# LOS ANGELES ## [ Pot Calls Kettle Racist](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13696-pot-calls-kettle-racist "Pot Calls Kettle Racist") Details Larry Sand [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 31 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/061s.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13696-pot-calls-kettle-racist) UNIONS AND CHOICE-When some people become frightened, they’ll say and do some amazingly asinine things. Utilizing that as a guide, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten (photo above) is apparently scared spitless. With Supreme Court decisions on the horizon that could [eradicate forced unionism](https://www.city-journal.org/html/janus-and-worker-freedom-15298.html) and eliminate [laws](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwijiP7Fp6LVAhUM4IMKHZCWCJIQFgg6MAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fpolitics%2Farchive%2F2017%2F06%2Ftrinity-lutheran%2F531399%2F&usg=AFQjCNGPLRrp_-QLxSlgf7WmH654zNjmsw) that states have been using to thwart school choice, the union leader could be in for a considerable loss of money and power. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13696-pot-calls-kettle-racist) ## [ Stop Throwing People Under the Bus](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13695-stop-throwing-people-under-the-bus "Stop Throwing People Under the Bus") Details Matthew Hetz [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 31 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/061t.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13695-stop-throwing-people-under-the-bus) MASS TRANSIT TALK-A disturbing phrase has taken hold in the American vernacular. It needs to stop. “Thrown under the bus,” is used to describe a dishonorable act when someone has been unfairly treated, deceived, wrongly accused, sacrificed for the unjust or unethical benefit of others, rejected, denied due process, or other acts of harm and betrayal. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13695-stop-throwing-people-under-the-bus) ## [ The Scales of Justice – Tipped Against Immigrants](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13694-the-scales-of-justice-tipped-against-immigrants "The Scales of Justice – Tipped Against Immigrants") Details Jennifer Caldwell [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 31 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/061u.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13694-the-scales-of-justice-tipped-against-immigrants) JUSTICE--Immigrants across the country are facing what appears to be a swelling tide of xenophobia and anti-immigration sentiment in spite of the fact that we are a nation of immigrants. Thousands risk life and limb to come to this country to seek economic stability, or in fear of their lives from gangs, cartels and/or shady government agencies. The recent tragedy in San Antonio Texas illustrates all too clearly the callous way these human beings are often treated. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13694-the-scales-of-justice-tipped-against-immigrants) ## [ Tick. Tick. Tick. Clock is Ticking for Dems … Can’t Vote if Not Registered](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13693-tick-tick-tick-clock-is-ticking-for-dems-can-t-vote-if-not-registered "Tick. Tick. Tick. Clock is Ticking for Dems … Can’t Vote if Not Registered") Details Bob Gelfand [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 31 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/061w.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13693-tick-tick-tick-clock-is-ticking-for-dems-can-t-vote-if-not-registered) GELFAND’S WORLD--As a Californian, I take it for granted that I can show up at my precinct on election day and pick up a ballot without first presenting a drop of blood, my birth certificate, or a retinal scan. It's part of that sense of freedom that politicians talk about on Memorial Day. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13693-tick-tick-tick-clock-is-ticking-for-dems-can-t-vote-if-not-registered) ## [ Zoom! LA’s SpaceX has Alternative to California’s High-Speed Rail … Sacto Not Listening!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13687-zoom-la-s-spacex-has-alternative-to-california-s-high-speed-rail-sacto-not-listening "Zoom! LA’s SpaceX has Alternative to California’s High-Speed Rail … Sacto Not Listening!") Details Marc Joffe [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060z5.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13687-zoom-la-s-spacex-has-alternative-to-california-s-high-speed-rail-sacto-not-listening) A HYPER-FUTURE-Since Elon Musk [introduced](http://www.spacex.com/hyperloopalpha) hyperloop in 2012, several startups have been formed to commercialize the technology. Hyperloop is a 21st century approach to intercity travel in which pods fly through sealed, low pressure tubes at speeds of up to 760 mph. Although a large amount of hyperloop research is occurring in California, our state government is ignoring it while pressing ahead with a costly high-speed rail project that is based on mid-20th century technology. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13687-zoom-la-s-spacex-has-alternative-to-california-s-high-speed-rail-sacto-not-listening) ## [ Where Does LA Rank Among 150 Best-Run U.S. Cities?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13685-where-does-la-rank-among-150-best-run-u-s-cities "Where Does LA Rank Among 150 Best-Run U.S. Cities?") Details Denyse Selesnick [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060z3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13685-where-does-la-rank-among-150-best-run-u-s-cities) MY TURN-This is kind of a segue from my last article "[Not in My Back Yard](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles/13605-not-in-my-backyard-well-times-change)" for which we received many comments. One of my more constant critics thinks I live in an alternative universe. That can be taken as a compliment because there is at least light at the end of my tunnel. His must be really gloomy! [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13685-where-does-la-rank-among-150-best-run-u-s-cities) ## [ The Lies Behind the Selling of Props 47 & 57](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13683-the-lies-behind-the-selling-of-props-47-57 "The Lies Behind the Selling of Props 47 & 57") Details Michele Hanisee [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13683-the-lies-behind-the-selling-of-props-47-57) UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES-Politics will never exist without spin doctors. Yet, as cynical as our political system has become, recent ballot measures sold to the public as "public safety" measures have gone beyond the pale. Nearly every soft on crime law enacted in the last half decade included the words "safe" or "safety" in the description. No two better examples exist than Propositions 47 and 57. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13683-the-lies-behind-the-selling-of-props-47-57) ## [ The King of Hate](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13682-the-king-of-hate "The King of Hate") Details David Bell [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13682-the-king-of-hate) BELL VIEW--Hate. It’s everywhere these days. When Carlos Hakas [overturned](http://laist.com/2017/07/25/elote.php) an immigrant street vendor’s food cart in a fit of rage over a slight inconvenience, the inevitable video went viral and the tsunami of hatred started flowing in both directions. Don’t get me wrong – Carlos is easy to hate. I’ve just burned through so much hate since November, I’m having trouble keeping the flame going. (Photo above: Hakas overturns vendor cart.) [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13682-the-king-of-hate) ## [ No, Gentrification Doesn’t Just Happen … City Hall Promotes It at Every Turn](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13680-no-gentrification-doesn-t-just-happen-city-hall-promotes-it-at-every-turn "No, Gentrification Doesn’t Just Happen … City Hall Promotes It at Every Turn") Details Dick Platkin [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060i.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13680-no-gentrification-doesn-t-just-happen-city-hall-promotes-it-at-every-turn) PLATKIN ON PLANNING--In an [editorial](http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gentrification-boyle-heights-race-20170721-story.html) critical of the pushback against gentrification in Boyle Heights, the Los Angeles Times portrays gentrification as a result of blind economic forces that also uplift local communities. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13680-no-gentrification-doesn-t-just-happen-city-hall-promotes-it-at-every-turn) ## [ Lies and Myths: How LA’s ‘Smart Planning’ Big Wigs Rule our World](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13679-lies-and-myths-how-la-s-smart-planning-big-wigs-rule-our-world "Lies and Myths: How LA’s ‘Smart Planning’ Big Wigs Rule our World") Details Richard Lee Abrams [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060z001.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13679-lies-and-myths-how-la-s-smart-planning-big-wigs-rule-our-world) CORRUPTION WATCH-Which is more important, data or propaganda? Answer: data…because it provides a map of reality. Then again, propaganda is important since it lets you do what you want. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13679-lies-and-myths-how-la-s-smart-planning-big-wigs-rule-our-world) ## [ LAUSD Still Believes that Minority Students Can’t Learn](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13678-lausd-still-believes-that-minority-students-can-t-learn "LAUSD Still Believes that Minority Students Can’t Learn") Details Leonard Isenberg [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060n.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13678-lausd-still-believes-that-minority-students-can-t-learn) EDUCATION POLITICS--While it remains politically correct to say Black and Latino students can learn, there's a little problem. Those running our still *de facto* segregated public education system for their own short-term personal interest and financial profit don't share this belief. Oh, they'll continue talking in platitudes about students being "life-long learners," the “100% graduation rate" and "everybody’s going to college," but the reality is drastically different. In fact, these goals represent disingenuous educational expectations for the overwhelming majority of Black and Latino students. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13678-lausd-still-believes-that-minority-students-can-t-learn) ## [ Is Adelanto California’s Guantanamo?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13675-is-adelanto-california-s-guantanamo "Is Adelanto California’s Guantanamo?") Details Andrew Moss [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060r.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13675-is-adelanto-california-s-guantanamo) PERSPECTIVE--If you take Interstate 15 about two hours north from **Los Angeles, heading into the high desert of San Bernardino County,** you’ll reach a for-profit federal detention facility called the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center. The center’s named for the neighboring town of Adelanto, which means “advancement” or “progress” in Spanish, and it’s not an inappropriate title for a town founded a century ago by the inventor of the Hotpoint Electric Iron. But the name now carries a rather different set of associations due to the ICE facility’s presence there. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13675-is-adelanto-california-s-guantanamo) ## [ CalPERS: Investments Up, Governance Down … for the Count](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13673-calpers-investments-up-governance-down-for-the-count "CalPERS: Investments Up, Governance Down … for the Count") Details Tony Butka [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060v.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13673-calpers-investments-up-governance-down-for-the-count) EASTSIDER-CalPERS recently trumpeted that they got an [11.2% return on investments](https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/newsroom/calpers-news/2017/preliminary-fiscal-year-investment-returns) this year, which should make everyone feel good about their investment portfolio, even though it was less than 1% last year, and far from hitting the 7% average rate per year that they assume. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13673-calpers-investments-up-governance-down-for-the-count) ## [ California: Amid the Blaring Headlines, Routine Reports of Hate-Fueled Violence](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13672-california-amid-the-blaring-headlines-routine-reports-of-hate-fueled-violence "California: Amid the Blaring Headlines, Routine Reports of Hate-Fueled Violence") Details Joe Sexton [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 27 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/060w.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13672-california-amid-the-blaring-headlines-routine-reports-of-hate-fueled-violence) PROPUBLICA REPORT--Last Wednesday, July 19, was something of a busy news day. There was word North Korea was making preparations for yet another provocative missile test. The Supreme Court, in its latest ruling in the controversial travel ban case, said that people from the six largely Muslim countries covered by the immigration enforcement action could enter the U.S. if they had a grandparent here, refusing to overturn a ruling that grandparents qualified as “bona fide relatives.” [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13672-california-amid-the-blaring-headlines-routine-reports-of-hate-fueled-violence) ## [ Biker Lives Matter](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13660-biker-lives-matter "Biker Lives Matter") Details Eric Preven & Joshua Preven [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 24 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13660-biker-lives-matter) THE PREVEN PAPER--At its Vision Zero community update this coming[ Saturday at Loyola ](http://losangeles.carpediem.cd/events/4158904-ladot-playa-del-rey-project-open-house-at-1-lmu-drive-los-angeles-ca-90045/)[Marymount ](http://losangeles.carpediem.cd/events/4158904-ladot-playa-del-rey-project-open-house-at-1-lmu-drive-los-angeles-ca-90045/)University, the Los Angeles City Department of Transportation will have some explaining to do. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13660-biker-lives-matter) ## [ California Needs to Cap the Growth of Runaway Pensions](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13659-california-needs-to-cap-the-growth-of-runaway-pensions "California Needs to Cap the Growth of Runaway Pensions") Details David Schwartzman [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 24 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13659-california-needs-to-cap-the-growth-of-runaway-pensions) REFORM ROUND ROBIN-California’s previous attempts at pension reform have had a [negligible impact](http://reason.org/news/show/ca-pepra-pension-reform). We should look to solutions from other states to tackle our growing pension problem. Last week, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a landmark school pension reform bill that will cap the growth of pension liabilities. California legislators need to follow Michigan’s lead to save its pension funds from insolvency. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13659-california-needs-to-cap-the-growth-of-runaway-pensions) ## [ Do HOA’s and Neighborhood Councils Guarantee Level Freedom-of-Speech Playing Fields?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13658-do-hoa-s-and-neighborhood-councils-guarantee-level-freedom-of-speech-playing-fields "Do HOA’s and Neighborhood Councils Guarantee Level Freedom-of-Speech Playing Fields?") Details Bob Gelfand [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 24 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059h.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13658-do-hoa-s-and-neighborhood-councils-guarantee-level-freedom-of-speech-playing-fields) GELFAND’S WORLD--People often divide themselves into two broadly defined camps, the first of which insists on obedience to all rules, while the other defines itself by its anti-authoritarianism. May I suggest that each faction is asking the wrong question. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13658-do-hoa-s-and-neighborhood-councils-guarantee-level-freedom-of-speech-playing-fields) ## [ Does the California Veterinary Medical Board Protect Bad Veterinarians?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13657-does-the-california-veterinary-medical-board-protect-bad-veterinarians "Does the California Veterinary Medical Board Protect Bad Veterinarians?") Details Daniel Guss [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 24 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059i.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13657-does-the-california-veterinary-medical-board-protect-bad-veterinarians) @THE GUSS REPORT-This article is a bell that the California Department of Consumer Affairs doesn’t want to be rung about one of its 42 Boards that license and regulate an array of industries in the state, including the California Veterinary Medical Board. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13657-does-the-california-veterinary-medical-board-protect-bad-veterinarians) ## [ Going Coastal, Using the Pledge of Allegiance as a Wedge](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13654-going-coastal-using-the-pledge-of-allegiance-as-a-wedge "Going Coastal, Using the Pledge of Allegiance as a Wedge") Details James Preston Allen [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 24 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059l.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13654-going-coastal-using-the-pledge-of-allegiance-as-a-wedge) AT RANDOM-Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council’s July 10 agenda-setting meeting turned out to be a rowdy affair. Some 20 stakeholders got riled up over the proposed standing rules change that removed the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of the meetings and voted against every item proposed until a resolution keeping the Pledge was placed on the agenda for the next meeting. This rule was passed by the previous council and, as it turns out, was not always adhered to. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13654-going-coastal-using-the-pledge-of-allegiance-as-a-wedge) ## [ Living in a Black Lung Loft? How LA Politics and ‘Smart Planning’ Ignore Medical Science](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13653-living-in-a-black-lung-loft-how-la-politics-and-smart-planning-ignore-medical-science "Living in a Black Lung Loft? How LA Politics and ‘Smart Planning’ Ignore Medical Science") Details Richard Lee Abrams [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 24 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059n.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13653-living-in-a-black-lung-loft-how-la-politics-and-smart-planning-ignore-medical-science) CORRUPTION WATCH-Should politics invalidate medical science? Politicos readily allow interests of a tiny segment of society to dictate medical decisions for our children. For years local politicians allowed toxic-spewing industrial plant Exide to poison children who lived nearby. While the plant was physically located in Vernon, many of the 10,000 affected families lived in the city of Los Angeles. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13653-living-in-a-black-lung-loft-how-la-politics-and-smart-planning-ignore-medical-science) ## [ Paramount Gets Paid While Best and Brightest Leave California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13651-paramount-gets-paid-while-best-and-brightest-leave-california "Paramount Gets Paid While Best and Brightest Leave California") Details Bob Loewen [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 24 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/059o.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13651-paramount-gets-paid-while-best-and-brightest-leave-california) POLICY--Last week, my friend Ethan announced that he is moving to Ohio. Ethan is an extremely bright entrepreneur in his mid-thirties, who grew up in Southern California. He’s civic minded – joined non-profit boards, gave to charities what he could afford, and was even been elected to his local water board. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13651-paramount-gets-paid-while-best-and-brightest-leave-california) 1. [ Rabid Bobcat Attacks Spiral … Cat with Rabies Alarms Health Experts](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13650-rabid-bobcat-attacks-spiral-cat-with-rabies-alarms-health-experts) 2. [ To Be a Leader on National Issues, California Must Leave It’s Smug, Protective Cocoon](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13646-to-be-a-leader-on-national-issues-california-must-leave-it-s-smug-protective-cocoon) 3. [ Too Risky! LA County Takes SoCal Gas to Court … Opposes Reopening of Aliso Canyon](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13645-too-risky-la-county-takes-socal-gas-to-court-opposes-reopening-of-aliso-canyon) 4. [ A Seat at the Table](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13640-a-seat-at-the-table) 5. [ Exposed: LA is Pursuing Plan for Never-Ending Traffic Gridlock](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13638-exposed-la-is-pursuing-plan-for-never-ending-traffic-gridlock) 6. [ Gas Taxes! Vehicle Fees! Crime! Dennis is Steamed!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13637-gas-taxes-vehicle-fees-crime-dennis-is-steamed) 7. [ Hollywood Sign: The Battle for Beachwood Drive Access Headed to Court](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13636-hollywood-sign-the-battle-for-beachwood-drive-access-headed-to-court) 8. [ Hotel Complex: A Dream for Hollywood Jobs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13635-hotel-complex-a-dream-for-hollywood-jobs) 9. [ How Cool is This: A Chance to Become a Habitat Hero](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13634-how-cool-is-this-a-chance-to-become-a-habitat-hero) 10. [ Is It Fair to Put a Price on LA’s Freeways?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13632-is-it-fair-to-put-a-price-on-la-s-freeways) 11. [ LA Transportation Getting Hijacked by Those with Self-Serving Agendas](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13631-la-transportation-getting-hijacked-by-those-with-self-serving-agendas) 12. [ LAUSD: Where Layoffs are Celebrated with a 174% Raise — for the Bosses](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13630-lausd-where-layoffs-are-celebrated-with-a-174-raise-for-the-bosses) 13. [ Must Read: Kerfuffle Apologies and Inquiries into the Opaque Insides of Political Clubs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13629-must-read-kerfuffle-apologies-and-inquiries-into-the-opaque-insides-of-political-clubs) 14. [ Neighborhood Councils: If I Had It to Do All Over Again](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13628-neighborhood-councils-if-i-had-it-to-do-all-over-again) 15. [ Which Vision for Los Angeles: An Updated General Plan or Another Real Estate Bubble?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13622-which-vision-for-los-angeles-an-updated-general-plan-or-another-real-estate-bubble) 16. [ Why O.J. was Freed - And Why It Matters](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13621-why-o-j-was-freed-and-why-it-matters) 17. [ Best Friends' No-Kill ‘2 for $10’ Pet Adoption Discount: Saving Animals or Desperation?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13615-best-friends-no-kill-2-for-10-pet-adoption-discount-saving-animals-or-desperation) 18. [ Boycotting Alaska Over Health Insurance … One Senator Needed to Put the Brakes on TrumpCare](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13614-boycotting-alaska-over-health-insurance-one-senator-needed-to-put-the-brakes-on-trumpcare) 19. [ Can ‘One LA’ Make Democracy Work?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13613-can-one-la-make-democracy-work) 20. 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