## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/086d-37193955.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters) ### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? 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Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [LA City Council Fails the Gender Balance Test …Worst of 15 Councils Rated](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10473-la-city-council-fails-the-gender-balance-test-worst-of-15-councils-rated-2) LA’S BOYS CLUB--Los Angeles’ city council is the best paid but the least gender-balanced of 15 major U.S. city councils analyzed recently by Pew. (… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/012l-e4d0b64e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10472-profiles-in-passion-neighbors-fighting-to-preserve-the-past)### [Profiles in Passion: Neighbors Fighting to Preserve the Past](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10472-profiles-in-passion-neighbors-fighting-to-preserve-the-past) Written by Tim Deegan on October 10 2016. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/33/012t-33d227b0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10467-councilman-can-t-decide-who-to-blame-la-s-shelter-dogs-caught-in-crossfire)### [Councilman Can’t Decide Who to Blame … LA’s Shelter Dogs Caught in Crossfire](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10467-councilman-can-t-decide-who-to-blame-la-s-shelter-dogs-caught-in-crossfire) Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on February 08 2016. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/011b-4d55c02a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10461-progress-or-nimbyism-in-sunland-tujunga-i-say-let-s-make-a-deal-2)### [Progress or NIMBYism in Sunland Tujunga? I Say Let’s Make a Deal](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10461-progress-or-nimbyism-in-sunland-tujunga-i-say-let-s-make-a-deal-2) Written by Denyse Selesnick on February 04 2016. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/011c-3c9b05e8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10457-california-s-june-primary-better-late-than-never)### [California’s June Primary: Better Late than Never?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10457-california-s-june-primary-better-late-than-never) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 04 2016. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/011j-561f6ed7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10455-how-to-smoke-out-flacks-for-luxury-high-rise-projects-who-masquerade-as-friends-of-the-down-and-out)### [How to Smoke Out Flacks for Luxury High-Rise Projects Who Masquerade as Friends of the Down-and-Out](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10455-how-to-smoke-out-flacks-for-luxury-high-rise-projects-who-masquerade-as-friends-of-the-down-and-out) Written by Dick Platkin on February 04 2016. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0e/011k-0e9e9ac7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10454-public-s-voice-drowned-out-billboard-companies-spend-millions-lobbying-la-officials)### [Public’s Voice Drowned Out … Billboard Companies Spend Millions Lobbying LA Officials](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10454-public-s-voice-drowned-out-billboard-companies-spend-millions-lobbying-la-officials) Written by Dennis Hathaway on February 04 2016. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/011l-40581352.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10453-a-hi-density-vision-gone-bust-council-s-9-billion-public-transit-investment-suffers-ten-percent-drop-in-usage)### [A Hi-Density Vision Gone Bust? Council’s $9 Billion Public Transit Investment Suffers Ten Percent Drop in Usage](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10453-a-hi-density-vision-gone-bust-council-s-9-billion-public-transit-investment-suffers-ten-percent-drop-in-usage) Written by Tony Butka on February 04 2016. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/011p-f907a536.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10449-what-to-do-about-gil-cedillo-carpetbagger-in-chief)### [What to Do about Gil Cedillo … Carpetbagger-in-Chief?](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10449-what-to-do-about-gil-cedillo-carpetbagger-in-chief) Written by Richard Risemberg on February 05 2016. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9a/011q-9a07cb66.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10448-we-already-know-who-lost-the-super-bowl)### [We Already Know Who Lost the Super Bowl](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10448-we-already-know-who-lost-the-super-bowl) Written by Joe Mathews on February 04 2016. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1e/011s-1e41d079.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10446-moving-toward-functional-zero-why-i-m-optimistic-about-the-la-county-homeless-initiative)### [Moving Toward ‘Functional Zero’ - Why I’m Optimistic about the LA County Homeless Initiative](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10446-moving-toward-functional-zero-why-i-m-optimistic-about-the-la-county-homeless-initiative) Written by Sheila Kuehl on February 04 2016. 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