## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5c/091a-5c874fa4.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33755-three-things-nithya-raman-can-do-right-now-to-create-more-affordable-housing-in-los-angeles) ### [Three Things Nithya Raman Can Do (Right Now) to Create More Affordable Housing in Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33755-three-things-nithya-raman-can-do-right-now-to-create-more-affordable-housing-in-los-angeles) November 12 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/090e-d45483d7.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33723-how-stephen-miller-destroyed-trumps-second-administration) ### [How Stephen Miller Destroyed Trump’s Second Administration](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33723-how-stephen-miller-destroyed-trumps-second-administration) November 09 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/091c-61812fad.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/gelfand-s-world/33753-miracles-have-happened) ### [Miracles Have Happened](https://mail.citywatchla.com/gelfand-s-world/33753-miracles-have-happened) November 12 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/091l-6b18dac3.jpeg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/33756-nithya-ramans-3-1-billion-war-on-cars-is-city-hall-serving-working-angelenos-or-wealthy-political-donors) ### [Nithya Raman’s $3.1 Billion War on Cars: Is City Hall Serving Working Angelenos or Wealthy Political Donors?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/33756-nithya-ramans-3-1-billion-war-on-cars-is-city-hall-serving-working-angelenos-or-wealthy-political-donors) November 12 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/015m-ad7519ad.png) ### LA’s Empowerment Department Gets a Bloody Nose Written by Bob Gelfand on February 17 2020. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19317-la-s-empowerment-department-gets-a-bloody-nose) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/53/015s-53f53db8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19316-affordable-housing-is-a-scam)Written by LA Tenants Union on February 17 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [“Affordable Housing” is a Scam!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19316-affordable-housing-is-a-scam) The urgent need for housing access has been co-opted to support “Affordable Housing” policies that contribute to more housing precarity, more displac… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/015f-7e05394d.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19314-why-california-s-vote-might-matter-no-really-folks)### [Why California’s Vote Might Matter (No, Really Folks)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19314-why-california-s-vote-might-matter-no-really-folks) Written by Jerry Roberts & Phil Trounstine on February 17 2020. 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