## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/074h-8ef4b1df.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) ### [L.A. 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When an ADU Becomes an Apartment Complex](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33365-sherwood-forest-when-an-adu-becomes-an-apartment-complex) September 17 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/83/013m-83249710.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/013m.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=cb443f64) ### Here’s Why You Can’t Afford a House In LA Written by Joel Kotkin on February 11 2016. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10488-here-s-why-you-can-t-afford-a-house-in-la) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ee/013n-ee7fa273.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/013n.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=43bf170b) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10487-gil-cedillo-la-s-do-nothing-district-1-boss)Written by Richard Risemberg on February 11 2016. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [Gil Cedillo: LA’s Do-Nothing District 1 Boss](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10487-gil-cedillo-la-s-do-nothing-district-1-boss) And, oh, yeah, he’s alienated more and more constituents, the latest of which is the No on 710 residents’ group, fighting to keep Caltrans from ra… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f7/012g-f79d310b.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/012g.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=057b9f44) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10480-forget-kinsey-the-whole-coastal-commission-should-walk-the-plank)### [Forget Kinsey, the Whole Coastal Commission Should Walk the Plank](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10480-forget-kinsey-the-whole-coastal-commission-should-walk-the-plank) Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on February 08 2016. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c2/012p-c2b7000c.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/012p.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=9cc2e750) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10470-la-councilman-o-farrell-beware-of-nimbyism-antigrowth)### [LA Councilman O’Farrell: ‘Beware of NIMBYism, Antigrowth’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10470-la-councilman-o-farrell-beware-of-nimbyism-antigrowth) Written by Gregory Cornfield on February 08 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/25/012s-2591a942.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/012s.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=fff6029e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10468-uc-commitment-more-latinos-get-into-california-s-colleges)### [UC Commitment: More Latinos get into California’s Colleges](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10468-uc-commitment-more-latinos-get-into-california-s-colleges) Written by Fred Mariscal on February 08 2016. 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I Say Let’s Make a Deal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10461-progress-or-nimbyism-in-sunland-tujunga-i-say-let-s-make-a-deal-2) Written by Denyse Selesnick on February 04 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3c/011c-3c9b05e8.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/011c.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=162acf2a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10457-california-s-june-primary-better-late-than-never)### [California’s June Primary: Better Late than Never?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10457-california-s-june-primary-better-late-than-never) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 04 2016. 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Council’s $9 Billion Public Transit Investment Suffers Ten Percent Drop in Usage](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10453-a-hi-density-vision-gone-bust-council-s-9-billion-public-transit-investment-suffers-ten-percent-drop-in-usage) Written by Tony Butka on February 04 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f9/011p-f907a536.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2016/011p.png&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=af511e64) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10449-what-to-do-about-gil-cedillo-carpetbagger-in-chief)### [What to Do about Gil Cedillo … Carpetbagger-in-Chief?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/10449-what-to-do-about-gil-cedillo-carpetbagger-in-chief) Written by Richard Risemberg on February 05 2016. 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