## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/086d-37193955.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters) ### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? 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The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too) October 26 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b8/082l-b8db6507.png) ### News We Can Use: Drugs That Are, Should, or Might Be Over the Counter Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on October 10 2019. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18614-news-we-can-use-drugs-that-are-should-or-might-be-over-the-counter) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/082f-3e36c405.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18613-the-time-has-come-for-city-hall-to-start-repairing-los-angeles-here-s-how)Written by Dick Platkin on October 10 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [The Time Has Come for City Hall to Start Repairing Los Angeles! Here’s How.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18613-the-time-has-come-for-city-hall-to-start-repairing-los-angeles-here-s-how) They would alter adopted plans, height districts (which control building mass), and zoning ordinances to permit larger, taller, denser buildings – ob… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1b/082m-1bbf543f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18612-la-s-traffic-is-getting-worse-because-of-unaffordable-housing)### [LA’s Traffic is Getting Worse because of Unaffordable Housing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18612-la-s-traffic-is-getting-worse-because-of-unaffordable-housing) Written by Denny Zane on October 10 2019. 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