## In the News [ ![](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/bb/063e-bbfe3056.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) ### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) August 10 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064j-ae16d9b9.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) ### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) August 13 2026 --- [![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f4/077n-f4b75e8a.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/077n.jpg&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=a4173707)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25583:rick-caruso-crosses-the-line-into-religious-bigotry&catid=396) POLITICS ## [ Rick Caruso's Recent Ad Crosses the Line ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25583:rick-caruso-crosses-the-line-into-religious-bigotry&catid=396) His outrageous religious bigotry crossed a line which no politician should ever cross. Not only did Rick Caruso indulge in hideous defamation of Scientology as a religion, but he presented the advertisement as if Karen Bass supported homop… ### More Coverage - [Looming USC Cloud Over Caruso and Bass](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25497:looming-usc-cloud-over-caruso-and-bass&catid=396) - [Heather Hutt Wins! Wait…She Wasn’t Running Against Anybody](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25476:heather-hutt-wins-wait-she-wasn-t-running-against-anybody&catid=396) - [Which Mayoral Candidate Will Take The Pledge to Appoint a New Team for Neighborhood Councils?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25160:which-mayoral-candidate-will-take-the-pledge-to-appoint-a-new-team-for-neighborhood-councils&catid=396) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/35/074c-358a11d4.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/074c.jpg&thumbnail=610,413,&hash=3cefc25a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25498:rick-caruso-comes-to-the-northeast&catid=396)POLITICS ## [Rick Caruso Comes to the Northeast!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25498:rick-caruso-comes-to-the-northeast&catid=396) Appropriately, the event was held at the Police Museum on York Blvd, over by Figueroa. Hats off to our own Caroline Aguirre, who bought a lot of side dishes to feed the crowd. She also handled registration. What really surprised me was… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ca/074e-caed2823.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/074e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5b3b72ff) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25497:looming-usc-cloud-over-caruso-and-bass&catid=396)### [Looming USC Cloud Over Caruso and Bass](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25497:looming-usc-cloud-over-caruso-and-bass&catid=396) DEEGAN ON LA—Crime stopping is former Police Commission President Rick Caruso’s calling card. Criminal corruption is a shadow that is now d… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/54/073p-54f5a2c9.jpg&src=images/stories/Sept-2022/073p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=aeaa272e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25476:heather-hutt-wins-wait-she-wasn-t-running-against-anybody&catid=396)### [Heather Hutt Wins! Wait…She Wasn’t Running Against Anybody](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25476:heather-hutt-wins-wait-she-wasn-t-running-against-anybody&catid=396) CD10 UPDATE - There is a power cabal at City Hall and they have selected and crowned the New CD10 representative Heather Hutt while ignorin… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0e/060a-0eb20ed4.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2022/060a.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=16b72b2f) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25160:which-mayoral-candidate-will-take-the-pledge-to-appoint-a-new-team-for-neighborhood-councils&catid=396)### [Which Mayoral Candidate Will Take The Pledge to Appoint a New Team for Neighborhood Councils?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25160:which-mayoral-candidate-will-take-the-pledge-to-appoint-a-new-team-for-neighborhood-councils&catid=396) THE EASTSIDER - Almost a year ago, I urged all candidates for Mayor to promise to replace the General Manager of DONE and the (unpaid) memb… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0f/046s-0f8d9790.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/046s.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0f8ec2bb) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24795:voters-in-la-and-sf-voice-their-disgust&catid=396)### [Voters in LA and SF Voice Their Disgust](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24795:voters-in-la-and-sf-voice-their-disgust&catid=396) CAL MATTERS - It may be tempting to make too much of what happened Tuesday in California’s two most prominent cities, San Francisco and Los… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/62/046y-62428555.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/046y.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fffee11e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24791:everyone-got-a-ballot-but-few-showed-up&catid=396)### [Everyone Got A Ballot But Few Showed Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24791:everyone-got-a-ballot-but-few-showed-up&catid=396) ELECTION ANALYSIS - It’s Election Day three hours before the polls close and 17,475 voters out of 133,978 have cast their ballots in Counci… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/03/045e-03af149f.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/045e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bbd9491a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24753:la-city-controller-race-candidates-locked-in-catfight&catid=396)### [LA City Controller Race: Candidates Locked in Catfight](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24753:la-city-controller-race-candidates-locked-in-catfight&catid=396) ANIMAL WATCH - The City of Los Angeles is seeking a new City Controller. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/63/045g2-63559a2a.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/045g2.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b84eec86) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24747:a-female-professor-is-forcibly-removed-from-mayoral-debate-at-cal-state-la&catid=396)### [A Female Professor is Forcibly Removed From Mayoral Debate at Cal State LA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24747:a-female-professor-is-forcibly-removed-from-mayoral-debate-at-cal-state-la&catid=396) LA ELECTION 2022 - Doctor Melina Abdullah, a 20-year tenured professor of Pan African Studies at Cal State LA, sat amidst the empty seats i… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/08/045i-082f7b09.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/045i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cf06b401) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24746:those-voting-for-rick-caruso-are-probably-just-sick-of-the-same-ol-same-ol&catid=396)### [Those Voting For Rick Caruso Are Probably Just Sick of the "Same Ol', Same Ol'](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24746:those-voting-for-rick-caruso-are-probably-just-sick-of-the-same-ol-same-ol&catid=396) THE DOCTOR IS IN - Guess what, everybody--there's a big election coming up 6/7/2022 (tomorrow)! [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fd/044o-fdc8054b.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/044o.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4bc72595) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24730:getting-the-candidates-so-wrong&catid=396)### [Getting the Candidates So Wrong?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24730:getting-the-candidates-so-wrong&catid=396) LA ELECTION 2022 - The Los Angeles mayoral campaign has become an exercise in misinformation, clouding the public’s muddled perceptions of… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/84/044b-84833dd3.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/044b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b833f63c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24722:los-angeles-june-7-primaries-reflect-major-national-issues&catid=396)### [Los Angeles June 7 Primaries Reflect Major National Issues](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24722:los-angeles-june-7-primaries-reflect-major-national-issues&catid=396) LA ELECTION 2022 - The Los Angeles mayoral race has attracted national attention and seems to be dwindling down to two widely known figures… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d9/041i-d9c8110f.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2022/041i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=31d6b39e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24641:la-election-june-7-here-are-my-picks&catid=396)### [LA Election June 7: Here Are My Picks](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24641:la-election-june-7-here-are-my-picks&catid=396) RantZ & RaveZ - Who should you vote for in the June 7th Primary Election? 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However, for as long as I can remember, I have never voted for every Democrat l… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/82/040e-8265fc60.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2022/040e.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=99a6779c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24610:electoral-reform-la-s-green-party-supports-dulce-vasquez-for-la-city-council&catid=396)### [Electoral Reform: LA’s Green Party Supports Dulce Vasquez for LA City Council](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24610:electoral-reform-la-s-green-party-supports-dulce-vasquez-for-la-city-council&catid=396) LA ELECTION 2022 - For such an important city, Los Angeles has a deeply flawed electoral system. 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