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Written by Ken Alpern on September 12 2016. Posted in LOS ANGELES.

How to Empower the Citizenry: Try a Little Respect!

ALPERN AT LARGE--Much of what brings the divergent opinions of CityWatch LA contributors together is the overwhelming desire of the contributors to allow the right of Joe/Jane Citizen to be heard, represented, and EMPOWERED. Much of this…

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Written by Tim Deegan on September 12 2016. Posted in LOS ANGELES.

Housing the Homeless Warning: The Unspoken ‘Catch’ to Prop H on the November 8 Ballot

But that's only half of it. A second financing mechanism, likely some form of additional tax, will be needed to provide for services for the newly-to-be-housed homeless. That measure may wind up on the March, 2017 ballot. And that’s the…

Don’t Believe the Anti-Progress Naysayers … ‘Measure M’ Can be a Game-Changer

Written by Jessica Meaney on September 12 2016.

Build Bridges Instead of Firewalls: What Went Right, and Wrong … and How to Improve the Next Neighborhood Council Elections

Written by Jay Handal on September 12 2016.

Ballot Measure Corruption: Hold the Outrage

Written by Joe Mathews on September 12 2016.

A Potentially Devastating Blow to the Anti-Vaccination Movement

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 12 2016.

Will LA City Council and Mayor Garcetti Approve a Scary ‘Black Lung Loft’ Next to the 101 Freeway?

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on September 08 2016.

Where the Hell is the Outrage! Transparency Bills Fail Leaving Calif Beach Biz Behind Closed Doors

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on September 08 2016.

Vote Trading, Secrecy and LA’s Culture of Criminality

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 08 2016.

Point & Counterpoint: No Matter the Name, ‘Black-Focused Housing’ at Cal State LA is Still Racism

Written by Ken Alpern on September 08 2016.

Point & Counter Point: 'Black Only-Housing' by Cal State LA Makes Sense

Written by Mark Jones on September 08 2016.

Let the Wright Confirmation Hearings be an Opportunity for Real LADWP Reform

Written by Mitchell Schwartz on September 08 2016.

Lawsuit: The Rams are Ripping Off the Taxpayers and LAPD Detectives … Cases Stacking Up

Written by Dennis P. Zine on September 08 2016.

If You Have Power, You Don’t Need ‘Empowerment’

Written by Dick Platkin on September 08 2016.

DWP Reform: Don’t Even Bother to Read the Ballot Arguments

Written by Tony Butka on September 08 2016.

Decisions, Decisions: $10,000 to Chat with Hillary or … the $2.99 Special at Der Weinerschnitzel

Written by Bob Gelfand on September 08 2016.

Council Puts LA Planning on a Short Leash – Rejects Repeal of Granny Flat Rules … Dept Still Doesn’t Get It

Written by Carlyle Hall on September 08 2016.

California Losing Migrants … and Money

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

Rapist Brock Turner Walks! What Now?

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on September 05 2016.

Once Again America Seeks the Answer to the Labor Question

Written by Damon Silvers on September 05 2016.

Los Angeles Needs a New Mayor

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 05 2016.

LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)

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