## 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/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 [ ![](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/c0/079q-c05f8bbc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) ### [Are Small Businesses And Workers Fighting Their True Adversary In The Fast-Food Battle?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) October 01 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f2/077j-f271ea04.jpg) ### Why The Far Right Lies About Immigrants Written by Peter Certo on September 23 2024. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29594-why-the-far-right-lies-about-immigrants) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ec/076s-ec349213.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29581-if-you-want-to-corrupt-an-honest-person-elect-him-to-la-city-council)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 19 2024. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [If You Want to Corrupt an Honest Person, Elect Him to LA City Council](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29581-if-you-want-to-corrupt-an-honest-person-elect-him-to-la-city-council) THE VIEW FROM HERE - Here’s LA’s dilemma. In order to function, a government needs to have power to coerce people to do things. Power, however, tends… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5d/076l-5dbb3e64.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29580-clickbait-the-dangers-of-the-disposable-society)### [Clickbait – The Dangers of the Disposable Society](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29580-clickbait-the-dangers-of-the-disposable-society) Written by Liz Amsden on September 19 2024. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/49/075a-495e58f0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29543-key-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-a-business-broker)### [Key Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Business Broker](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29543-key-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-a-business-broker) Written by CityWatch on September 15 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/074q-2d2632a5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29541-will-corporate-landlords-spend-100-million-to-kill-prop-33-and-silence-ahf)### [Will Corporate Landlords Spend $100 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Silence AHF?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29541-will-corporate-landlords-spend-100-million-to-kill-prop-33-and-silence-ahf) Written by Patrick Range McDonald on September 12 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/074m-de67d44d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29537-the-exponentially-rising-risks-of-a-i)### [The Exponentially Rising Risks of A.I.](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29537-the-exponentially-rising-risks-of-a-i) Written by Liz Amsden on September 12 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9d/074j-9d4326f7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29533-kroger-posts-massive-profits-amid-price-gouging-outcry-and-merger-push)### [Kroger Posts Massive Profits Amid Price Gouging Outcry and Merger Push](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29533-kroger-posts-massive-profits-amid-price-gouging-outcry-and-merger-push) Written by Julia Conley on September 12 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/19/073e-19958a0e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29520-for-all-the-right-reasons)### [“For All The Right Reasons”](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29520-for-all-the-right-reasons) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 09 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/29/073f-299c3261.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29519-another-ruling-protecting-the-ex-and-punishing-the-people)### [Another Ruling Protecting the Ex and Punishing the People](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29519-another-ruling-protecting-the-ex-and-punishing-the-people) Written by Liz Amsden on September 09 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/06/073c-06309bb0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/29513-mayor-bass-needs-a-new-chief-that-chief-needs-bass-support)### [Mayor Bass Needs a New Chief. 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