## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c4/067m-c43da744.jpg) ](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) ### [Missing Middle. 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Written by Ellen Brown on May 13 2024. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28881:tackling-californias-budget-crisis-raise-taxes-cut-programs-or-form-a-bank&catid=385) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5b/038n-5b41eae7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28872:california-lawmakers-keep-killing-bills-by-not-voting-on-them-do-the-rules-need-to-change&catid=385)Written by Ryan Sabalow on May 09 2024. Posted in [STATE WATCH](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=385). ## [California Lawmakers Keep Killing Bills By Not Voting On Them. Do The Rules Need To Change?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28872:california-lawmakers-keep-killing-bills-by-not-voting-on-them-do-the-rules-need-to-change&catid=385) CA LAWMAKERS - From prohibiting non-disclosure agreements in bill negotiations to protecting utility ratepayers, bills keep dying this year despite l… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/032j-432a74bf.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28763:california-leaders-take-sides-in-monumental-supreme-court-case-on-homelessness&catid=385)### [California Leaders Take Sides in Monumental Supreme Court Case on Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28763:california-leaders-take-sides-in-monumental-supreme-court-case-on-homelessness&catid=385) Written by MARISA KENDALL on April 18 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/81/030k-814efc77.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28733:will-karen-bass-run-for-california-governor&catid=385)### [Will Karen Bass Run for California Governor?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28733:will-karen-bass-run-for-california-governor&catid=385) Written by Yuval Kremer on April 11 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/026h-fdc30a41.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28678:doordash-and-uber-using-customers-as-pawns-to-punish-workers-dont-fall-for-it&catid=385)### [DoorDash and Uber Using Customers as Pawns to Punish Workers—Don’t Fall for It](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28678:doordash-and-uber-using-customers-as-pawns-to-punish-workers-dont-fall-for-it&catid=385) Written by Sally Dworak-Fisher on March 28 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/026c-835b87ca.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28670:the-hard-to-employ-do-people-ever-change&catid=385)### [“The Hard To Employ”: Do People Ever Change?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28670:the-hard-to-employ-do-people-ever-change&catid=385) Written by Michael Bernick on March 28 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/80/022j-807cf084.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28610:california-housing-market-faces-challenges-as-permitting-activity-declines-for-second-consecutive-year&catid=385)### [California Housing Market Faces Challenges as Permitting Activity Declines for Second Consecutive Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28610:california-housing-market-faces-challenges-as-permitting-activity-declines-for-second-consecutive-year&catid=385) Written by CityWatch Staff on March 14 2024. 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