## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/078f-f106f609.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33444-lahsa-is-gone-but-the-homeless-industrial-complex-lives-on) ### [LAHSA Is Gone, but the Homeless-Industrial-Complex Lives On](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33444-lahsa-is-gone-but-the-homeless-industrial-complex-lives-on) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/078b-bcdfc148.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33434-karen-bass-trails-in-reelection-race-can-she-turn-it-around) ### [Karen Bass Trails in Reelection Race — Can She Turn It Around?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33434-karen-bass-trails-in-reelection-race-can-she-turn-it-around) September 28 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/98/078p-98489d4f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/finance/33442-the-settlement-bill-nobody-is-managing-inside-los-angeles-countys-sheriff-litigation-tab) ### [The Settlement Bill Nobody Is Managing — Inside Los Angeles County's Sheriff Litigation Tab](https://mail.citywatchla.com/finance/33442-the-settlement-bill-nobody-is-managing-inside-los-angeles-countys-sheriff-litigation-tab) September 28 2026 [ ![](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 # LA WATCHDOG --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ee/009n-ee71e421.png) ### Reimagining Our Los Angeles Times Written by Jack Humphreville on February 01 2021. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/21164-reimaging-our-los-angeles-times) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/007i-1d18f1ba.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/21125-la-s-criminal-enterprise-englander-sentenced-but-garcetti-and-feuer-are-also-guilty)Written by Jack Humphreville on January 25 2021. Posted in [LA WATCHDOG](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog). ## [LA’s Criminal Enterprise: Englander Sentenced, but Garcetti and Feuer Are Also Guilty](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/21125-la-s-criminal-enterprise-englander-sentenced-but-garcetti-and-feuer-are-also-guilty) Since that time, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged nine individuals in connection with its ongoing criminal investigation into the pay-to-play c… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/006e-f94e5bd8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/21102-will-la-s-city-council-have-the-courage-to-investigate-carmel-partners-35-story-mateo-street-development)### [Will LA’s City Council Have the Courage to Investigate Carmel Partners’ 35-Story Mateo Street Development?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/21102-will-la-s-city-council-have-the-courage-to-investigate-carmel-partners-35-story-mateo-street-development) Written by Jack Humphreville on January 21 2021. 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