##  In the News

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### [With National Implications, Corporate Landlords Take Aim at Three Pro-Rent Control Campaigns in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california)

September 24 2026

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### [Massacre on City Streets: Mayor Bass Must Issue an Emergency Declaration Now](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33386-massacre-on-city-streets-mayor-bass-must-issue-an-emergency-declaration-now)

September 21 2026

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### [Should DWP Ratepayers Pay for the City’s Streetlights? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33395-should-dwp-ratepayers-pay-for-the-citys-streetlights)

September 21 2026

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### [Why Are LA Officials Ignoring Illegal RV Parking on Washington Blvd?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33398-why-are-la-officials-ignoring-illegal-rv-parking-on-washington-blvd)

September 21 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Does the Anti-Trump Bump, Trump Turning CA into a Sump?

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 13 2020.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19124-does-the-anti-trump-bump-trump-turning-ca-into-a-sump)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1f/05l-1f2edd0e.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19121-mega-droughts-engulf-whole-countries)Written by Robert Hunziker on January 13 2020. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles).

## [Mega Droughts Engulf Whole Countries](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19121-mega-droughts-engulf-whole-countries)

It’s not merely coincidental that as global warming accelerates, droughts turn more vicious than ever before. All of which begs the logical question…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e0/05o-e0731efa.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/05o.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=428cad14) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19120-five-years-of-inaction-now-is-the-time-for-solutions)### [Five Years of Inaction Now is the Time for Solutions](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19120-five-years-of-inaction-now-is-the-time-for-solutions)

Written by James Preston Allen on January 13 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bc/04j-bcd74560.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/04j.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=82b361be) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19113-los-angeles-probate-court-seat-of-evil)### [Los Angeles Probate Court: Seat of Evil](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19113-los-angeles-probate-court-seat-of-evil)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5a/04t-5ae0a8f5.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/04t.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=dfc94936) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19111-are-we-so-environmentally-insensitive-that-we-should-accept-sb-50)### [Are We So ‘Environmentally Insensitive’ That We Should Accept SB 50?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19111-are-we-so-environmentally-insensitive-that-we-should-accept-sb-50)

Written by Ken Alpern on January 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f1/04l-f15519f9.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/04l.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=3291f5f9) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19109-la-brea-willoughby-coalition-appeals-city-s-decision-on-843-north-la-brea-want-to-protect-citizen-rights)### [La Brea Willoughby Coalition Appeals City’s Decision on 843 North La Brea … Want to Protect Citizen Rights](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19109-la-brea-willoughby-coalition-appeals-city-s-decision-on-843-north-la-brea-want-to-protect-citizen-rights)

Written by Lucille Saunders on January 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fa/04q-fae591c4.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19108-ca-department-of-education-needs-to-shutdown-inglewood-charter-school)### [CA Department of Education Needs to Shutdown Inglewood Charter School](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19108-ca-department-of-education-needs-to-shutdown-inglewood-charter-school)

Written by 2UrbanGirls on January 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/04k-4447e8e5.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19107-la-s-focus-on-preventative-measures-distracts-from-preexisting-homeless-population)### [LA’s Focus on Preventative Measures Distracts from Preexisting Homeless Population](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19107-la-s-focus-on-preventative-measures-distracts-from-preexisting-homeless-population)

Written by The Daily Bruin Editorial Board on January 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/91/04n-9158704f.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/04n.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=70d4eb15) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19106-historic-highland-park-nc-no-stakeholders-wanted)### [Historic Highland Park NC - No Stakeholders Wanted](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19106-historic-highland-park-nc-no-stakeholders-wanted)

Written by Tony Butka on January 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/04i-7dfbd466.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19104-new-sb-50-worse-than-before-profits-to-developers-little-to-no-affordable-housing)### [New SB 50 Worse Than Before. Profits to Developers, Little to No Affordable Housing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19104-new-sb-50-worse-than-before-profits-to-developers-little-to-no-affordable-housing)

Written by Larry Gross on January 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a7/04p-a7470319.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/04p.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=21774bc6) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19102-congress-war-profiteering-is-real-we-need-to-end-it)### [Congress: War Profiteering Is Real. We Need to End It.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19102-congress-war-profiteering-is-real-we-need-to-end-it)

Written by Sarah Anderson on January 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/92/04e-92b2b393.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19101-why-scott-wiener-s-revised-senate-bill-50-would-be-a-nothing-burger)### [Why Scott Wiener’s Revised Senate Bill 50 Would be a Nothing Burger](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19101-why-scott-wiener-s-revised-senate-bill-50-would-be-a-nothing-burger)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 09 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/03k-bdc470fd.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19094-stuck-in-an-endless-cycle-of-anti-constitutional-stupidity)### [Stuck in an Endless Cycle of Anti-Constitutional Stupidity](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19094-stuck-in-an-endless-cycle-of-anti-constitutional-stupidity)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 07 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7f/03l-7f64d7bf.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/03l.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=9b3ca539) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19093-mother-teresa-s-gift-of-love-in-san-francisco)### [Mother Teresa’s Gift of Love in San Francisco](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19093-mother-teresa-s-gift-of-love-in-san-francisco)

Written by Judy Joy Jones on January 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cc/03n-cc065e91.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/03n.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=bea04800) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19092-kill-gdp-to-help-save-the-planet)### [Kill GDP to Help Save the Planet](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19092-kill-gdp-to-help-save-the-planet)

Written by Robert Hunziker on January 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/aa/03r-aa6eba98.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19089-2020-is-a-sink-or-swim-year-for-la)### [2020 is a Sink or Swim Year for LA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19089-2020-is-a-sink-or-swim-year-for-la)

Written by Daniel Guss on January 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a8/03i-a866b46b.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/03i.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=8d1f010f) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19088-unmasking-the-secret-landlords-buying-up-america)### [Unmasking the Secret Landlords Buying up America](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19088-unmasking-the-secret-landlords-buying-up-america)

Written by Aaron Glantz on January 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/03f-a476ba0b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19087-so-we-re-supposed-to-let-that-monster-keep-killing-american-troops)### [So, We’re Supposed to Let That Monster Keep Killing American Troops?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19087-so-we-re-supposed-to-let-that-monster-keep-killing-american-troops)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/83/03s-830c543f.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/03s.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=cdeb7f58) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19084-it-s-time-to-stop-calling-trump-s-evangelical-base-christians)### [It’s Time to Stop Calling Trump's Evangelical Base Christians](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19084-it-s-time-to-stop-calling-trump-s-evangelical-base-christians)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on January 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/03e-bd6e3b78.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19082-surviving-without-cable-will-the-cell-phone-be-next)### [Surviving Without Cable … Will the Cell Phone Be Next?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19082-surviving-without-cable-will-the-cell-phone-be-next)

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/22/02b-2262f1ce.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2020/02b.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=392129ae) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19075-how-real-estate-speculation-contributes-to-the-climate-crisis)### [How Real Estate Speculation Contributes to the Climate Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/19075-how-real-estate-speculation-contributes-to-the-climate-crisis)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 02 2020.

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