##  In the News

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/071n-e0f2a33e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

September 03 2026

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/072d-3e77bc12.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

September 07 2026

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/070i-df78b056.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

August 31 2026

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/65/071d-65ead069.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33308:as-california-debated-sharing-data-on-drivers-homeland-security-subpoenaed-17-million-records&catid=425)

### [As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33308:as-california-debated-sharing-data-on-drivers-homeland-security-subpoenaed-17-million-records&catid=425)

September 03 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

---

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2020/065k.png)

### Republicans’ Revolt : COVID-19 Denials, Conspiracies, and Distractions

Written by James Preston Allen on August 10 2020.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20223:republicans-revolt-covid-19-denials-conspiracies-and-distractions&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3d/065g-3deb1bfe.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/065g.png&thumbnail=610,376,&hash=1c210210) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20222:this-is-a-five-alarm-fire-with-2020-election-at-stake-call-goes-up-for-mass-mobilization-to-save-postal-service&catid=312)Written by Jon Queally on August 10 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [This Is a Five-Alarm Fire: With 2020 Election at Stake, Call Goes Up for Mass Mobilization to Save Postal Service](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20222:this-is-a-five-alarm-fire-with-2020-election-at-stake-call-goes-up-for-mass-mobilization-to-save-postal-service&catid=312)

compounded by news that first-class postage rates, as opposed to cheaper bulk rates, would be charged for processing mail-in ballots in November --…

---

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/064i-d4a2985a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20217:retirees-vow-to-fight-trump-attempt-to-gut-social-security&catid=312)### [Retirees Vow to 'Fight Trump Attempt to Gut Social Security'](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20217:retirees-vow-to-fight-trump-attempt-to-gut-social-security&catid=312)

Written by Jake Johnson on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/064y-b1a4aa8c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20216:american-college-kids-are-not-palestinian-terrorists&catid=312)### [American College Kids are Not Palestinian Terrorists](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20216:american-college-kids-are-not-palestinian-terrorists&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7b/064k-7b1c4569.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2020/064k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6f317e88) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20214:during-the-pandemic-mansionization-has-dragged-angelenos-down-into-two-more-circles-of-hell&catid=312)### [During the Pandemic, Mansionization has Dragged Angelenos Down into Two More Circles of Hell.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20214:during-the-pandemic-mansionization-has-dragged-angelenos-down-into-two-more-circles-of-hell&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/81/064q-8148ce26.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20213:city-hall-enablers-struggle-to-distance-from-indicted-huizar&catid=312)### [City Hall Enablers Struggle to Distance from Indicted Huizar](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20213:city-hall-enablers-struggle-to-distance-from-indicted-huizar&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/064o-0c842315.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20212:does-the-choice-of-democratic-voters-matter-to-party-insiders&catid=312)### [Does the Choice of Democratic Voters Matter to Party Insiders?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20212:does-the-choice-of-democratic-voters-matter-to-party-insiders&catid=312)

Written by Hugh Esten on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/18/064p-182cd4c0.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20211:covid-19-s-perfect-storm-how-health-race-and-economic-issues-intersect&catid=312)### [COVID-19’s Perfect Storm: How Health, Race and Economic Issues Intersect](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20211:covid-19-s-perfect-storm-how-health-race-and-economic-issues-intersect&catid=312)

Written by Larry Gross on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/064e-8618612a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20210:voters-expect-la-s-city-electeds-to-take-and-comply-with-the-oath-of-office&catid=312)### [Voters Expect LA’s City Electeds to Take and Comply with the Oath of Office ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20210:voters-expect-la-s-city-electeds-to-take-and-comply-with-the-oath-of-office&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/064n-40aa197f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20209:done-evidently-doesn-t-understand-its-own-system-or-care&catid=312)### [DONE Evidently Doesn’t Understand Its Own System . . . Or Care!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20209:done-evidently-doesn-t-understand-its-own-system-or-care&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/03/064d-0316b75c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20208:we-already-have-more-open-space-for-our-kids-school-playgrounds&catid=312)### [We Already HAVE More Open Space for Our Kids: School Playgrounds!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20208:we-already-have-more-open-space-for-our-kids-school-playgrounds&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e3/064s-e32bdda6.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20207:bring-back-no-qualifying-loans-for-covid-19-relief&catid=312)### [Bring Back No-Qualifying Loans for COVID-19 Relief](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20207:bring-back-no-qualifying-loans-for-covid-19-relief&catid=312)

Written by Charlotte Laws on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/45/064c-452c4212.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20206:why-the-idea-of-jobless-benefits-scares-the-conservative-mind&catid=312)### [Why the Idea of Jobless Benefits Scares the Conservative Mind](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20206:why-the-idea-of-jobless-benefits-scares-the-conservative-mind&catid=312)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/65/064j-6556a1e3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20203:financial-rape-of-the-elderly-reigns-supreme-in-los-angeles-probate-court&catid=312)### [Financial Rape of the Elderly Reigns Supreme in Los Angeles Probate Court](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20203:financial-rape-of-the-elderly-reigns-supreme-in-los-angeles-probate-court&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c7/063e-c75f3290.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20198:why-south-la-has-earned-the-vice-presidency&catid=312)### [Why South LA Has Earned the Vice Presidency](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20198:why-south-la-has-earned-the-vice-presidency&catid=312)

Written by Joe Mathews on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d7/063h-d7c4414b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20197:take-on-the-tech-mob-now-or-perish&catid=312)### [Take on the Tech Mob Now or Perish](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20197:take-on-the-tech-mob-now-or-perish&catid=312)

Written by Laura Flanders on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/063n-6a74e0d7.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20196:american-exceptionalism-but-going-in-the-wrong-direction&catid=312)### [American Exceptionalism -- but Going in the Wrong Direction](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20196:american-exceptionalism-but-going-in-the-wrong-direction&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/063j-91cb3dca.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20195:not-living-his-best-life-does-jose-huizar-have-an-ace-to-play&catid=312)### [Not Living His Best Life, Does Jose Huizar Have an Ace to Play?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20195:not-living-his-best-life-does-jose-huizar-have-an-ace-to-play&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2a/063m-2a0c6cfb.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20194:california-s-woke-hypocrisy&catid=312)### [California’s Woke Hypocrisy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20194:california-s-woke-hypocrisy&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/04/063o-04790fc8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20193:addressing-populations-at-great-risk-for-covid-19-homeless-jails-ice-detention-centers&catid=312)### [Addressing Populations at Great Risk for COVID-19: Homeless, Jails, ICE Detention Centers](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20193:addressing-populations-at-great-risk-for-covid-19-homeless-jails-ice-detention-centers&catid=312)

Written by Diedra M. Greenaway on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/063c-ad990f02.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20191:you-can-t-sell-capitalism-to-young-people-anymore-we-just-aren-t-buying-it&catid=312)### [You Can’t Sell Capitalism to Young People Anymore - We Just Aren’t Buying It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20191:you-can-t-sell-capitalism-to-young-people-anymore-we-just-aren-t-buying-it&catid=312)

Written by Lauren Martinchek on August 03 2020.

 [ ![save up to 4000 on used evs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/dwp%20ev%20ad2.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/107 "LA DWP | Save $4K, Green | Priority Ad")

 [ ![LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/dwp%20level%20pay%205-7-25.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/82 "LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)")

 [ ![Your Free DIY Lawn-To-Garden Resource](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/LADWP_LEAP_300x250.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/88 "LA DWP - Home")

 [ ![Pay Water Bill Help](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/LADWP/dwp%20-%20cares-ad.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/97 "Home - LA DWP #2 (Pay Water Bill Help)")

 [ ![Donna Tryfman](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/Donna-Tryfman-Ad-Final-Complete-Border-White-Margin.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/banners/click/98 "Donna Tryfman - HS1-1")

 ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/banners/signup-for-cw.png)

## Get The News In Your Email Inbox Mondays & Thursdays

 Message

---
<div data-id="1" 
	class="eb-inst eb-hide eb-emailform eb-1 eboxContentLocker"
	data-options='{"trigger":"onPageLoad","trigger_selector":"","delay":3000,"early_trigger":true,"scroll_depth":"percentage","scroll_depth_value":80,"firing_frequency":1,"reverse_scroll_close":true,"threshold":0,"close_out_viewport":false,"exit_timer":1000,"idle_time":10000,"close_on_esc":false,"animation_open":"slideInDown","animation_close":"fadeOutDown","animation_duration":400,"disable_page_scroll":true,"test_mode":false,"debug":false,"ga_tracking":true,"ga_tracking_id":"G-P16BQ7X1SW","ga_tracking_event_category":"EngageBox","ga_tracking_event_label":"Box #1 - Global Email Signup Form","auto_focus":false}'
	data-type='popup'
	>

	<button type="button" data-ebox-cmd="close" class="eb-close placement-outside" aria-label="Close">
	<img alt="close popup button" />
	<span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>
	<div class="eb-dialog eb-formVer" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" id="dialog1" aria-label="dialog1">
		
		<button type="button" data-ebox-cmd="close" class="eb-close placement-inside" aria-label="Close">
	<img alt="close popup button" />
	<span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>	
		<div class="eb-container">
						<div class="eb-content">
				
<form action="https://citywatchla.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=34d69f33624fd058ee9b56516&amp;id=4bfa422f51&amp;f_id=00d6c2e1f0" class="eb" method="post" id="mcform-1" name="mcform-1" target="_blank">
			<div class="eb-form-header"><p><img src="/images/2023/06/be-a-city-watcher.png" alt="be a city watcher" width="350" height="97" loading="lazy" data-path="local-images:/2023/06/be-a-city-watcher.png"></p>
<p>Sign up to receive our special e-news blasts on Monday and Thursday evenings!</p></div>
	
					<div class="eb-field-row">

			
			
			
			<input class="eb-input" type="email" name="EMAIL"  placeholder="Email address"  id="EMAIL" value="" required>

			
		</div>
										
	<div class="eb-footer">
    	<button class="eb-btn" type="submit" name="subscribe" style="background-color:rgba(93, 183, 93, 1);color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">
    		Sign up    	</button>
    </div>
</form>			</div>
		</div>
	</div>	
</div>
<div data-id="3" 
	class="eb-inst eb-hide eb-yesno eb-3 "
	data-options='{"trigger":"onScrollDepth","trigger_selector":"","delay":0,"early_trigger":false,"scroll_depth":"percentage","scroll_depth_value":80,"firing_frequency":2,"reverse_scroll_close":false,"threshold":0,"close_out_viewport":false,"exit_timer":1000,"idle_time":1000,"close_on_esc":false,"animation_open":"fadeInUp","animation_close":"fadeOut","animation_duration":300,"disable_page_scroll":false,"test_mode":false,"debug":false,"ga_tracking":true,"ga_tracking_id":"G-P16BQ7X1SW","ga_tracking_event_category":"EngageBox","ga_tracking_event_label":"Box #3 - Yes \/ No Donation Popup Box","auto_focus":false}'
	data-type='popup'
	>

	<button type="button" data-ebox-cmd="close" class="eb-close placement-outside" aria-label="Close">
	<img alt="close popup button" />
	<span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>
	<div class="eb-dialog " role="dialog" aria-modal="true" id="dialog3" aria-label="dialog3">
		
		<button type="button" data-ebox-cmd="close" class="eb-close placement-inside" aria-label="Close">
	<img alt="close popup button" />
	<span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
</button>	
		<div class="eb-container">
						<div class="eb-content">
				
<div class="ebox-yes-no">
	<div class="ebox-yn-text">
		
		
		<div class="ebox-yn-headline" style="font-size:22px;color:#888888">
			<p>If you only give once a month, would you consider giving to CityWatch?</p>
<p>Your support fuels our mission to promote and facilitate civic engagement and neighborhood empowerment, and to hold area government and its politicians accountable.</p>
<p>Would you like to help? Even if you can only give $5, it will make a difference.</p>		</div>
			</div>
	
	<div class="ebox-ys-buttons" style="font-size: 16px;">
		
<a
					data-ebox-prevent="0"
		data-ebox-cmd="close"
				target="_self"
		href="https://www.citywatchla.com/donate"
		rel="noopener"
	
	
	
	
	class="ebox-ys-btn"
	style="background-color:#2ec664;color:#ffffff;min-width:100px">
	Yes
	</a>
<a
	
	
			data-ebox-cmd="close"
		href="#"
	
	
	class="ebox-ys-btn"
	style="background-color:#ef2345;color:#ffffff;min-width:100px">
	Not Right Now
	</a>	</div>

	</div>			</div>
		</div>
	</div>	
</div>