## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) ### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) August 06 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://mail.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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c4/028c-c41ab725.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/028c.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=f56c2828)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17407:was-ending-the-draft-a-grave-mistake&catid=9) IMPORTANT READS ## [ Was Ending the Draft a Grave Mistake? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17407:was-ending-the-draft-a-grave-mistake&catid=9) I was the youngest (and most progressive) member, as well as the lowest-ranking veteran among a group of leaders and speakers that included two retired generals, the chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a few former co… ### More Coverage - [Justice Democrats’ Dark Truth](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17370:justice-democrats-dark-truth&catid=9) - [Three Lessons from the ‘Failed’ Mueller Inquiry](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17369:three-lessons-from-the-failed-mueller-inquiry&catid=9) - [What’s Next for the Green New Deal?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17365:what-s-next-for-the-green-new-deal&catid=9) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ec/027k-ec0f6c54.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/027k.png&thumbnail=610,342,&hash=c9bb63da) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17392:republicans-don-t-want-a-democracy-they-want-an-authoritarian-dictatorship&catid=9)IMPORTANT READS ## [Republicans Don’t Want a Democracy - They Want an Authoritarian Dictatorship](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17392:republicans-don-t-want-a-democracy-they-want-an-authoritarian-dictatorship&catid=9) This accusation is a completely realistic one, as there are fewer people registered Republican than Democrat or Independent. Yet here we are, battling their constant gerrymandering and voter suppression, while the constituents remain spine… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4b/026f-4b2366f7.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0adc8da4) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17370:justice-democrats-dark-truth&catid=9)### [Justice Democrats’ Dark Truth](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17370:justice-democrats-dark-truth&catid=9) MY TURN--Justice Democrats heralds their call to action, not by making an attempt to get trump and his evil band of idiots out of office, b… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/46/026c-460ccf19.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a9401edc) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17369:three-lessons-from-the-failed-mueller-inquiry&catid=9)### [Three Lessons from the ‘Failed’ Mueller Inquiry](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17369:three-lessons-from-the-failed-mueller-inquiry&catid=9) RIGGING THE SYSTEM--Here are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry by special couns… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0c/026b-0ce588c8.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=53e0cf5e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17365:what-s-next-for-the-green-new-deal&catid=9)### [What’s Next for the Green New Deal?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17365:what-s-next-for-the-green-new-deal&catid=9) CLIMATE CHANGE POLITICS-The United States Senate rejected a resolution for a Green New Deal, the non-binding resolution with lofty climate… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fe/026w-fe12871f.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5e6fa84a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17360:a-russiagate-reality-check&catid=9)### [A Russiagate Reality Check](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17360:a-russiagate-reality-check&catid=9) FEELING TRUMPED? --Donald Trump is bragging that the Mueller report did not prove he colluded with Russia during the 2016 election. For m… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d7/026e-d77715cd.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/026e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bef953d1) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17358:mueller-report-ends-a-shameful-period-for-the-press&catid=9)### [Mueller Report Ends a Shameful Period for the Press](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17358:mueller-report-ends-a-shameful-period-for-the-press&catid=9) GUEST COMMENTARY--The Mueller report’s categorical statement that Donald Trump and his campaign did not collude with Russia ends one of the… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/dc/025c-dcd4e939.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/025c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3fd23be2) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17346:trump-cornered&catid=9)### [Trump Cornered](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17346:trump-cornered&catid=9) IN DEPTH--What does a megalomaniacal president of the United States do when he’s cornered? We’ll soon find out. House Democrats are begin… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/025h-eaeb897d.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/025h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=65f50616) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17344:it-s-all-about-incentives&catid=9)### [It’s All About Incentives](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17344:it-s-all-about-incentives&catid=9) VOTER FRAUD CONUNDRUM-Economics is all about incentives. Consider how economists talk about unemployment compensation. They worry that if t… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/af/025g-af5eaf25.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/025g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2efbbdfd) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17340:mueller-s-report-at-least-what-we-know-of-it-does-not-reflect-trump-s-real-obstructions-of-justice&catid=9)### [Mueller’s Report … at Least What We Know of It … Does Not Reflect Trump’s Real Obstructions of Justice](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17340:mueller-s-report-at-least-what-we-know-of-it-does-not-reflect-trump-s-real-obstructions-of-justice&catid=9) VIEW FROM HERE--As soon as the president stepped off Air Force One to bask in the afterglow of being vindicated by Robert Mueller’s report… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fc/024j-fc085c52.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/024j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a08e8bb3) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17324:identity-politics-and-the-radicalization-of-white-men&catid=9)### [Identity Politics and the Radicalization of White Men](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17324:identity-politics-and-the-radicalization-of-white-men&catid=9) 2020 -- When Bernie Sanders launched his 2020 presidential bid this week, a Vermont Public Radio interviewer asked him how his candidacy fi… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/df/024q-df0cd699.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/024q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c71cd42f) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17323:conservative-support-of-fascism-has-radicalized-normal-americans&catid=9)### [Conservative Support of Fascism Has Radicalized Normal Americans](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17323:conservative-support-of-fascism-has-radicalized-normal-americans&catid=9) MY TURN-Being a liberal activist is not only a personal choice, it is a passion. I always embraced the many people who would join the cause… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8e/024d-8e4f214f.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/024d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=42edc74f) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17321:white-supremacy-is-a-genuinely-global-threat&catid=9)### [White Supremacy Is a Genuinely Global Threat](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17321:white-supremacy-is-a-genuinely-global-threat&catid=9) RACIST POLITICS--It's inspired terrorist attacks — and entire governing structures — on multiple continents. 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It may sound something like this: [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1c/024f-1c3e5213.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/024f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c41b7f77) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17319:the-real-reason-bush-went-to-war-in-iraq-the-answer-may-shock-you&catid=9)### [The Real Reason Bush Went to War in Iraq: The Answer May Shock You](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17319:the-real-reason-bush-went-to-war-in-iraq-the-answer-may-shock-you&catid=9) EXPOSED--Sixteen years after the United States invaded Iraq and left a trail of destruction and chaos in the country and the region, one as… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/73/023e-735bec0f.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/023e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=332cef41) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17302:trump-s-crusade-against-truth-is-reminiscent-of-scopes-trial&catid=9)### [Trump’s Crusade Against Truth is Reminiscent of Scopes Trial](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17302:trump-s-crusade-against-truth-is-reminiscent-of-scopes-trial&catid=9) VIEW FROM HERE--Later this month The George Eastman Museum in Rochester is set to screen the 1960 courtroom drama Inherit the Wind. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d2/022o-d2daf974.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/022o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c5b3ed98) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17279:elizabeth-warren-is-right-about-big-tech&catid=9)### [Elizabeth Warren Is Right About Big Tech](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17279:elizabeth-warren-is-right-about-big-tech&catid=9) BUSTING THE BEHEMOTHS-Presidential hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren announced Friday she wants to bust up giants like Facebook, Google, and… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d8/022v-d8602856.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/022v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0acbee5d) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17275:america-s-long-history-of-hysteria-about-women-s-veils&catid=9)### [America’s Long History of Hysteria About Women’s Veils](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17275:america-s-long-history-of-hysteria-about-women-s-veils&catid=9) FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN?--Fox far right wing propagandist Jeanine Pirro came after Ilhan Omar for veiling, saying it is unconstitutional for he… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/29/021e-29069faa.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/021e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a467c674) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17257:the-shameful-attack-that-backfired&catid=9)### [The Shameful Attack That Backfired](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17257:the-shameful-attack-that-backfired&catid=9) WAR OF WORDS--What happened to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was troubling. On the one hand, because she dared to challenge the way supporters o… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b9/020o-b9b93616.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/020o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e2119c92) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17238:bravo-for-julian-castro-but&catid=9)### [Bravo for Julian Castro, But …](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17238:bravo-for-julian-castro-but&catid=9) LATINO PERSPECTIVE-Politics sometimes makes drunkards of us all with its intoxicating whiffs of power and possibility -- and it often cloud… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5a/020i-5a508930.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/020i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=89f9236d) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17237:conversations-with-america-s-political-extremes&catid=9)### [Conversations with America’s Political Extremes](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17237:conversations-with-america-s-political-extremes&catid=9) MY TURN-As a journalist, I have been monitoring, following, and communicating with factions of extremists on both sides of the political re… [![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/ME%20DENTAL%20SPA/me%20dental%202026%20final.jpg)](http://medentalspa.com/) ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/banners/signup-for-cw.png) ## Get The News In Your Email Inbox Mondays & Thursdays Message [ ![LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/dwp%20level%20pay%205-7-25.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/82 "LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)") [ ![Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/HHR/AHF-rent-too-high.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/104 "Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2") ---