrible memories of combat that you numb yourself with alcohol or try to take your own life … that's someth…

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Written by Sasha Abramsky on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/45/017h-45157a83.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10602:oscars-are-so-union-louis-b-mayer-s-middle-class-friendly-nightmare&catid=312)### [Oscars are So Union: Louis B. Mayer’s Middle-Class-Friendly Nightmare](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10602:oscars-are-so-union-louis-b-mayer-s-middle-class-friendly-nightmare&catid=312)

Written by Cherri Senders on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/017i-02877461.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10601:opponents-of-the-neighborhood-integrity-initiative-find-themselves-between-a-rock-and-hard-place&catid=312)### [Opponents of the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative Find Themselves Between a Rock and Hard Place](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10601:opponents-of-the-neighborhood-integrity-initiative-find-themselves-between-a-rock-and-hard-place&catid=312)

Written by Ken Hixon on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/017k-6d9949cd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10599:marilyn-monroe-house-leveled-ignites-effort-to-recall-la-councilman-krekorian&catid=312)### [Marilyn Monroe House Leveled … Ignites Effort to Recall LA Councilman Krekorian](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10599:marilyn-monroe-house-leveled-ignites-effort-to-recall-la-councilman-krekorian&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/aa/017l-aaf85600.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10598:ladwp-reform-why-the-rush&catid=312)### [LADWP Reform: Why the Rush?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10598:ladwp-reform-why-the-rush&catid=312)

Written by Julie Butcher on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/89/017m-895c9695.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10597:la-s-hypocrisy-on-world-spay-day-backyard-breeders-get-a-pass&catid=312)### [LA’s Hypocrisy on World Spay Day: ‘Backyard Breeders’ Get a Pass](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10597:la-s-hypocrisy-on-world-spay-day-backyard-breeders-get-a-pass&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1f/017n-1fcab832.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10596:la-councilman-fuentes-reinventing-himself-or-still-the-worst-legislator-in-california&catid=312)### [LA Councilman Fuentes: Reinventing Himself or Still the ‘Worst Legislator in California’?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10596:la-councilman-fuentes-reinventing-himself-or-still-the-worst-legislator-in-california&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e2/017s-e23d3eda.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10594:hollywood-s-columbia-square-a-model-for-how-development-helps-the-community&catid=312)### [Hollywood’s Columbia Square: A Model for How Development Helps the Community](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10594:hollywood-s-columbia-square-a-model-for-how-development-helps-the-community&catid=312)

Written by Leron Gubler on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/017r-e91d5415.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10593:horsin-around-yet-another-break-for-the-self-entitled-one-percenters&catid=312)### [Horsin’ Around: Yet Another Break for the Self-Entitled One-Percenters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10593:horsin-around-yet-another-break-for-the-self-entitled-one-percenters&catid=312)

Written by Richard Risemberg on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/017u-6a02f0b8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10592:hey-reporters-how-about-a-few-questions-please-on-the-harvard-westlake-scam&catid=312)### [Hey Reporters! How about a Few Questions Please on the Harvard-Westlake Scam?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10592:hey-reporters-how-about-a-few-questions-please-on-the-harvard-westlake-scam&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven and Josh Preven on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/017v-4b16805b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10591:did-ross-perot-just-trump-the-bush-family&catid=312)### [Did Ross Perot Just ‘Trump’ the Bush Family? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10591:did-ross-perot-just-trump-the-bush-family&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on February 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9a/016v-9aba6315.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10590:los-angeles-and-the-state-caught-in-affordable-housing-crisis&catid=312)### [Los Angeles … and the State: Caught in Affordable Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10590:los-angeles-and-the-state-caught-in-affordable-housing-crisis&catid=312)

Written by Sasha Abramsky on February 22 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d9/016b-d9a822b4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10588:transitioning-transit-to-a-transracial-experience&catid=312)### [Transitioning Transit to a Transracial Experience ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10588:transitioning-transit-to-a-transracial-experience&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on February 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/38/016c-3849e2d3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10587:taking-it-to-the-streets-my-war-with-the-pimps-johns-and-sex-traffickers-in-the-san-fernando-valley&catid=312)### [Taking It to the Streets: My War with the Pimps, Johns and Sex Traffickers in the San Fernando Valley](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10587:taking-it-to-the-streets-my-war-with-the-pimps-johns-and-sex-traffickers-in-the-san-fernando-valley&catid=312)

Written by Nury Martinez on February 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5b/016i-5b99a74d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10583:privacy-wars-california-assembly-members-want-student-s-protected-too&catid=312)### [Privacy Wars: California Assembly Members Want Students Protected Too](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10583:privacy-wars-california-assembly-members-want-student-s-protected-too&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/016j-b735aa30.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10582:pet-alert-our-dogs-and-cats-now-most-popular-diet-for-cal-mountain-lions&catid=312)### [Pet Alert!! Our Dogs and Cats Now Most Popular Diet for Cal Mountain Lions! ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10582:pet-alert-our-dogs-and-cats-now-most-popular-diet-for-cal-mountain-lions&catid=312)

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on February 24 2016.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on February 24 2016.

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Written by Ken Draper on February 24 2016.

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