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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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### [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

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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)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Desolation Way: Not the Way to Go

Written by Richard Risemberg on February 18 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10550:desolation-way-not-the-way-to-go&catid=312)

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## [Coalition to Preserve LA Slams Backroom Bonanza for LA Developers and Good Friends at City Hall](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10549:coalition-to-preserve-la-slams-backroom-bonanza-for-la-developers-and-good-friends-at-city-hall&catid=312)

This building industry-funded plan is billed as an effort to create affordable housing. But in reality, it sets up a series of trap doors that let th…

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Written by Tully MacKay-Tisbert on February 18 2016.

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Written by Paul Koretz on February 16 2016.

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Written by Mickey Kantor and Austin Beutner on February 15 2016.

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Written by Jenna Susko and Matt Goldbert on February 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9d/014b-9d9cbf7c.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/014b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5576c2f7) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10532:the-common-sense-of-transit-ridership-if-it-makes-sense-it-will-become-more-common&catid=312)### [The ‘Common Sense’ of Transit Ridership: If It Makes ‘Sense’, It Will Become More ‘Common’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10532:the-common-sense-of-transit-ridership-if-it-makes-sense-it-will-become-more-common&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on February 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ad/014d-ad46e5f8.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/014d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=36db08e8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10530:students-should-run-for-westwood-neighborhood-council&catid=312)### [Students Should Run for Westwood Neighborhood Council](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10530:students-should-run-for-westwood-neighborhood-council&catid=312)

Written by Shani Shahmoon on February 15 2016.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 15 2016.

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Written by Fred Mariscal on February 15 2016.

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Written by Ken Hixon on February 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9d/014i-9d50a1a0.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/014i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dfae2ee1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10525:no-bike-lanes-for-south-central-any-time-soon&catid=312)### [No Bike Lanes for South Central Any Time Soon](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10525:no-bike-lanes-for-south-central-any-time-soon&catid=312)

Written by Joe Linton on February 15 2016.

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Written by James O’Sullivan on February 15 2016.

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Written by Eric Preven on February 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bd/014n-bd7134c9.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/014n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=55150de3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10522:justice-scalia-the-view-from-here&catid=312)### [Justice Scalia: The View from Here](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10522:justice-scalia-the-view-from-here&catid=312)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on February 15 2016.

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Written by Phyllis Daugherty on February 15 2016.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on February 16 2016.

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Written by Cheryl Dorsey on February 15 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/56/013q-5686936e.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/013q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a3f73883) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10502:no-mas-deaths-stakeholders-demand-curren-price-support-a-bike-lane-for-central-ave&catid=312)### [No Más Deaths! Stakeholders Demand Curren Price Support a Bike Lane for Central Ave](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10502:no-mas-deaths-stakeholders-demand-curren-price-support-a-bike-lane-for-central-ave&catid=312)

Written by Sahra Sulaiman on February 11 2016.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on February 11 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/98/013g-981ba287.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/013g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9b65891a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10494:searching-for-detroit-and-los-angeles&catid=312)### [Searching for Detroit … and, Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10494:searching-for-detroit-and-los-angeles&catid=312)

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