##  [ Subsidized Granny Flats: LA Testing New Approach to Fighting Homelessness](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13892-subsidized-granny-flats-la-testing-new-approach-to-fighting-homelessness "Subsidized Granny Flats: LA Testing New Approach to Fighting Homelessness")

      Details    Linda Poon    [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 28 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069v.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13892-subsidized-granny-flats-la-testing-new-approach-to-fighting-homelessness)

California's budding [YIMBY movement](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/us/california-today-yimby-movement.html) is up for a real test. Under a new pilot program approved last week, Los Angeles County homeowners are being asked to literally open up their backyards to the homeless.

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   ##  [ The Cost of Silence: How a Wealthy LA Democratic Donor Muted an Entire Political Party](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13891-the-cost-of-silence-how-a-wealthy-la-democratic-donor-muted-an-entire-political-party "The Cost of Silence: How a Wealthy LA Democratic Donor Muted an Entire Political Party")

      Details    Jasmyne A. Cannick    [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 28 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069w.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13891-the-cost-of-silence-how-a-wealthy-la-democratic-donor-muted-an-entire-political-party)

REVEALED--The silence from LA’s Democratic community on the recent death of a 26-year-old Black gay male escort in the West Hollywood apartment of 63-year-old prominent Democratic political donor Ed Buck has been astounding.

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   ##  [ The Usual Anti-Transit Suspects: Still Wrong ... But Not ALL Wrong](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13888-the-usual-anti-transit-suspects-still-wrong-but-not-all-wrong "The Usual Anti-Transit Suspects: Still Wrong ... But Not ALL Wrong")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 28 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069z1.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13888-the-usual-anti-transit-suspects-still-wrong-but-not-all-wrong)

GETTING THERE FROM HERE--As outlined in my last [CityWatch article](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles-for-rss/13863-there-s-a-force-destroying-california-s-quality-of-life-and-it-s-not-the-orange-man-in-the-white-house), the problems facing Angelenos and other Californians are mainly local/state-induced, and have nothing to do with President Donald J. Trump.

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   ##  [ Trump Screwed Up Democracy, Silicon Valley Will Finish the Job](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13886-trump-screwed-up-democracy-silicon-valley-will-finish-the-job "Trump Screwed Up Democracy, Silicon Valley Will Finish the Job")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 28 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069z3.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13886-trump-screwed-up-democracy-silicon-valley-will-finish-the-job)

NEW GEOGRAPHY--When Democrats made their post-election populist [“Better Deal”](http://www.thedailybeast.com/how-democrats-can-take-back-middle-america) pitch, they took a strong stance against pharmaceutical and financial [monopolies](https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/democrats-aim-big-companies-economic-blueprint-101356313--sector.html). But they conspicuously left out the most profound antitrust challenge of our time—[the tech oligarchy](http://www.thedailybeast.com/todays-tech-oligarchs-are-worse-than-the-robber-barons).

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   ##  [ All Thoughts Not Golden … There is LA Angst Over the Olympics](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13879-all-thoughts-not-golden-there-is-la-angst-over-the-olympics "All Thoughts Not Golden … There is LA Angst Over the Olympics")

      Details    Brendan Whalen    [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068b.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13879-all-thoughts-not-golden-there-is-la-angst-over-the-olympics)

CAPITAL & MAIN REPORT--For Mayor Eric Garcetti and the rest of the bid committee working to bring the Summer Olympics back to Southern California, the 1984 Los Angeles games are not just a beloved chapter of local history, but one to be emulated as closely as possible. With its storybook marriage of private investment and civic management, the myth of the glorious LA Olympics is alive and well at City Hall. But not everyone’s memories of the Summer of ’84 are quite so golden.

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   ##  [ Congress of Neighborhoods Needs to Tackle the BIG Issues](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13877-congress-of-neighborhoods-needs-to-tackle-the-big-issues "Congress of Neighborhoods Needs to Tackle the BIG Issues")

      Details    Jay Handal    [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068e.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13877-congress-of-neighborhoods-needs-to-tackle-the-big-issues)

JUST ASKIN’-Once a year, volunteers from LA’s neighborhood council system get together and orchestrate an NC "Congress."

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   ##  [ Could the Uptick in California Crime Make It a Political Football Again?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13876-could-the-uptick-in-california-crime-make-it-a-political-football-again "Could the Uptick in California Crime Make It a Political Football Again?")

      Details    Dan Walters    [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068f.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13876-could-the-uptick-in-california-crime-make-it-a-political-football-again)

CAL MATTERS-In the main, issues that dominate any session of the California Legislature reflect what the public and news media consider at the time to be the most burning. That’s why, for instance, the state’s acute housing shortage will receive much attention during the final month of this year’s session.

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1. [ Free Speech and the Right to Assemble: No Need for a ‘Mother May I’ Permit](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13874-free-speech-and-the-right-to-assemble-no-need-for-a-mother-may-i-permit)
2. [ How to Deal with the World’s First Troll-Based Presidency](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13871-how-to-deal-with-the-world-s-first-troll-based-presidency)
3. [ Is California Hiding the Truth about Our Mentally Ill](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13870-is-california-hiding-the-truth-about-our-mentally-ill)

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