## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/074h-6dc681e8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) ### [L.A. 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Posted in [LA WATCHDOG](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog). ## [Shameful! LA May be Forced to Borrow Millions to Make Lawsuit Payments … Time to Throw the Bums Out](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/12409-shameful-la-may-be-forced-to-borrow-millions-to-make-lawsuit-payments-time-to-throw-the-bums-out) LA WATCHDOG--Despite General Fund revenues being up by over $1 billion since Eric Garcetti became our Mayor, the City Administrative Officer indic… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/502n-6aa1f318.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/12385-cha-ching-eric-s-pet-la-river-project-balloons-to-7-billion-time-to-show-us-the-money)### [Cha Ching!! Eric’s Pet LA River Project Balloons to $7 Billion …Time to Show Us the Money!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/12385-cha-ching-eric-s-pet-la-river-project-balloons-to-7-billion-time-to-show-us-the-money) Written by Jack Humphreville on January 05 2017. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/094t-d400a1f5.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/12175-la-county-s-50-billion-retirement-time-bomb)### [LA County’s $50 Billion Retirement Time Bomb](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/12175-la-county-s-50-billion-retirement-time-bomb) Written by Jack Humphreville on November 21 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/092l-6b3baa81.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/12126-city-is-cooking-the-books-covering-up-severity-of-our-pension-crisis)### [City is Cooking the Books, Covering Up Severity of Our Pension Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/12126-city-is-cooking-the-books-covering-up-severity-of-our-pension-crisis) Written by Jack Humphreville on November 14 2016. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ff/083s-ff31f9d0.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/11963-all-you-need-to-know-only-the-dwp-reform-measure-deserves-our-support)### [All You Need to Know: Only the DWP Reform Measure Deserves Our Support](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/11963-all-you-need-to-know-only-the-dwp-reform-measure-deserves-our-support) Written by Jack Humphreville on October 13 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/081w-8fb2fcb8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/11930-dwp-fig-plaza-deal-dwp-board-caves-mayor-goes-back-to-basics-ratepayers-screwed-again)### [DWP Fig Plaza Deal: DWP Board Caves, Mayor Goes Back to Basics, Ratepayers Screwed … Again](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/11930-dwp-fig-plaza-deal-dwp-board-caves-mayor-goes-back-to-basics-ratepayers-screwed-again) Written by Jack Humphreville on October 06 2016. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/078v-6dbed7ab.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/11835-dwp-deserves-free-rent-at-fig-plaza)### [DWP Deserves ‘Free’ Rent at Fig Plaza](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/11835-dwp-deserves-free-rent-at-fig-plaza) Written by Jack Humphreville on September 19 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/08/074w-087de7ab.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/11798-shocker-angelenos-face-1-6-billion-tax-bill-if-all-the-november-ballot-measures-pass)### [Shocker! Angelenos Face $1.6 Billion Tax Bill … If All the November Ballot Measures Pass](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/11798-shocker-angelenos-face-1-6-billion-tax-bill-if-all-the-november-ballot-measures-pass) Written by Jack Humphreville on September 12 2016. 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