## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/079q-c05f8bbc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) ### [Are Small Businesses And Workers Fighting Their True Adversary In The Fast-Food Battle?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/080b-b767ee44.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) ### [Why Would LA Voters Elect A City Attorney Who Has Never Tried A Case In Court In Front Of A Jury?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) October 05 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cb/079n-cba2ecf7.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) ### [DWP Ratepayers, Streetlights, and the Lack of Transparency](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/079f-f4db4506.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33455-nithya-raman-asked-jewish-los-angeles-to-trust-her-her-own-words-made-that-harder) ### [Nithya Raman Asked Jewish Los Angeles to Trust Her. 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Posted in [POLITICS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022). ## [LA's Housing Crisis: A System Built for Profit, Not People](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32507-las-housing-crisis-a-system-built-for-profit-not-people) THE VIEW FROM HERE - Over the decades, the Los Angeles City Council and Mayors have followed the maxim to keep voters “bare foot and pregnant.” This… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/03/026d-038faa9b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32494-the-david-ross-interview-for-la-county-judge)### [The David Ross Interview for LA County Judge](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32494-the-david-ross-interview-for-la-county-judge) Written by Nick Antonicello on April 02 2026. 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Housing, Safety, and Gridlock, the Challenges Facing California’s 32nd District](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32414-the-jake-levine-interview-housing-safety-and-gridlock-the-challenges-facing-californias-32nd-district) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on March 16 2026. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/54/021o-54269a47.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32407-poll-shows-raman-emerging-as-basss-strongest-challenger)### [Poll Shows Raman Emerging as Bass’s Strongest Challenger](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32407-poll-shows-raman-emerging-as-basss-strongest-challenger) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on March 16 2026. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ff/021n-ff467386.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32404-fantasyland-2-0)### [Fantasyland 2.0](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/32404-fantasyland-2-0) Written by Liz Amsden on March 16 2026. 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