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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

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August 27 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### While LA Burns! Homeless Encampments in High Fire Zones Has Everybody Scared

Written by Diane Valencia on August 29 2019.

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## [Is Measure W Just Another Stormwater Bait & Switch?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18341:is-measure-w-just-another-stormwater-bait-switch&catid=312)

Now, suddenly, on June 30, the LA County Board of Supervisors passed a 180 plus page Measure W Ordinance with recommendations to fill all the committ…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 26 2019.

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Written by James Preston Allen on August 26 2019.

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Written by Bobbi Murray on August 26 2019.

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Written by Daniel Guss on August 26 2019.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on August 26 2019.

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Written by Hydee Feldstein on August 26 2019.

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Written by Joel Kotkin & Doug Havard on August 26 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 26 2019.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on August 26 2019.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on August 26 2019.

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Written by Ben Sen on August 26 2019.

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Written by Tim Deegan on August 26 2019.

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Written by Jill Richardson on August 22 2019.

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Written by 2urbangirls on August 22 2019.

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Written by Jacob Woocher on August 22 2019.

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Written by Lydia O’Connor on August 22 2019.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 22 2019.

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