## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/074h-6dc681e8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) ### [L.A. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/066s-c0381d2f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27466-why-the-homeless-crisis-will-get-worse)### [Why The Homeless Crisis Will Get Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27466-why-the-homeless-crisis-will-get-worse) Written by Dick Platkin on August 17 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1a/064a-1a8f2478.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27419-california-forecast-population-decline-in-l-a-through-2060)### [California Forecast: Population Decline in L.A. Through 2060](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27419-california-forecast-population-decline-in-l-a-through-2060) Written by Dick Platkin on August 10 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a2/062a-a2110e53.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27388-more-kick-the-can-down-the-road-responses-to-the-climate-crisis)### [More Kick-The-Can-Down-The-Road Responses To The Climate Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27388-more-kick-the-can-down-the-road-responses-to-the-climate-crisis) Written by Dick Platkin on August 03 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/01/060a-0169845a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27343-whatever-happened-to-the-purple-line-transit-neighborhood-plan)### [Whatever Happened to The Purple Line Transit Neighborhood Plan?](https://www.citywatchla.com/planning-watch-la/27343-whatever-happened-to-the-purple-line-transit-neighborhood-plan) Written by Dick Platkin on July 27 2023. 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