##  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

#  SAY WHAT?

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  [### Is Bernie America’s Gorbachev?

Written by Umair Haque on February 10 2020.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19271:is-bernie-america-s-gorbachev&catid=376)

 Written by Michael Harriot on February 06 2020. Posted in [SAY WHAT?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=376).

## [Black History Month Is for White People](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19252:black-history-month-is-for-white-people&catid=376)

As someone who was raised around black people and partially homeschooled, the American history I learned included the understanding that the Constitu…

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### [Donald Trump Mocked Katy Tur as "That B\*\*\*h with a Tr\*\*\*y Dad"](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19232:donald-trump-mocked-katy-tur-as-that-b-h-with-a-tr-y-dad&catid=376)

Written by Alex Bollinger on February 03 2020.

### [How 2020 will be Different from 2016](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19214:how-2020-will-be-different-from-2016&catid=376)

Written by Michael Greiner on January 30 2020.

### [If Reelected, Trump Says He will Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19175:if-reelected-trump-says-he-will-cut-social-security-medicaid-and-medicare&catid=376)

Written by Jon Queally on January 23 2020.

### [Why DO the Poor Keep Voting for the Rich?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19160:why-do-the-poor-keep-voting-for-the-rich&catid=376)

Written by Thomas KR on January 20 2020.

### [A Brutal Trump Makes Culture War on Iran—and Everyone Else](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19138:a-brutal-trump-makes-culture-war-on-iran-and-everyone-else&catid=376)

Written by Michael Winship on January 16 2020.

### [Steve King Asks Why He Keeps Getting Called 'White Nationalist': A Question That Answers Itself](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19115:steve-king-asks-why-he-keeps-getting-called-white-nationalist-a-question-that-answers-itself&catid=376)

Written by Zack Linly on January 13 2020.

### [When a Political Party Goes Insane](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19098:when-a-political-party-goes-insane&catid=376)

Written by S. Novi on January 09 2020.

### [Charges of ‘Cheating’ and ‘Trump-like Tactics,’ Heat Up LA County Supervisor Race](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19078:charges-of-cheating-and-trump-like-tactics-heat-up-la-county-supervisor-race&catid=376)

Written by Matt Stilesst on January 06 2020.

### [Trump Changes Anti-Discrimination Guidelines: Removes ‘Sexual Orientation”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19057:trump-changes-anti-discrimination-guidelines-removes-sexual-orientation&catid=376)

Written by Daniel Villarreal on December 30 2019.

### [I Know My Windmills](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19034:i-know-my-windmills&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 23 2019.

### [Trumps Strongest Allies in Congress Don’t Care How History Will Remember Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19018:trumps-strongest-allies-in-congress-don-t-care-how-history-will-remember-them&catid=376)

Written by Matt Fuller on December 19 2019.

### [Nativity Scene with Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Cages Makes People Uncomfortable. But That’s the Point](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19000:nativity-scene-with-jesus-mary-and-joseph-in-cages-makes-people-uncomfortable-but-that-s-the-point&catid=376)

Written by Sandy Banks on December 16 2019.

### [Sea Levels are Rising. California Needs to Get Serious about the Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18979:sea-levels-are-rising-california-needs-to-get-serious-about-the-problem&catid=376)

Written by The Times Editorial Board on December 12 2019.

### [Trump to Jews: ‘Killer’ Real Estate Jews Will Back Him To Save Their Wealth, Whether They Like Him or Not](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18959:trump-to-jews-killer-real-estate-jews-will-back-him-to-save-their-wealth-whether-they-like-him-or-not&catid=376)

Written by Mary Papenfus on December 09 2019.

### [Perennial Piece of Shit George Zimmerman Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against the Parents of Trayvon Martin ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18940:perennial-piece-of-shit-george-zimmerman-files-100-million-lawsuit-against-the-parents-of-trayvon-martin&catid=376)

Written by Jay Connor on December 05 2019.

### [We Knew It: Melania Trump Reportedly Sleeps in the Guest Bedroom Where Michelle Obama’s Mom Used to Stay](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18921:we-knew-it-melania-trump-reportedly-sleeps-in-the-guest-bedroom-where-michelle-obama-s-mom-used-to-stay&catid=376)

Written by Stephen A. Crockett Jr. on December 02 2019.

### [The Rapist Is You](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18904:the-rapist-is-you&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on November 27 2019.

### [\#NunesResign Trends as Indicted Giuliani Associate Implicates Top Republican in Effort to Dig Up Biden Dirt](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18886:nunesresign-trends-as-indicted-giuliani-associate-implicates-top-republican-in-effort-to-dig-up-biden-dirt&catid=376)

Written by Jake Johnson on November 25 2019.

### [The Climate Science Is Clear: It's Now or Never to Avert Catastrophe](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18875:the-climate-science-is-clear-it-s-now-or-never-to-avert-catastrophe&catid=376)

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