## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/077a-56ff870c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) ### [With National Implications, Corporate Landlords Take Aim at Three Pro-Rent Control Campaigns in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) September 24 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/076m2-7e471e2f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33386-massacre-on-city-streets-mayor-bass-must-issue-an-emergency-declaration-now) ### [Massacre on City Streets: Mayor Bass Must Issue an Emergency Declaration Now](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33386-massacre-on-city-streets-mayor-bass-must-issue-an-emergency-declaration-now) September 21 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/076g-8363b56a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33395-should-dwp-ratepayers-pay-for-the-citys-streetlights) ### [Should DWP Ratepayers Pay for the City’s Streetlights? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33395-should-dwp-ratepayers-pay-for-the-citys-streetlights) September 21 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4e/076b-4e4a3fc2.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33398-why-are-la-officials-ignoring-illegal-rv-parking-on-washington-blvd) ### [Why Are LA Officials Ignoring Illegal RV Parking on Washington Blvd?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33398-why-are-la-officials-ignoring-illegal-rv-parking-on-washington-blvd) September 21 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/18/076r-183decd5.png) ### Waiting for the Other Pension Shoe to Drop: LA County is $25 Billion in OPEB Debt Written by Marc Joffe on September 21 2017. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14039-waiting-for-the-other-pension-shoe-to-drop-la-county-is-25-billion-in-opeb-debt) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/076t-de705e8a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14037-what-if-angelenos-stopped-paying-the-wall-street-tax)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 21 2017. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [What if Angelenos Stopped Paying the Wall Street Tax?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14037-what-if-angelenos-stopped-paying-the-wall-street-tax) Our absurdly high housing costs are not caused by a demand for more housing. In fact, based on the actual data, the demand for housing is decreasing… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/076v-3c9b04e5.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14035-women-of-color-are-again-creating-the-culture-this-time-it-s-for-cannabis)### [Women of Color are Again Creating the Culture … This Time It's for Cannabis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14035-women-of-color-are-again-creating-the-culture-this-time-it-s-for-cannabis) Written by Caitlin Cruz on September 21 2017. 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