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### [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

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September 07 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### Why Cities No Longer Clamor to Host the Olympic Games

Written by Victor Matheson | Andrew Zimbalist on April 28 2025.

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## [The HACKLA: How Los Angeles’ Section 8 Lottery Turned Applicants into Hostages](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30788:the-hackla-how-los-angeles-section-8-lottery-turned-applicants-into-hostages&catid=312)

ON THE STREETS - When my partner and I applied for the City of Los Angeles’ Section 8 housing voucher lottery in October 2022, we hoped to finally es…

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Written by CityWatch on April 24 2025.

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Written by Jim Vargas on April 24 2025.

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Written by CityWatch on April 24 2025.

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Written by CityWatch on April 24 2025.

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Written by Tim Campbell on April 24 2025.

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Written by Nick Patsaouras on April 24 2025.

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Written by Eliot Cohen on April 24 2025.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/033b-860df1e5.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30755:sports-as-a-catalyst-for-urban-development-in-los-angeles&catid=312)### [Sports as a Catalyst for Urban Development in Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30755:sports-as-a-catalyst-for-urban-development-in-los-angeles&catid=312)

Written by CityWatch on April 24 2025.

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Written by Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates on April 21 2025.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/49/032g-496bedaa.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30744:state-of-the-city-or-state-of-denial-bass-pledges-reform-as-budget-and-homelessness-worsen&catid=312)### [State of the City or State of Denial? Bass Pledges Reform as Budget and Homelessness Worsen](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30744:state-of-the-city-or-state-of-denial-bass-pledges-reform-as-budget-and-homelessness-worsen&catid=312)

Written by CityWatch Staff on April 21 2025.

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Written by CityWatch on April 17 2025.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/68/030d-6862aaa8.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30714:feds-to-dig-into-las-homeless-swamp&catid=312)### [Feds To Dig Into LA’s Homeless Swamp](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30714:feds-to-dig-into-las-homeless-swamp&catid=312)

Written by Tim Deegan on April 14 2025.

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Written by Tim Campbell on April 14 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 14 2025.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on April 14 2025.

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Written by Nick Patsaouras on April 14 2025.

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Written by Connie Acosta on April 10 2025.

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