# LOS ANGELES ## [ LA Unfitness](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13608-la-unfitness "LA Unfitness") Details Paul Hatfield [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 17 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/057n.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13608-la-unfitness) PERSPECTIVE-I am a member of LA Fitness. I most often use the facility at Universal City because it has a hardwood basketball court. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13608-la-unfitness) ## [ Mega Developer Looking for Spot-Zone Favors Gets Swift Approval on South LA Luxury Project](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13607-mega-developer-looking-for-spot-zone-favors-gets-swift-approval-on-south-la-luxury-project "Mega Developer Looking for Spot-Zone Favors Gets Swift Approval on  South LA Luxury Project") Details Patrick Range McDonald [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 17 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/057q.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13607-mega-developer-looking-for-spot-zone-favors-gets-swift-approval-on-south-la-luxury-project) UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING-Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission ignored South LA residents’ concerns about displacement and gentrification, swiftly approving a [luxury mixed-use redevelopment of Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza](http://2preservela.org/baldwin-hills-crenshaw-plaza-mega-project-city-planning-commission/). The City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee (PLUM) will now consider the mega-project. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13607-mega-developer-looking-for-spot-zone-favors-gets-swift-approval-on-south-la-luxury-project) ## [ Mr. Mayor … If You Really Want to Help the Homeless](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13606-mr-mayor-if-you-really-want-to-help-the-homeless "Mr. Mayor … If You Really Want to Help the Homeless") Details Eric Preven & Joshua Preven [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 17 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/057r.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13606-mr-mayor-if-you-really-want-to-help-the-homeless) THE PREVEN REPORT--Here’s what Mayor Eric Garcetti had to say when asked in a recent KPCC radio interview how he manages to balance career planning with fulfilling his current role as Mayor of Los Angeles: [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13606-mr-mayor-if-you-really-want-to-help-the-homeless) ## [ Not in My Backyard? Well, Times Change](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13605-not-in-my-backyard-well-times-change "Not in My Backyard? Well, Times Change") Details Denyse Selesnick [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 17 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/057s.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13605-not-in-my-backyard-well-times-change) MY TURN-Full disclosure: I am *not* an expert in City Planning. Having attended a few Planning Commission meetings and Neighborhood Council rallies "against" new developments, I have seen people display the most discourteous behavior. Sometimes I have mentally checked out when faced with myriad of statistics presented by engineers and architects. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13605-not-in-my-backyard-well-times-change) ## [ Shocking New Report: DWP Trio Cleared Over $1 Million in Pension Pay](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13604-shocking-new-report-dwp-trio-cleared-over-1-million-in-pension-pay "Shocking New Report: DWP Trio Cleared Over $1 Million in Pension Pay") Details Transparent California [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 17 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/057t.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13604-shocking-new-report-dwp-trio-cleared-over-1-million-in-pension-pay) FIRST TIME AVAILABLE--Monday, [TransparentCalifornia.com](http://www.transparentcalifornia.com/) released 2016 pension payout data from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) — the nation’s largest municipal utility district. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13604-shocking-new-report-dwp-trio-cleared-over-1-million-in-pension-pay) ## [ The Delta Tunnels: A Bad Deal for All Californians](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13603-the-delta-tunnels-a-bad-deal-for-all-californians "The Delta Tunnels: A Bad Deal for All Californians") Details Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 17 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/057u.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13603-the-delta-tunnels-a-bad-deal-for-all-californians) VOICES--Many Californians have fond memories of landing their first decent-paying job, working long hours to save enough for a down payment, and finally buying a family home. Many of us poured our weekends and hearts into repairing beautiful old houses. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13603-the-delta-tunnels-a-bad-deal-for-all-californians) ## [ California’s Unelected Bureaucracies that Keep Us Stuck in Traffic](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13593-california-s-unelected-bureaucracies-that-keep-us-stuck-in-traffic "California’s Unelected Bureaucracies that Keep Us Stuck in Traffic") Details Jackie Lavalleye [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13593-california-s-unelected-bureaucracies-that-keep-us-stuck-in-traffic) FINANCE POLITICS--Inadequate roads are leaving Californians stuck in traffic. According to a [2016 study by Inrix](http://inrix.com/resources/inrix-2016-traffic-scorecard-us/), a data company that specializes in traffic-related analytics, Los Angeles, California has the worst traffic in the United States. San Francisco takes the number three spot, and San Diego comes in number 14. In all, 17 California cities rank among the 100 most congested cities in America. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13593-california-s-unelected-bureaucracies-that-keep-us-stuck-in-traffic) ## [ Garcetti Defends His Backing of Black Lung Lofts](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13592-garcetti-defends-his-backing-of-black-lung-lofts "Garcetti Defends His Backing of Black Lung Lofts") Details Preserve LA [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13592-garcetti-defends-his-backing-of-black-lung-lofts) A disturbing new *LA Times* investigation of Mayor Garcetti's embrace of [Black Lung Lofts](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php/los-angeles/13462-la-s-black-lung-lofts-another-kind-of-freeway-death) has laid open a system of buck-passing and internal disarray, with the Mayor defending freeway-adjacent housing as legally untouchable because it's "in the pipeline." [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13592-garcetti-defends-his-backing-of-black-lung-lofts) ## [ Calm Down Already, LA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13591-calm-down-already-la "Calm Down Already, LA") Details David Bell [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13591-calm-down-already-la) BELL VIEW--This morning I was running late to work. Screaming at red lights to turn green, cursing other drivers too timid to make left turns when they had the chance, I looked ahead of me and saw a cyclist taking the lane as he trudged up a small hill. I’ve ridden my bike in the streets of LA, so I gave the guy a wide berth as I slowed to a crawl behind him. I couldn’t get around him because I had to turn right and he was in my lane. “*Come on, come on, come on* …!” I repeated to myself as the ticking clock seemed to mock my predicament. *What a nightmare!* I thought. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13591-calm-down-already-la) ## [ Getting Hard to Tell the Dems from the GOP … Financial Support Coming from Same Sources](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13589-getting-hard-to-tell-the-dems-from-the-gop-financial-support-coming-from-same-sources "Getting Hard to Tell the Dems from the GOP … Financial Support Coming from Same Sources") Details Leonard Isenberg [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056h.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13589-getting-hard-to-tell-the-dems-from-the-gop-financial-support-coming-from-same-sources) PARTY DOWN--Whether the issue is the privatization of public education for corporate profit and the further dumbing down of America or the continued suppression of the will of the majority by gerrymandering and/or removing legally registered voters from the voting rolls based on clearly false charges of multiple registration or any one of many other corporate inspired programs to thwart the will of a democratic majority, the response from the Left in this country has been anything but logical, effective or reasonable. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13589-getting-hard-to-tell-the-dems-from-the-gop-financial-support-coming-from-same-sources) ## [ Parking Company Says LAX Traffic Study Biased against Passenger Shuttles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13587-parking-company-says-lax-traffic-study-biased-against-passenger-shuttles "Parking Company Says LAX Traffic Study Biased against Passenger Shuttles") Details Benjamin Reznik [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056j.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13587-parking-company-says-lax-traffic-study-biased-against-passenger-shuttles) VOICES--TPS Parking Management, doing business as The Parking Spot (TPS) filed a legal challenge to the Los Angeles World Airport's (LAWA) Environmental Impact Report for the Landside Access Modernization Plan (LAMP), asserting that the report's conclusions would negatively impact thousands of Los Angeles area residents who are members of the company's loyalty program. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13587-parking-company-says-lax-traffic-study-biased-against-passenger-shuttles) ## [ $pindler $eeks $anctions; Feuer’s Spokesman Misleads Media?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13584-pindler-eeks-anctions-feuer-s-spokesman-misleads-media "$pindler $eeks $anctions; Feuer’s Spokesman Misleads Media?") Details Daniel Guss [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056n.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13584-pindler-eeks-anctions-feuer-s-spokesman-misleads-media) **@TheGussReport** – Just when you thought City Attorney Mike Feuer’s office made enough poor decisions in the Wayne Spindler (photo above) gun case, his spokesman Rob Wilcox and prosecutor Eugene Hall, Jr. dug deeper and doing so may cost the taxpayers dearly. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13584-pindler-eeks-anctions-feuer-s-spokesman-misleads-media) ## [ California Dems Split on Single-Payer vs. ‘Ideological Purity’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13583-california-dems-split-on-single-payer-vs-ideological-purity "California Dems Split on Single-Payer vs. ‘Ideological Purity’") Details Tony Butka [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13583-california-dems-split-on-single-payer-vs-ideological-purity) EASTSIDER-For those living under a rock, California Senate Bill 562 is a California Only, Single-Payer Healthcare Bill. After passage by the Senate and moving to the Assembly for a vote, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) [pulled the bill](http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-assembly-speaker-calls-single-payer-1498261105-htmlstory.html) from further action this legislative session. He did note that since this is the first of a two year session, the bill can be revisited next year. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13583-california-dems-split-on-single-payer-vs-ideological-purity) ## [ The Most Meaningful Thing You Can Do in this Age of Trump](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13582-the-most-meaningful-thing-you-can-do-in-this-age-of-trump "The Most Meaningful Thing You Can Do in this Age of Trump") Details Julie Butcher [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056o.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13582-the-most-meaningful-thing-you-can-do-in-this-age-of-trump) RESISTANCE WATCH--Feeling bad? First take care of yourself, of course. I like this a lot: [Ways to Stay Motivated in this Shit-Shellacked Era of Epic Stupid](http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2017/06/27/ways-to-stay-motivated-in-this-shit-shellacked-era-of-epic-stupid/) which begins: [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13582-the-most-meaningful-thing-you-can-do-in-this-age-of-trump) ## [ The Other Great Abdication: Professional City Planning’s retreat from Professional City Planning](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13581-other-great-abdication-professional-city-planning-s-retreat-from-professional-city-planning "The Other Great Abdication: Professional City Planning’s retreat from Professional City Planning") Details Dick Platkin [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056q.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13581-other-great-abdication-professional-city-planning-s-retreat-from-professional-city-planning) PLATKIN ON PLANNING--What a pleasant, but short-lived surprise to discover that in late June 2017 UCLA’s renowned Luskin School of Public Affairs sponsored a forum entitled, [Can LA fix its Broken Planning System](http://luskin.ucla.edu/2017/06/21/can-l-fix-broken-planning-system/)? Needless to say, I read an article about the forum on the Luskin’s School’s website with great enthusiasm, expecting to see a serious professional urban planning analysis of LA’s tottering and shady city planning system. After all, these issues are presented twice weekly through CityWatch, formerly at Ron Kaye’s LA, and even in an occasional Los Angeles Times, KCRW, and KPCC story. *(Photo above: Wedding of Former King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.)* [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13581-other-great-abdication-professional-city-planning-s-retreat-from-professional-city-planning) ## [ Trump’s Budget Means Disaster for California and Other Local Governments](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13579-trump-s-budget-means-disaster-for-california-and-other-local-governments "Trump’s Budget Means Disaster for California and Other Local Governments") Details Leila Pedersen [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056s.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13579-trump-s-budget-means-disaster-for-california-and-other-local-governments) BLUE PRINT FOR PAIN-It's 10:00 a.m. on Monday morning, and while most people are filling up their second cup of coffee, Nellie is busy sorting loaves of bread, leafy greens, and egg cartons for a line of eager customers. Next to the I-580 overpass and across the street from a Safeway is the Emeryville Citizens Assistance Program, which she founded 30 years ago with the belief that "food should always be available to everyone." She's been volunteering her time -- eight hours a day, five days a week -- ever since. Asked why she continues to do this work without pay, Nellie says: "We serve almost 300 families every day, and you never know: Tomorrow it could be you who needs the help.” [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13579-trump-s-budget-means-disaster-for-california-and-other-local-governments) ## [ What the Venice Blvd Traffic Uproar Means: ‘We Need to Do Our Jobs’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13577-what-the-venice-blvd-traffic-uproar-means-we-need-to-do-our-jobs "What the Venice Blvd Traffic Uproar Means: ‘We Need to Do Our Jobs’") Details Kenneth S. Alpern [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056u.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13577-what-the-venice-blvd-traffic-uproar-means-we-need-to-do-our-jobs) FIRST PERSON REPORT--The Mar Vista Community Council (MVCC) did its job Tuesday night, and had the dubious distinction of making it into the LA news, talk radio, and other media sources. Traffic changes were the hot-button subject and new MVCC Chair Sarah Auerswald did a first-rate job of making sure everyone could talk during public comment, despite letting everyone know we had to be out by 10pm from our meeting site. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13577-what-the-venice-blvd-traffic-uproar-means-we-need-to-do-our-jobs) ## [ Why Is California Anti-Family?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13575-why-is-california-anti-family "Why Is California Anti-Family?") Details Joel Kotkin [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 13 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/056y.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13575-why-is-california-anti-family) NEW GEOGRAPHY-In its race against rapidly aging Europe and East Asia, America’s relatively vibrant nurseries have provided some welcome demographic dynamism. Yet, in recent years, notably since the Great Recession and the weak recovery that followed, America’s birthrate has continued to drop, and is now at a record low. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13575-why-is-california-anti-family) ## [ DA Who Put OJ Simpson Behind Bars Predicts He’ll Be Paroled](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13573-da-who-put-oj-simpson-behind-bars-predicts-he-ll-be-paroled "DA Who Put OJ Simpson Behind Bars Predicts He’ll Be Paroled") Details David Move [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 10 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13573-da-who-put-oj-simpson-behind-bars-predicts-he-ll-be-paroled) WHAT THEY’RE SAYING--The district attorney who put O.J. Simpson behind bars believes the former football star will win parole at his hearing later this month. David Roger won convictions against Simpson in 2008 for robbery and kidnapping in Clark County, Nevada. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13573-da-who-put-oj-simpson-behind-bars-predicts-he-ll-be-paroled) ## [ California Cuts Services, Staff to Pay Pension Costs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13572-california-cuts-services-staff-to-pay-pension-costs "California Cuts Services, Staff to Pay Pension Costs") Details David Schwartzman [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 10 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13572-california-cuts-services-staff-to-pay-pension-costs) POLICY--Across California, many local governments have raised taxes while cutting services. Local officials desperate for union support have made irresponsible deals with public employee unions, creating staggering employee costs. Taxpayer money meant to provide essential services to the least well-off instead goes directly to higher salaries and benefits. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13572-california-cuts-services-staff-to-pay-pension-costs) ## [ Californians Losing Access to Their Coast -- What to Do about It?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13571-californians-losing-access-to-their-coast-what-to-do-about-it "Californians Losing Access to Their Coast -- What to Do about It?") Details Bob Gelfand [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles) July 10 2017 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/055b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13571-californians-losing-access-to-their-coast-what-to-do-about-it) GELFAND’S WORLD--We are the west coast -- accent on that word *coast*. What makes California different from Nebraska and Colorado is that we have an ocean. We have sea cliffs, beaches, and kelp beds you can explore underwater. We even have the remains of [a shipwreck](http://californiathroughmylens.com/shipwreck-hike-ranchos-palos-verdes) that you can walk right up to, at the base of a local cliff. Californians take pride in the fact that the beach and the water belong to all of us. But it's not a done deal in all places. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13571-californians-losing-access-to-their-coast-what-to-do-about-it) 1. [ Can California Survive a Tech Crash?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13570-can-california-survive-a-tech-crash) 2. [ Dog-Attack Poster Urged for LA Animal Services … Will Pit Bulls be Featured?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13569-dog-attack-poster-urged-for-la-animal-services-will-pit-bulls-be-featured) 3. [ Exclusive! Spindler Beats Feuer’s Gun Rap, Cites Fake LA Times Article](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13567-exclusive-spindler-beats-feuer-s-gun-rap-cites-fake-la-times-article) 4. [ Garcetti’s Toxic Bike Lanes: Criminal Liability Could Rival Flint’s Poisoned Water](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13566-garcetti-s-toxic-bike-lanes-criminal-liability-could-rival-flint-s-poisoned-water) 5. [ LA Immigration Court Exposes the ‘Legal Hell’ of the U.S. Deportation System](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13565-la-immigration-court-exposes-the-legal-hell-of-the-u-s-deportation-system) 6. [ ‘Mad-as-Hell’ Resistance Swings Affordable Housing Pendulum toward Renters](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13563-mad-as-hell-resistance-swings-affordable-housing-pendulum-toward-renters) 7. [ Resistance Heroes Win Long War with Exide … State Forces Lead Contamination Clean Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13560-resistance-heroes-win-long-war-with-exide-state-forces-lead-contamination-clean-up) 8. [ The Fastest Way to Change California and Help LA: A Desert Bridge!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13558-the-fastest-way-to-change-california-and-help-la-a-desert-bridge) 9. [ CityWatch Contributors Eric & Joshua Preven Win LA Press Club Award, Inspire CNN Anchor](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13551-citywatch-contributors-eric-joshua-preven-win-la-press-club-award-inspire-cnn-anchor) 10. [ Bernie, We're Talking to You, Bro … You've got This One Exactly Backwards](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13550-bernie-we-re-talking-to-you-bro-you-ve-got-this-one-exactly-backwards) 11. [ Coldwater Canyon Parking Project: Not Every Harvard-Westlake Parent is On Board](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13549-coldwater-canyon-parking-project-not-every-harvard-westlake-parent-is-on-board) 12. [ Is City Hall Back-Peddling on Homeless ‘Emergency’ Spending?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13548-is-city-hall-back-peddling-on-homeless-emergency-spending) 13. [ Jerry Brown’s ‘Trailer Trash’ Supports Forced Unionism](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13547-jerry-brown-s-trailer-trash-supports-forced-unionism) 14. [ Neighborhood Councils at 15: ‘Looking Back, If I Could Change One Thing …’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13545-neighborhood-councils-at-15-looking-back-if-i-could-change-one-thing) 15. [ Single Payer Is a Scam](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13544-single-payer-is-a-scam) 16. [ The DWP Contract is a Good Deal for the Public and the Union, Here’s Why](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13543-the-dwp-contract-is-a-good-deal-for-the-public-and-the-union-here-s-why) 17. [ What are Tenant’s Rights in the Midst of LA’s Affordable Housing Crisis?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13540-what-are-tenant-s-rights-in-the-midst-of-la-s-affordable-housing-crisis) 18. [ Garcetti to DWP Ratepayers: “Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13527-garcetti-to-dwp-ratepayers-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk) 19. [ Hey California, Let’s Celebrate July 4 by Declaring Independence … It's Time to Put the Golden State First](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/13526-hey-california-let-s-celebrate-july-4-by-declaring-independence-it-s-time-to-put-the-golden-state-first) 20. 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