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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

August 31 2026

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September 03 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### A Potentially Devastating Blow to the Anti-Vaccination Movement

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 12 2016.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2016/073a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11774:will-la-city-council-and-mayor-garcetti-approve-a-scary-black-lung-loft-next-to-the-101-freeway&catid=312)Written by Patrick Range McDonald on September 08 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [Will LA City Council and Mayor Garcetti Approve a Scary ‘Black Lung Loft’ Next to the 101 Freeway?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11774:will-la-city-council-and-mayor-garcetti-approve-a-scary-black-lung-loft-next-to-the-101-freeway&catid=312)

 So far, City Hall politicians and bureaucrats haven’t shown much concern for Black Lung Lofts, with numerous freeway-adjacent housing complexes ap…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/073b-cda58190.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11773:where-the-hell-is-the-outrage-transparency-bills-fail-leaving-calif-beach-biz-behind-closed-doors&catid=312)### [Where the Hell is the Outrage! Transparency Bills Fail Leaving Calif Beach Biz Behind Closed Doors](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11773:where-the-hell-is-the-outrage-transparency-bills-fail-leaving-calif-beach-biz-behind-closed-doors&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on September 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/99/073c-99f13edd.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11772:vote-trading-secrecy-and-la-s-culture-of-criminality&catid=312)### [Vote Trading, Secrecy and LA’s Culture of Criminality](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11772:vote-trading-secrecy-and-la-s-culture-of-criminality&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/073d-be3b2b7a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11771:point-counterpoint-no-matter-the-name-black-focused-housing-at-cal-state-la-is-still-racism&catid=312)### [Point & Counterpoint: No Matter the Name, ‘Black-Focused Housing’ at Cal State LA is Still Racism](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11771:point-counterpoint-no-matter-the-name-black-focused-housing-at-cal-state-la-is-still-racism&catid=312)

Written by Ken Alpern on September 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c6/073f-c695d166.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11770:point-counter-point-black-only-housing-by-cal-state-la-makes-sense&catid=312)### [Point & Counter Point: 'Black Only-Housing' by Cal State LA Makes Sense](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11770:point-counter-point-black-only-housing-by-cal-state-la-makes-sense&catid=312)

Written by Mark Jones on September 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/22/073i-22525473.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11768:let-the-wright-confirmation-hearings-be-an-opportunity-for-real-ladwp-reform&catid=312)### [Let the Wright Confirmation Hearings be an Opportunity for Real LADWP Reform](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11768:let-the-wright-confirmation-hearings-be-an-opportunity-for-real-ladwp-reform&catid=312)

Written by Mitchell Schwartz on September 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/073j-dc34efce.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11767:lawsuit-the-rams-are-ripping-off-the-taxpayers-and-lapd-detectives-cases-stacking-up&catid=312)### [Lawsuit: The Rams are Ripping Off the Taxpayers and LAPD Detectives … Cases Stacking Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11767:lawsuit-the-rams-are-ripping-off-the-taxpayers-and-lapd-detectives-cases-stacking-up&catid=312)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on September 08 2016.

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Written by Dick Platkin on September 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fe/073m-fe71fde8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11764:dwp-reform-don-t-even-bother-to-read-the-ballot-arguments&catid=312)### [DWP Reform: Don’t Even Bother to Read the Ballot Arguments](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11764:dwp-reform-don-t-even-bother-to-read-the-ballot-arguments&catid=312)

Written by Tony Butka on September 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7f/073n-7f607596.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2016/073n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fe53b083) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11763:decisions-decisions-10-000-to-chat-with-hillary-or-the-2-99-special-at-der-weinerschnitzel&catid=312)### [Decisions, Decisions: $10,000 to Chat with Hillary or … the $2.99 Special at Der Weinerschnitzel](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11763:decisions-decisions-10-000-to-chat-with-hillary-or-the-2-99-special-at-der-weinerschnitzel&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b3/073p-b3cc0e56.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11761:council-puts-la-planning-on-a-short-leash-rejects-repeal-of-granny-flat-rules-dept-still-doesn-t-get-it&catid=312)### [Council Puts LA Planning on a Short Leash – Rejects Repeal of Granny Flat Rules … Dept Still Doesn’t Get It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11761:council-puts-la-planning-on-a-short-leash-rejects-repeal-of-granny-flat-rules-dept-still-doesn-t-get-it&catid=312)

Written by Carlyle Hall on September 08 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/073r-078ac2c8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11759:california-losing-migrants-and-money&catid=312)### [California Losing Migrants … and Money](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11759:california-losing-migrants-and-money&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox on September 08 2016.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on September 05 2016.

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Written by Damon Silvers on September 05 2016.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 05 2016.

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Written by Joshua Preven and Eric Preven on September 05 2016.

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Written by Daniel Guss on September 05 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/071a-2f427517.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11739:who-justifies-city-council-s-criminogenic-culture-and-why&catid=312)### [Who Justifies City Council’s ‘Criminogenic’ Culture … and Why](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11739:who-justifies-city-council-s-criminogenic-culture-and-why&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 01 2016.

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Written by Melissa Chadburn on September 01 2016.

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