## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) ### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) August 06 2026 [ ![](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/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/52/099d-52ccf9f6.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/099d.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=7f127e2a)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12260:look-to-la-for-leadership-in-a-post-trump-world&catid=312) LOS ANGELES ## [ Look to LA for Leadership in a Post-Trump World ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12260:look-to-la-for-leadership-in-a-post-trump-world&catid=312) GUEST WORDS--Under Lee Baca’s leadership people were racially profiled, women were molested, immigrants were deported, and there were many walls built to keep specific people away. Sound like a certain President-Elect? He also married some… ### More Coverage - [DWP Reform: Making Fairness and Equality a Top Priority](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12256:dwp-reform-making-fairness-and-equality-a-top-priority&catid=312) - [Council Finally Steps Up On Mansionization Issue … Are McMansions Now Dead?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12254:council-finally-steps-up-on-mansionization-issue-are-mcmansions-now-dead&catid=312) - [Call Off the Dragnet: Impoundment and ‘Special Collections’ Lead to Blackmail and Extortion](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12253:call-off-the-dragnet-impoundment-and-special-collections-lead-to-blackmail-and-extortion&catid=312) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/44/099e-44972548.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/099e.png&thumbnail=610,340,&hash=f2e1c2f2) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12259:killer-mountain-lion-dodges-death-row-the-latest&catid=312)LOS ANGELES ## [Killer Mountain Lion Dodges Death Row … the Latest](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12259:killer-mountain-lion-dodges-death-row-the-latest&catid=312) ANIMAL WATCH--A marauding California mountain lion has clawed his way back from almost certain execution thanks to a kind-hearted alpaca owner. (See CityWatch story: ‘America’s Favorite Cat’.) [[ Los Angeles wildlife authorities suspect t… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1b/099h-1b8dd96e.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/099h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3eee1f0b) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12256:dwp-reform-making-fairness-and-equality-a-top-priority&catid=312)### [DWP Reform: Making Fairness and Equality a Top Priority](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12256:dwp-reform-making-fairness-and-equality-a-top-priority&catid=312) GUEST WORDS--When the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power made its case to its 1.4 million customers for its latest rate proposal, st… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7f/099j-7ff25c52.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/099j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2c9384bf) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12254:council-finally-steps-up-on-mansionization-issue-are-mcmansions-now-dead&catid=312)### [Council Finally Steps Up On Mansionization Issue … Are McMansions Now Dead?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12254:council-finally-steps-up-on-mansionization-issue-are-mcmansions-now-dead&catid=312) SNAPSHOT ANALYSIS—(Here’s what David Zahniser reported in the LA Times on Thursday: ‘Spurred by years of complaints from neighborhood group… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e8/099l-e8453791.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/099l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d3589e15) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12253:call-off-the-dragnet-impoundment-and-special-collections-lead-to-blackmail-and-extortion&catid=312)### [Call Off the Dragnet: Impoundment and ‘Special Collections’ Lead to Blackmail and Extortion](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12253:call-off-the-dragnet-impoundment-and-special-collections-lead-to-blackmail-and-extortion&catid=312) NIX THE AUTO VU SYSTEM-On October 1st, at the direction of Mayor Garcetti, three Genetec AutoVu™ patrol vehicles were released into the flo… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/34/099n-340b2d7c.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/099n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=587cafd1) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12251:reinventing-the-neighborhood-council-system&catid=312)### [Reinventing the Neighborhood Council System](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12251:reinventing-the-neighborhood-council-system&catid=312) 15 CANDLES, 96 POINTS OF LIGHT--(Editor’s Note: This month marks the 15th anniversary of the certification of Los Angeles’ first Neighborho… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2a/099r-2a439786.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/099r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=622c4ef0) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12248:trump-s-border-wall-hits-roadblock-major-league-sports&catid=312)### [Trump’s Border Wall Hits Roadblock: Major League Sports](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12248:trump-s-border-wall-hits-roadblock-major-league-sports&catid=312) TRADE WINDS-Last week I asked Mexico’s Secretary of the Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo, whether he fears that a Trump presidency will revive t… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a9/098b-a980c068.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b0103d97) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12243:why-brown-s-choice-of-la-s-becerra-for-ag-is-brilliant&catid=312)### [Why Brown’s Choice of LA’s Becerra for AG is Brilliant](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12243:why-brown-s-choice-of-la-s-becerra-for-ag-is-brilliant&catid=312) CALIFORNIA POLITICS--Gov. Jerry Brown’s nomination of Democratic U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra of Los Angeles to become the state’s first Latino… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3a/098e-3afca98c.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5917ba63) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12240:president-elect-trump-should-leave-daca-alone&catid=312)### [President Elect Trump Should Leave DACA Alone](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12240:president-elect-trump-should-leave-daca-alone&catid=312) On June 15, 2012, President Obama created a new policy calling for deferred action for certain undocumented young people mainly Latino who… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/74/098f-74e77a0f.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7cc26e97) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12239:what-arnold-can-teach-us-about-donald&catid=312)### [What Arnold Can Teach Us about Donald](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12239:what-arnold-can-teach-us-about-donald&catid=312) POLITICS--When newly-elected Donald Trump took his family to a restaurant for dinner without telling the public recently, the press flipped… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/87/098h-8777d464.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0c192a8b) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12238:runaround-ryu-and-hollywood-sign-danger&catid=312)### [Runaround Ryu and Hollywood Sign Danger](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12238:runaround-ryu-and-hollywood-sign-danger&catid=312) @THE GUSS REPORT-This weekend’s deadly inferno in an Oakland warehouse that was used as, but not permitted as, a living space and concert v… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/09/098i-093fe205.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8b354a67) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12237:in-a-groper-trump-political-climate-will-jose-huizar-s-scandals-derail-a-run-for-congress&catid=312)### [In a Groper-Trump Political Climate Will Jose Huizar’s Scandals Derail a Run for Congress?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12237:in-a-groper-trump-political-climate-will-jose-huizar-s-scandals-derail-a-run-for-congress&catid=312) THIS IS WHAT I KNOW-Remember this past July when we were sure Trump’s run for presidency would be toppled by the leaked Access Hollywood Bu… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/db/098k-db24c8d8.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b7f5e27c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12236:thoroughly-unqualified-ben-carson-has-no-business-running-america-s-housing-program-la-at-risk&catid=312)### [Thoroughly Unqualified Ben Carson Has No Business Running America’s Housing Program … LA at Risk](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12236:thoroughly-unqualified-ben-carson-has-no-business-running-america-s-housing-program-la-at-risk&catid=312) GUEST COMMENTARY--The Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) has expressed deep concern and outrage at President-Elect Donald Trump's announ… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e6/098m-e6401746.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=86234c4b) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12234:lapd-email-shows-department-still-misclassifies-serious-crimes-as-minor&catid=312)### [LAPD Email Shows Department Still Misclassifies Serious Crimes as Minor](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12234:lapd-email-shows-department-still-misclassifies-serious-crimes-as-minor&catid=312) LAPD WATCH--We’re not against the police. We’re not against the police department, but we are against police who commit misconduct (and tho… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cd/098s-cd2e0ef7.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8d270b22) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12233:oakland-fire-the-real-price-of-affordable-housing-politics&catid=312)### [Oakland Fire: The Real Price of Affordable Housing Politics](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12233:oakland-fire-the-real-price-of-affordable-housing-politics&catid=312) ‘NO ONE SHOULD DIE THIS WAY’-The deadly warehouse fire in Oakland, California that claimed the lives of at least 36 people at a Friday nigh… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1c/098x-1c20371e.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=bd893d49) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12230:fix-the-city-sues-over-frank-gehry-s-8150-sunset-mega-development&catid=312)### [Fix the City Sues Over Frank Gehry’s 8150 Sunset Mega-Development](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12230:fix-the-city-sues-over-frank-gehry-s-8150-sunset-mega-development&catid=312) Fix the City, a neighborhood watchdog group, has sued the city of Los Angeles over its dubious handling of the 8150 Sunset mega-project, a… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/098y-99467c0c.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/098y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=794b7427) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12229:drive-like-your-kids-live-here&catid=312)### [Drive Like Your Kids Live Here](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12229:drive-like-your-kids-live-here&catid=312) POLITICS--On the mourning [sic] after I was brought up short by this common lawn sign. It seemed to me then that few really comprehended… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/de/097b-dec396a3.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/097b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c3a0929c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12223:councilman-s-rep-dodges-question-on-tainted-campaign-funds-from-sea-breeze&catid=312)### [Councilman’s Rep Dodges Question on Tainted Campaign Funds from Sea Breeze](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12223:councilman-s-rep-dodges-question-on-tainted-campaign-funds-from-sea-breeze&catid=312) GELFAND’S WORLD--Here is a curious story that follows on the Seabreeze scandal. You may recall that the Seabreeze developers put a little… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d1/097c-d15e1b14.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/097c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=289a3d5f) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12222:conversations-on-trump-s-america-the-coming-immigration-wars&catid=312)### [Conversations on Trump’s America: The Coming Immigration Wars](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12222:conversations-on-trump-s-america-the-coming-immigration-wars&catid=312) LABOR ON IMMIGRATION-Maria Elena Durazo knows about immigrant workers, labor and civil rights. She has been the hospitality union UNITE HER… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fa/097d-fa22db8e.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/097d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=87ab6afe) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12221:city-s-councils-should-allow-westwood-to-grow-up&catid=312)### [City’s Councils Should Allow Westwood to Grow Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12221:city-s-councils-should-allow-westwood-to-grow-up&catid=312) GUEST COMMENTARY--Think of a typical college town: bars and dispensaries galore, miles of bike lanes and stores that appeal to students. No… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1b/097g-1b8722ba.png&src=images/stories/Dec-2016/097g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=36caf2be) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12220:california-vs-trumpland&catid=312)### [California vs. ‘Trumpland’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12220:california-vs-trumpland&catid=312) CAN THEY CO-EXIST?--California is now the capital of liberal America. 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