##  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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### [Free Metro? Who Pays the Billion-Dollar Bill?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33244:free-metro-who-pays-the-billion-dollar-bill&catid=312)

August 24 2026

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### [West LA Democrats Endorse Roy and Reitano, Decline to Back a Candidate in Senate District 24](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33248:west-la-democrats-endorse-roy-and-reitano-decline-to-back-a-candidate-in-senate-district-24&catid=401)

August 24 2026

#  VOICES

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### DeSantis Rampage: First Disney, then Anheuser-Busch, now the Drug Company Gilead

Written by Dean Baker on July 27 2023.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27338:desantis-rampage-first-disney-then-anheuser-busch-now-the-drug-company-gilead&catid=375)

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## [UPS Strike Likely Averted as Teamsters Celebrate 'Historic' Contract Victory](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27335:ups-strike-likely-averted-as-teamsters-celebrate-historic-contract-victory&catid=375)

DEVELOPING - The Teamsters and UPS on Tuesday reached a tentative five-year contract agreement that union negotiators hailed as a "historic" victory…

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Written by Julia Conley on July 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/059l-ad9f4bb7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27333:house-dems-slam-racist-tropes-in-new-florida-k-12-history-curriculum&catid=375)### [House Dems Slam 'Racist Tropes' in New Florida K-12 History Curriculum](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27333:house-dems-slam-racist-tropes-in-new-florida-k-12-history-curriculum&catid=375)

Written by Jessica Corbett on July 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/059p-b5cb35c8.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27330:teamsters-ups-negotiations-good-news-for-part-timers&catid=375)### [Teamsters/UPS Negotiations: Good News for Part-Timers?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27330:teamsters-ups-negotiations-good-news-for-part-timers&catid=375)

Written by Joe Allen on July 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/64/059h-64cf4f10.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27329:fbi-inaction-played-a-role-in-la-corruption&catid=375)### [FBI Inaction Played a Role in LA Corruption](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27329:fbi-inaction-played-a-role-in-la-corruption&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/059j-dc13db60.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27327:r-e-s-p-e-c-t-free-speech-vs-peaceful-co-existence&catid=375)### [R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Free Speech vs. Peaceful Co-Existence](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27327:r-e-s-p-e-c-t-free-speech-vs-peaceful-co-existence&catid=375)

Written by LIZ AMSDEN on July 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ec/059f-ec65a7a2.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27324:film-on-human-trafficking-is-a-must-see&catid=375)### [Film on Human Trafficking is a Must See.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27324:film-on-human-trafficking-is-a-must-see&catid=375)

Written by GIl Contreras on July 24 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/058p-d8ae7b57.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27314:movie-review-sound-of-freedom-raises-the-alarm-about-evil-child-trafficking-thats-all-you-need-to-know&catid=375)### [Movie Review: “Sound of Freedom” Raises the Alarm About Evil Child Trafficking… That’s All You Need to Know](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27314:movie-review-sound-of-freedom-raises-the-alarm-about-evil-child-trafficking-thats-all-you-need-to-know&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on July 20 2023.

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Written by Robert Reich on July 20 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/058i-d353f68c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27309:american-leaders-must-stop-being-apologists-for-racist-israelis&catid=375)### [American Leaders Must Stop Being Apologists for Racist Israelis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27309:american-leaders-must-stop-being-apologists-for-racist-israelis&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on July 20 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/058l-cdc4d135.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27307:corporate-landlords-use-the-california-apartment-association-to-carry-out-greed-driven-agenda&catid=375)### [Corporate Landlords Use the California Apartment Association to Carry Out Greed-Driven Agenda](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27307:corporate-landlords-use-the-california-apartment-association-to-carry-out-greed-driven-agenda&catid=375)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on July 20 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/058a-3cb1785a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27305:the-redistricting-hoax-so-too-las-governance-reform-project&catid=375)### [The Redistricting Hoax; So Too is LA’s Governance Reform Project](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27305:the-redistricting-hoax-so-too-las-governance-reform-project&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 20 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/058d-83a3195b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27304:cal-state-and-sexual-harassment-allegations-a-new-report-finds-it-repeatedly-fell-short&catid=375)### [Cal State and Sexual Harassment Allegations. A New Report Finds It Repeatedly Fell Short](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27304:cal-state-and-sexual-harassment-allegations-a-new-report-finds-it-repeatedly-fell-short&catid=375)

Written by Mikhail Zinshteyn on July 20 2023.

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Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on July 17 2023.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on July 17 2023.

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Written by Thom Hartmann on July 17 2023.

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Written by Ken Alpern on July 17 2023.

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Written by Ken Alpern on July 13 2023.

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