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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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August 27 2026

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August 24 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Janice Kamenir-Reznik Up Close (Part 2): ‘Porter Ranch Lead Revealed that Lawmakers were Asleep at the Switch

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 18 2016.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2016/032t.jpeg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10931:it-does-not-require-breaking-the-law-to-govern-our-city&catid=312)Written by Ken Alpern on April 18 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [It Does Not Require Breaking the Law to Govern Our City](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10931:it-does-not-require-breaking-the-law-to-govern-our-city&catid=312)

 It's still tax season, and this November we might face not only one but two tax hikes--so therefore "Alpern's Law of Taxes" still merits some disc…

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Written by Ellen Lubic on April 18 2016.

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Written by Brian Hawkins on April 18 2016.

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Written by Fred Mariscal on April 18 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/16/031b-163d5dfb.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10920:translating-mayor-garcetti-s-latest-press-release-on-city-planning-into-understandable-english&catid=312)### [Translating Mayor Garcetti’s Latest Press Release on City Planning into Understandable English](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10920:translating-mayor-garcetti-s-latest-press-release-on-city-planning-into-understandable-english&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on April 14 2016.

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Written by Joel Epstein on April 14 2016.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 14 2016.

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Written by Athena Novak on April 14 2016.

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Written by Bob Anderson on April 14 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b7/031i-b75b1efc.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2016/031i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2add5ea9) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10913:janice-kamenir-reznik-up-close-part-1-the-exorbitant-cost-of-housing-is-a-major-issue-for-women&catid=312)### [Janice Kamenir-Reznik Up Close (Part 1): “The Exorbitant Cost of Housing is a Major Issue for Women](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10913:janice-kamenir-reznik-up-close-part-1-the-exorbitant-cost-of-housing-is-a-major-issue-for-women&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 14 2016.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on April 14 2016.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 14 2016.

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Written by Jill Stewart on April 14 2016.

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Written by General Jeff on April 14 2016.

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Written by Richard Risemberg on April 14 2016.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on April 11 2016.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 11 2016.

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Written by Daily Bruin Editorial Board on April 11 2016.

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Written by Cheryl Dorsey on April 14 2016.

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