## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/079q-c05f8bbc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) ### [Are Small Businesses And Workers Fighting Their True Adversary In The Fast-Food Battle?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) October 01 2026 [ ![](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/cb/079n-cba2ecf7.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) ### [DWP Ratepayers, Streetlights, and the Lack of Transparency](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/079f-f4db4506.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33455-nithya-raman-asked-jewish-los-angeles-to-trust-her-her-own-words-made-that-harder) ### [Nithya Raman Asked Jewish Los Angeles to Trust Her. Her Own Words Made That Harder.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33455-nithya-raman-asked-jewish-los-angeles-to-trust-her-her-own-words-made-that-harder) October 01 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/032g-5a595c54.png) ### The YIMBY Guide to Bullying and Its Results: SB 827 Goes Down in Committee Written by CityWatch on April 23 2018. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15298-the-yimby-guide-to-bullying-and-its-results-sb-827-goes-down-in-committee) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/032h-bd6cf033.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15297-the-water-wars-garcetti-council-vs-the-mwd-who-do-you-trust)Written by Tony Butka on April 23 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [The Water Wars – Garcetti & Council vs. The MWD. Who Do You Trust?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15297-the-water-wars-garcetti-council-vs-the-mwd-who-do-you-trust) The Mayor and the City Council In the piece, he blithely states, “I’m often asked if we have enough water in Los Angeles for our future. And I alwa… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/25/032i-2590da92.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15296-the-state-s-most-controversial-housing-bill-in-years-just-died-here-s-what-to-take-away-from-that)### [The State’s Most Controversial Housing Bill In Years Just Died. Here’s What to Take Away from That.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/15296-the-state-s-most-controversial-housing-bill-in-years-just-died-here-s-what-to-take-away-from-that) Written by Matt Levin on April 23 2018. 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