##  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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### An LA Christmas Story

Written by Santa's Helper on December 18 2023.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28148:an-la-christmas-story&catid=312)

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## [Homelessness: Sometimes You Don’t Get What You Pay For](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28145:homelessness-sometimes-you-dont-get-what-you-pay-for&catid=312)

iAUDIT! - When I worked full-time, my office was at the city’s public works corporation yard; as the name implies, it was a large facility that fulfi…

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Written by Grace Yoo on December 14 2023.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on December 14 2023.

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Written by John Mirisch on December 14 2023.

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Written by Tim Campbell on December 11 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on December 07 2023.

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Written by Kathleen Cady on December 07 2023.

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Written by Ken Alpern on December 04 2023.

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Written by Barbara Broide on December 04 2023.

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Written by Tim Campbell on December 04 2023.

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Written by Stephen Cooper on November 30 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on December 04 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1d/096c-1d9e7d9c.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2023/096c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b405cae6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28050:fiesta-broadway-is-back-in-los-angeles-in-2024&catid=312)### [Fiesta Broadway is Back in Los Angeles in 2024!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28050:fiesta-broadway-is-back-in-los-angeles-in-2024&catid=312)

Written by Enlai-li Acevado on November 29 2023.

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Written by Tim Campbell on November 27 2023.

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Written by Jim Hampton on November 23 2023.

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Written by Charlotte Laws on November 23 2023.

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Written by Soledad Ursúa on November 20 2023.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on November 16 2023.

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