## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) ### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) August 06 2026 [ ![](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/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/96/029v-96e7e2de.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/029v.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=fcbe3e03)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10877:nasty-rain-tax-on-the-horizon&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG ## [ Nasty Rain Tax on the Horizon ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10877:nasty-rain-tax-on-the-horizon&catid=12) Dubbed the Drought Resiliency Work Plan by its political consultants, the Supervisors have directed its Department of Public Works to report back to the Board within 45 days “with the necessary actions, timeline, and budget for developi… ### More Coverage - [Wesson, Garcetti Endorse LA 2020 Commission’s Budget Recommendations](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10829:wesson-garcetti-endorse-la-2020-commission-s-budget-recommendations&catid=12) - [Metro’s $120 Billion Tax Increase: No Oversight, No Deal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10805:metro-s-120-billion-tax-increase-no-oversight-no-deal&catid=12) - [Whoa! City Employees Compensation Package Explodes … to $175,000](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10784:whoa-city-employees-compensation-package-explodes-to-175-000&catid=12) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2016/028s.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10836:dwp-violating-purpose-of-government-owned-utilities-shouldn-t-be-city-hall-s-cash-cow&catid=12)LA WATCHDOG ## [DWP Violating Purpose of Government-Owned Utilities … Shouldn’t be City Hall’s Cash Cow](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10836:dwp-violating-purpose-of-government-owned-utilities-shouldn-t-be-city-hall-s-cash-cow&catid=12) Next year, we will be smacked with a 9% increase in fees and taxes, or a whopping $661 million. And this does not include City Hall’s pet projects or the IBEW Labor Premium that has been facilitated by the City Council and our previous… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/027w-ea011664.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2016/027w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8b33c2c8) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10829:wesson-garcetti-endorse-la-2020-commission-s-budget-recommendations&catid=12)### [Wesson, Garcetti Endorse LA 2020 Commission’s Budget Recommendations](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10829:wesson-garcetti-endorse-la-2020-commission-s-budget-recommendations&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--On April 9, 2014, almost two years ago, the Los Angeles 2020 Commission recommended unanimously that our City create an indepe… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b2/026t-b2f3fda7.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2016/026t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=acf853b4) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10805:metro-s-120-billion-tax-increase-no-oversight-no-deal&catid=12)### [Metro’s $120 Billion Tax Increase: No Oversight, No Deal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10805:metro-s-120-billion-tax-increase-no-oversight-no-deal&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Metro”), Mayor Eric Garcetti, and the transportation lobby have… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f6/025r-f64f31ae.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2016/025r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=499c92bd) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10784:whoa-city-employees-compensation-package-explodes-to-175-000&catid=12)### [Whoa! City Employees Compensation Package Explodes … to $175,000](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10784:whoa-city-employees-compensation-package-explodes-to-175-000&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--A simple investigation into how much it would cost to implement Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell’s motion to establish Indigenous… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5f/024t-5f4bb5ca.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2016/024t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f2f838a9) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10765:when-will-la-endorse-pension-transparency&catid=12)### [When Will LA Endorse Pension Transparency?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10765:when-will-la-endorse-pension-transparency&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Council President Herb Wesson, Budget Committee Chair Paul Krekorian, (photo above) and Personnel Co… [ 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](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10723:city-council-slush-funds-are-a-major-league-rip-off&catid=12)### [City Council Slush Funds Are a Major League Rip Off](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10723:city-council-slush-funds-are-a-major-league-rip-off&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--You need be a skilled forensic accountant with a large, well trained staff to even begin to understand the shenanigans associa… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e5/021s-e57505cf.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10699:the-homeless-crisis-question-that-la-s-political-leaders-run-from-how-are-we-going-to-pay-for-it&catid=12)### [The Homeless Crisis Question that LA’s Political Leaders Run from: How are We Going to Pay for It?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10699:the-homeless-crisis-question-that-la-s-political-leaders-run-from-how-are-we-going-to-pay-for-it&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--In late February, the City indicated that it was investigating a ballot measure that would authorize a new tax, fee, or bond o… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9d/020u-9dabc99e.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2016/020u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=31c7db30) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10680:dwp-reform-behind-closed-doors&catid=12)### [DWP Reform: Behind Closed Doors](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10680:dwp-reform-behind-closed-doors&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--On January 22, Councilman Felipe Fuentes introduced a motion calling for a 2016 ballot measure to reform and to restructure ou… [ 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Hostage?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10610:why-is-lame-duck-felipe-fuentes-holding-dwp-hostage&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--Our Department of Water and Power cannot get out of the spotlight these days as it has proposed to raise our rates by more tha… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0c/016q-0c557bfc.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/016q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=585f99e1) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10575:if-city-hall-fails-to-earn-back-the-public-s-trust-dwp-reform-is-doomed&catid=12)### [If City Hall Fails to Earn Back the Public’s Trust, DWP Reform is Doomed](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10575:if-city-hall-fails-to-earn-back-the-public-s-trust-dwp-reform-is-doomed&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--The primary goal of the ballot measure to reform and restructure the governance of our Department of Water and Power is to hav… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b0/015x-b088f700.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/015x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b03f16a5) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10568:can-la-afford-to-be-safe&catid=12)### [Can LA Afford to be Safe?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10568:can-la-afford-to-be-safe&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--At the Tuesday morning meeting of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, Police Chief Charlie Beck told Mitch Englander a… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ac/014w-ac297c91.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/014w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=01820f38) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10534:the-dwp-tax-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg&catid=12)### [The DWP Tax is the Tip of the Iceberg](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10534:the-dwp-tax-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--While the Ratepayers Advocate opined that the five year, 25% increase in our power rates proposed by our Department of Water a… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6f/013t-6face44e.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/013t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4004ea96) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10504:fuentes-the-school-board-last-minute-grandstanding-designed-to-highjack-dwp-and-the-ratepayers&catid=12)### [Fuentes & the School Board: Last Minute Grandstanding Designed to Highjack DWP and the Ratepayers](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10504:fuentes-the-school-board-last-minute-grandstanding-designed-to-highjack-dwp-and-the-ratepayers&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education engaged in some last minute grandstanding by issuing… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/02/012v-027d683a.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/012v.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=56df88d7) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10484:herb-wesson-and-the-rest-of-city-hall-s-politicians-may-hold-dwp-reform-hostage&catid=12)### [Herb Wesson … and the Rest of City Hall’s Politicians … May Hold DWP Reform Hostage](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10484:herb-wesson-and-the-rest-of-city-hall-s-politicians-may-hold-dwp-reform-hostage&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--On Saturday, the Neighborhood Council DWP Memorandum of Understanding Oversight Committee unanimously approved the following r… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/66/011z-668bcc62.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/011z.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=34285919) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10462:la-cannot-afford-its-convention-center&catid=12)### [LA Cannot Afford Its Convention Center](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10462:la-cannot-afford-its-convention-center&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--The City of Los Angeles is embarking on an ambitious, $470 million plan to modernize and expand the Convention Center so that… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e1/1408r-e1d886ca.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2016/1408r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d8868d98) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10389:dwp-reform-not-so-fast&catid=12)### [DWP Reform: Not So Fast](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10389:dwp-reform-not-so-fast&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--On Friday, Councilmember Felipe Fuentes “introduced a motion calling for a 2016 ballot measure to reform and restructure” our… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/41/1407z20-41190d24.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2016/1407z20.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=eb6a1147) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10346:playing-budget-roulette-with-ladwp-transfer-tax&catid=12)### [Playing Budget Roulette with LADWP Transfer Tax](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10346:playing-budget-roulette-with-ladwp-transfer-tax&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--On Tuesday, the Board of Water and Power Commissioners approved a five year, 21% increase in our power rates that were appropr… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/47/1405z11-47dc7753.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2016/1405z11.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9c1d9543) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10265:the-palladium-the-money-and-the-myths&catid=12)### [The Palladium, the Money, and the Myths](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10265:the-palladium-the-money-and-the-myths&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--At its December 10 meeting, the Garcetti appointed City Planning Commission unanimously approved the “up zoning” of the Pallad… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/83/1404z15-83f18008.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2016/1404z15.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=45d94c33) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10247:dwp-reform-set-for-yet-another-burial&catid=12)### [DWP Reform: Set For Yet another Burial?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10247:dwp-reform-set-for-yet-another-burial&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--In April of 2014, the LA 2020 Commission recommended that our City establish the Los Angeles Utility Rate Commission to overse… [ 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We laughed together, cried together… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a8/1401e-1-a8b59659.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2015/1401e-1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9cf6b353) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10188:2015-another-year-of-kicking-the-can-down-the-road&catid=12)### [2015: Another Year of Kicking the Can Down the Road](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10188:2015-another-year-of-kicking-the-can-down-the-road&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--On April 9, 2014, the LA 2020 Commission endorsed a series of actionable recommendations designed to “enhance transparency and… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/34/104z-3-3438dcbb.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2015/104z-3.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cdf908c7) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10150:legal-settlements-eating-the-city-s-lunch&catid=12)### [Legal Settlements Eating the City’s Lunch](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10150:legal-settlements-eating-the-city-s-lunch&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--The City is projecting a year-end budget deficit of almost $100 million according to the Second Financial Status Report dated… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/43/104z-4-43f47f4c.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2015/104z-4.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=787c2eff) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10112:multiple-reports-same-conclusion-it-s-time-to-bring-dwp-into-the-21st-century&catid=12)### [Multiple Reports, Same Conclusion: It’s Time to Bring DWP Into the 21st Century](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10112:multiple-reports-same-conclusion-it-s-time-to-bring-dwp-into-the-21st-century&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--In April of 2014, the Los Angeles 2020 Commission recommended the establishment of the Los Angeles Utility Rate Commission to… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1e/104z-7-1ed6255c.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2015/104z-7.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=059a6a69) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10088:la-can-t-afford-its-workforce&catid=12)### [LA Can’t Afford Its Workforce](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10088:la-can-t-afford-its-workforce&catid=12) LA WATCHDOG--The new, four year labor agreement covering the City’s civilian workforce is a huge success according to Paul Krekorian, the C… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a3/104z-6-a378f2a9.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2015/104z-6.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=22f7fb7d) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10074:ratepayer-advocate-on-the-hot-seat-the-time-for-action&catid=12)### [Ratepayer Advocate on the Hot Seat: The Time for 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