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### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12)

August 07 2025

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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

August 03 2026

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### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9)

August 13 2026

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### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396)

August 10 2026

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 Written by Mayor’s Office on June 20 2019. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

##  [ Mayor has New Plan for Homeless Encampment Sanitation ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17914:mayor-has-new-plan-for-homeless-encampment-sanitation&catid=375)

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## [Long-Time Stakeholder Challenges Mid-City West NC Election](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17862:long-time-stakeholder-challenges-mid-city-west-nc-election&catid=375)

Attached is the “Progressive Slate Election Day Picnic” flyer (front/page 1, solicitation, back/page 2. slate). This handout clearly documents some of many serious abuses and violations to the citizen election process to this oversight bo…

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Written by Mayor Eric Garcetti on June 13 2019.

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Written by Demetra K. Stuart on April 22 2019.

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Written by Monique Judge on March 21 2019.

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Written by The Counterfeit Report on February 21 2019.

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Written by Larry Buhl on February 18 2019.

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Written by Gabriella Landeros on February 14 2019.

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Written by Darrell Park on February 11 2019.

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Written by Oren Katz on January 17 2019.

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Written by Janet Kelly on December 20 2018.

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Written by Adrienne Nicole Edwards &amp; Charlie Williamson on November 01 2018.

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Written by Mitch Englander on October 11 2018.

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Written by Mayor Eric Garcetti on September 03 2018.

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Written by Adam Schiff on August 23 2018.

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Written by Adam Schiff on August 20 2018.

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