Beth Cone is a professional writer living in the Los Angeles area. She covers Resistance Watch and other major issues for CityWatch.

Bob Gelfand writes on science, culture, and politics for CityWatch in GELFAND'S WORLD. He can be reached at amrep535@sbcglobal.net.   

Dennis P. Zine is a former and retired LAPD Supervisor, former and retired 12-year Los Angeles City Councilman and current General Manager at Bell Canyon in Ventura County.

Denyse Selesnick is a CityWatch columnist and a former publisher/journalist/international event organizer. Denyse can be reached at: Denyse@CityWatchLA.com

Dick Platkin is a former Los Angeles city planner who reports on planning issues for CityWatch. Please send your comments, corrections, and questions to rhplatkin@gmail.com.

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU and a contributor to CityWatch.

Eric Preven is a longtime community activist and is a contributor to CityWatch.

Jack Humphreville writes LA Watchdog for CityWatch. He is the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee, the Budget and DWP representative for the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council, and a Neighborhood Council Budget Advocate.  He can be reached at:  lajack@gmail.com.

James Preston Allen, founding publisher of the Los Angeles Harbor Areas Leading Independent Newspaper 1979- to present, is a journalist, visionary, artist and activist. Over the years Allen has championed many causes through his newspaper using his wit,

Jay Handal is the co-chair of the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates, treasurer of the West LA Sawtelle Neighbored Council and is a long-time community activist who writes for CityWatch.

Kenneth S. Alpern, M.D. is a dermatologist and CityWatch Columnist. He is a Westside Village Zone Director and Board member of the Mar Vista Community Council (MVCC), previously co-chaired its Outreach Committee,

Ken Draper is the editor of CityWatch. He can be reached at ken@citywatchla.com.

Paul Rosenberg is a Los Angeles, California-based writer/activist, senior editor for Random Lengths News, and a columnist for Salon and Al Jazeera English. He has written extensively on port pollution issues and national politics for over 20 years.

Phyllis M. Daugherty is a contributor to CityWatch and a former Los Angeles City employee.

Richard Lee Abrams has been an attorney, a Realtor and community relations consultant as well as a CityWatch contributor.  You may email him at RickLeeAbrams@Gmail.com

Robert Hunziker, MA, economic history DePaul University, awarded membership in Pi Gamma Mu International Academic Honor Society in Social Sciences is a freelance writer and environmental journalist who has over 200 published articles appearing in over 50 journals, magazines, and sites worldwide.

Sara Corcoran is publisher of the National Courts Monitor and writes for CityWatch, Daily Koz, and other news outlets.

Tim Deegan is a civic activist whose Deegan on LA weekly column about city planning, new urbanism, the environment, and the homeless appear in CityWatch. Tim can be reached at timdeegan2015@gmail.com.

Tony Butka is an Eastside community activist, who has served on a neighborhood council, has a background in government and is a contributor to CityWatch.