## 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/a7/025c-a73893a2.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/025c.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=01b235ae)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17346:trump-cornered&catid=9) IMPORTANT READS ## [ Trump Cornered ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17346:trump-cornered&catid=9) Senate Republicans have begun to desert him: Twelve defected on the wall; seven refused to back Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. In the House, Republicans joined Democrats in a 420-0 vote on a resolution to make Robert Mueller’s report public… ### More Coverage - [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) - [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) - [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) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/92/025h-92fefc53.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/025h.png&thumbnail=610,361,&hash=6a068161) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17344:it-s-all-about-incentives&catid=9)IMPORTANT READS ## [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) Indeed, capitalism itself is based upon the idea that if you give people the opportunity to earn more if they work harder, you will encourage higher productivity. In general, this theory seems to hold up. This way of thinking has been hig… --- [ ![](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. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d6/024w-d6fbf128.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2019/024w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=aa54bbf0) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17320:artificial-morality&catid=9)### [Artificial Morality](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17320:artificial-morality&catid=9) PERSPECTIVE--Artificial Intelligence is one thing. Artificial morality is another. 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/component/ajax/?p=cache/97/019f-97264ebc.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2019/019f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4d3e0520) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17217:the-greatest-wall-of-all-or-how-to-solve-the-border-and-china-problems-in-one-swell-foop&catid=9)### [The Greatest Wall of All, or … How To Solve the Border and China Problems in One Swell Foop](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17217:the-greatest-wall-of-all-or-how-to-solve-the-border-and-china-problems-in-one-swell-foop&catid=9) TOMGRAM--Call me crazy, if you want, but I think I see how to do it! [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e4/019w-e4fe907e.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2019/019w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d20f1e48) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17216:balance-in-government-is-not-possible-so-long-as-the-gop-is-allowed-to-cheat&catid=9)### [Balance in Government is Not Possible So Long as the GOP is Allowed to Cheat](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17216:balance-in-government-is-not-possible-so-long-as-the-gop-is-allowed-to-cheat&catid=9) MY TURN--Politics has always been a dirty game, and it seems that it happens in a lot of countries. Our founding fathers knew this and had… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ae/018e-ae617ecb.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2019/018e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2cc5a621) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17196:the-age-of-catastrophism-why-forces-welcoming-economic-social-and-planetary-collapse-are-rising&catid=9)### [The Age of Catastrophism: Why Forces Welcoming Economic, Social, and Planetary Collapse Are Rising](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17196:the-age-of-catastrophism-why-forces-welcoming-economic-social-and-planetary-collapse-are-rising&catid=9) IN THE SHADOWS OF LOSERDOM-It’s a topic you can’t mention in polite company. People will look at you like you’re a little strange, and prob… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fb/018i-fba7ba8c.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2019/018i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=624818b4) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17194:jussie-smollett-and-hate-crimes-one-lie-many-truths&catid=9)### [Jussie Smollett and Hate Crimes: One Lie, Many Truths](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17194:jussie-smollett-and-hate-crimes-one-lie-many-truths&catid=9) OTHER WORDS-Jussie Smollett, a popular actor and singer-songwriter, was recently arrested and charged with filing a false police report. Sm… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/41/018h-418f4ad1.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2019/018h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=37cf15d4) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17193:o-n-e&catid=9)### [O.N.E.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17193:o-n-e&catid=9) GUEST WORDS--Our National Embarrassment. Our National Emergency. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1f/017h-1f310be5.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2019/017h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=01df1f57) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17176:jussie-smollett-and-due-process-a-tale-of-respect-gained-and-lost-for-the-chicago-pd&catid=9)### [Jussie Smollett and Due Process: A Tale of Respect Gained … and Lost … for the Chicago PD ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17176:jussie-smollett-and-due-process-a-tale-of-respect-gained-and-lost-for-the-chicago-pd&catid=9) VIEW FROM HERE-The pain across the country is real. What Jussie Smollett supposedly did is unspeakable. He staged his own assault and blame… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6b/017n-6b0bb602.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2019/017n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d9ffe0a7) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17175:how-capitalism-s-traumas-and-fears-are-becoming-its-delusions-and-psychoses&catid=9)### [How Capitalism’s Traumas and Fears are Becoming its Delusions and Psychoses](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17175:how-capitalism-s-traumas-and-fears-are-becoming-its-delusions-and-psychoses&catid=9) THE REAL COST OF CAPITALISM-Here’s a tiny observation, which you’re welcome to disagree with. I wouldn’t blame you. 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