## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/080b-b767ee44.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) ### [Why Would LA Voters Elect A City Attorney Who Has Never Tried A Case In Court In Front Of A Jury?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) October 05 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c3/081j-c37a7abf.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33508-a-los-angeles-trilogy-the-successes-and-failures-that-defined-our-leadership) ### [A Los Angeles Trilogy: The Successes and Failures That Defined Our Leadership](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33508-a-los-angeles-trilogy-the-successes-and-failures-that-defined-our-leadership) October 08 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/082a-93b2dc59.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33516-if-your-family-were-being-stalked-who-would-protect-you) ### [If Your Family Were Being Stalked, Who Would Protect You?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33516-if-your-family-were-being-stalked-who-would-protect-you) October 12 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/081o-37fa9801.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33510-nithya-ramans-fascist-stunt-wasnt-leadership-it-was-disqualifying) ### [Nithya Raman’s ‘Fascist’ Stunt Wasn’t Leadership. It Was Disqualifying](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33510-nithya-ramans-fascist-stunt-wasnt-leadership-it-was-disqualifying) October 08 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/069e-a9e63822.png) ### The Rent is Too Damn High … LA Needs Rent Control Now! Written by Adrienne Nicole Edwards & Charlie Williamson on August 27 2018. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16099-the-rent-is-too-damn-high-la-needs-rent-control-now) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/069f-9623ddbd.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16098-the-purple-line-transit-plan-is-miracle-mile-s-greatest-opportunity-in-years-a-reply-to-the-mmra)Written by Henry van Moyland on August 27 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [The Purple Line Transit Plan Is Miracle Mile’s Greatest Opportunity in Years - A Reply to the MMRA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16098-the-purple-line-transit-plan-is-miracle-mile-s-greatest-opportunity-in-years-a-reply-to-the-mmra) No growth can be considered, apparently, until our sewers are sweet-smelling, our streets and sidewalks smooth as pool tables, our police unemployed… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/069g-afba9a41.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16097-the-oxymoron-of-conservatives-and-the-term-patriotism)### [The Oxymoron of Conservatives and the Term “Patriotism”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/16097-the-oxymoron-of-conservatives-and-the-term-patriotism) Written by S. Novi on August 27 2018. 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