## 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/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/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/component/ajax/?p=cache/6c/066l-6ccf432e.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/066l.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=12a42611)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20250:from-the-white-house-to-the-state-house-to-city-hall-real-estate-hustlers-are-still-hyping-their-same-awful-projects&catid=312) Written by Dick Platkin on August 13 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [ From the White House, to the State House, to City Hall, Real Estate Hustlers are Still Hyping Their Same Awful Projects ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20250:from-the-white-house-to-the-state-house-to-city-hall-real-estate-hustlers-are-still-hyping-their-same-awful-projects&catid=312) PLANNING WATCH-The corporate media portrays this country’s two dominant political parties, the Republicans, now tied to Donald Trump, and the Democrats, now in the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris camp, as bitter enemies. But they are really frene… ### More Coverage - [Debunking Lies Regarding LA Councilmember Bonin](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20247:debunking-lies-regarding-la-councilmember-bonin&catid=312) - [Updating LA’s Community Plans Begins with Infrastructure](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20246:updating-la-s-community-plans-begins-with-infrastructure&catid=312) - [Critique of Housing Legislation Under Consideration by California State Senate and Assembly](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20245:critique-of-housing-legislation-under-consideration-by-california-state-senate-and-assembly&catid=312) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/30/066q-303db949.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/066q.png&thumbnail=610,402,&hash=e2d53187) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20248:californians-let-s-talk-about-ditching-school-this-fall&catid=312)Written by Joe Mathews on August 15 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [Californians, Let’s Talk about Ditching School this Fall](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20248:californians-let-s-talk-about-ditching-school-this-fall&catid=312) As the pandemic worsens, California parents, teachers, and students have been distracted by a bitter war over how to reopen education. But as a combatant in the conflict—and the father of three public school students—I’ve learned that reop… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/43/066b-43fcf987.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/066b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d1bbf13f) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20247:debunking-lies-regarding-la-councilmember-bonin&catid=312)### [Debunking Lies Regarding LA Councilmember Bonin](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20247:debunking-lies-regarding-la-councilmember-bonin&catid=312) Written by David Graham-Caso on August 14 2020. 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So Why Are White Hooligans Putting Them at Risk?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20226:of-course-black-lives-matter-so-why-are-white-hooligans-putting-them-at-risk&catid=312) Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 10 2020. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/62/065o-62c9bf3b.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/065o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6c9af425) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20225:caa-s-john-eudy-pulls-the-strings-to-stop-proposition-21&catid=312)### [CAA’s John Eudy Pulls the Strings to Stop Proposition 21](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20225:caa-s-john-eudy-pulls-the-strings-to-stop-proposition-21&catid=312) Written by Patrick Range McDonald on August 10 2020. 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