## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) August 07 2025 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064j-ae16d9b9.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) ### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9) August 13 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/063e-bbfe3056.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) ### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/013q-4d4a5347.png)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12626:this-la-lawmaker-needs-a-permanent-timeout&catid=312) Written by Daniel Guss on February 13 2017. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [ This LA Lawmaker Needs a Permanent Timeout ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12626:this-la-lawmaker-needs-a-permanent-timeout&catid=312) @THE GUSS REPORT-You know that the City of Los Angeles is in trouble when Councilmember “Grand Jury Nury” Martinez seems like a less risky choice than her colleague Mitch Englander (photo above) to serve as City Council president pro-tem w… ### More Coverage - [City Council Tries Derail Measure S … Gambles on a Bogus Proposal to Fool Voters](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12622:city-council-tries-derail-measure-s-gambles-on-a-bogus-proposal-to-fool-voters&catid=312) - [Homelessness Now Outranks Traffic and Crime as Number One Voter Issue](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12621:homelessness-now-outranks-traffic-and-crime-as-number-one-voter-issue&catid=312) - [LA’s Pension Time Bomb: City Financial Statements Bury the Numbers](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12620:la-s-pension-time-bomb-city-financial-statements-bury-the-numbers&catid=312) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/013h-bf7d1323.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12624:bernard-parks-documentary-just-one-of-many-gems-at-la-s-pan-african-film-arts-festival&catid=312)Written by Leonard Isenberg on February 13 2017. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312). ## [Bernard Parks Documentary Just one of Many Gems at LA’s Pan African Film & Arts Festival](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12624:bernard-parks-documentary-just-one-of-many-gems-at-la-s-pan-african-film-arts-festival&catid=312) FILM WATCH-Sorry if I'm a little late on reporting this February 9th-20th film and art festival at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, but there is still enough time left for you to enjoy some of the close to 200 films that will continue to… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/013e-60c90cef.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12622:city-council-tries-derail-measure-s-gambles-on-a-bogus-proposal-to-fool-voters&catid=312)### [City Council Tries Derail Measure S … Gambles on a Bogus Proposal to Fool Voters](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12622:city-council-tries-derail-measure-s-gambles-on-a-bogus-proposal-to-fool-voters&catid=312) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 13 2017. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/013d-151623d3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12621:homelessness-now-outranks-traffic-and-crime-as-number-one-voter-issue&catid=312)### [Homelessness Now Outranks Traffic and Crime as Number One Voter Issue](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12621:homelessness-now-outranks-traffic-and-crime-as-number-one-voter-issue&catid=312) Written by Tim Deegan on February 13 2017. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ff/013c-ffb07efc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12620:la-s-pension-time-bomb-city-financial-statements-bury-the-numbers&catid=312)### [LA’s Pension Time Bomb: City Financial Statements Bury the Numbers](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12620:la-s-pension-time-bomb-city-financial-statements-bury-the-numbers&catid=312) Written by Paul Hatfield on February 13 2017. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d7/013t-d77ccbb1.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12614:new-resistance-poll-california-refused-to-cave-for-trump-and-his-agenda&catid=312)### [New Resistance Poll: California Refused to Cave for Trump and His Agenda](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12614:new-resistance-poll-california-refused-to-cave-for-trump-and-his-agenda&catid=312) Written by Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine on February 13 2017. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/012q-07d69d79.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12597:don-t-let-mega-developers-pee-in-your-gravy-bowl-here-s-a-city-plan-that-works&catid=312)### [Don’t Let Mega-Developers Pee In Your Gravy Bowl: Here’s a City Plan That Works](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12597:don-t-let-mega-developers-pee-in-your-gravy-bowl-here-s-a-city-plan-that-works&catid=312) Written by Jennifer Caldwell on February 09 2017. 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Alpern on February 09 2017. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/012i-7dc4203b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12589:urgent-memo-to-the-governor-stop-the-witch-hunts-at-calpers&catid=312)### [Urgent Memo to the Governor: Stop the Witch Hunts at CalPERS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12589:urgent-memo-to-the-governor-stop-the-witch-hunts-at-calpers&catid=312) Written by Tony Butka on February 09 2017. 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It’s Penalties, Fees and a Lien on Your Property](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12585:a-slap-on-the-wrist-for-officials-and-for-you-it-s-penalties-fees-and-a-lien-on-your-property&catid=312) Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on February 09 2017. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c1/012m-c18ca725.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12584:measure-s-does-one-thing-it-stops-city-hall-corruption&catid=312)### [Measure S Does One Thing: It Stops City Hall Corruption](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12584:measure-s-does-one-thing-it-stops-city-hall-corruption&catid=312) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 09 2017. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/012p-a03e411a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12581:how-progressives-are-recruiting-california-corporations-in-their-fight-against-trump&catid=312)### [How Progressives Are Recruiting California Corporations in Their Fight Against Trump](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12581:how-progressives-are-recruiting-california-corporations-in-their-fight-against-trump&catid=312) Written by Jared Keller on February 09 2017. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/59/011q-59494253.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12577:women-s-march-los-angeles-what-s-next&catid=312)### [Women’s March Los Angeles: What’s Next?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12577:women-s-march-los-angeles-what-s-next&catid=312) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 06 2017. 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