## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/078f-f106f609.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33444-lahsa-is-gone-but-the-homeless-industrial-complex-lives-on) ### [LAHSA Is Gone, but the Homeless-Industrial-Complex Lives On](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33444-lahsa-is-gone-but-the-homeless-industrial-complex-lives-on) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/077a-56ff870c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) ### [With National Implications, Corporate Landlords Take Aim at Three Pro-Rent Control Campaigns in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) September 24 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/078b-bcdfc148.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33434-karen-bass-trails-in-reelection-race-can-she-turn-it-around) ### [Karen Bass Trails in Reelection Race — Can She Turn It Around?](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33434-karen-bass-trails-in-reelection-race-can-she-turn-it-around) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/98/078p-98489d4f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/finance/33442-the-settlement-bill-nobody-is-managing-inside-los-angeles-countys-sheriff-litigation-tab) ### [The Settlement Bill Nobody Is Managing — Inside Los Angeles County's Sheriff Litigation Tab](https://www.citywatchla.com/finance/33442-the-settlement-bill-nobody-is-managing-inside-los-angeles-countys-sheriff-litigation-tab) September 28 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/04/013p-04e7937a.jpg) ### Greed and Cronyism Conspire Against Canada Written by Liz Amsden on February 12 2026. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32261-greed-and-cronyism-conspire-against-canada) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cf/012a-cfc6c8d7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32254-two-papers-two-realities-how-media-framing-shapes-public-perception)Written by John Schwada on February 09 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [Two Papers, Two Realities: How Media Framing Shapes Public Perception](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32254-two-papers-two-realities-how-media-framing-shapes-public-perception) PERSPECTIVE - News mogul Rupert Murdoch’s scrappy, iconoclastic California Post has arrived in Los Angeles with a new brand of journalism—and it didn… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d5/012o-d5a4366c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32251-isnt-it-time-to-stage-a-counter-coup-in-these-here-united-states)### [Isn’t It Time to Stage a Counter-Coup in These Here United States?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32251-isnt-it-time-to-stage-a-counter-coup-in-these-here-united-states) Written by Liz Amsden on February 09 2026. 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