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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)

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 Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 16 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

##  [ Centrists’ Time to Come to Jesus Moment ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33047:centrists-time-to-come-to-jesus-moment&catid=375)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - All cultures have their pivotal moments: Do or Die, Cut Bait or Fish, Sink or Swim, Face the Music, Judgment Day is Here, Take off the Gloves, etc. Both Political Parties have gone way, way too far into their own extr…

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## [Los Angeles Isn't Broke by Accident, It's Being Bankrupted by Bad Decisions](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33043:los-angeles-isnt-broke-by-accident-its-being-bankrupted-by-bad-decisions&catid=375)

BUDGET ADVOCATES - Every budget season, Angelenos hear the same familiar warnings: another budget deficit, another hiring freeze, another round of service cuts, and another promise that better days are just around the corner. Yet every yea…

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Written by Richard Abrams on July 09 2026.

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Written by Liz Amsden on July 06 2026.

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