## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/083c-2d4e8157.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33543-karen-bass-matters-stop-the-dsa) ### [Karen Bass Matters - Stop the DSA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33543-karen-bass-matters-stop-the-dsa) October 15 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/084a-dd138921.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33562-marissa-roy-the-other-face-of-gascon) ### [Marissa Roy: The Other Face of Gascón](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33562-marissa-roy-the-other-face-of-gascon) October 19 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/084q-a9a49093.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33573-airbnbs-funding-of-mayor-bass-raises-the-specter-of-a-pay-to-play-ploy) ### [Airbnb’s Funding of Mayor Bass Raises the Specter of a Pay‑to‑Play Ploy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33573-airbnbs-funding-of-mayor-bass-raises-the-specter-of-a-pay-to-play-ploy) October 19 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/084d-9f4b8dab.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33564-adus-a-new-weapon-for-landlords-to-create-turmoil-and-hardship-for-tenants) ### [ADUs: A New Weapon for Landlords to Create Turmoil and Hardship for Tenants](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33564-adus-a-new-weapon-for-landlords-to-create-turmoil-and-hardship-for-tenants) October 19 2026 # NEIGHBORHOOD --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/071k-baa62efd.png) ### The Babcock Avenue Burnout: Is Nithya Raman Truly Ready to Occupy City Hall Room 300? Written by Thomas Glick on September 03 2026. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33303-the-babcock-avenue-burnout-is-nithya-raman-truly-ready-to-occupy-city-hall-room-300) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/071q-e7d32255.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33298-the-fallacy-of-police-abolitionism)Written by Angela McGregor on September 03 2026. Posted in [NEIGHBORHOOD](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics). ## [The Fallacy of Police Abolitionism](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33298-the-fallacy-of-police-abolitionism) VENICE HOMELESSNESS - In April of last year, a neighbor of mine looped me into an email chain regarding an encampment a few blocks from our homes in… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/14/071p-14ef8765.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33297-a-system-of-care-paul-duncan-on-homelessness-and-human-connection)### [A System of Care: Paul Duncan on Homelessness and Human Connection](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33297-a-system-of-care-paul-duncan-on-homelessness-and-human-connection) Written by George Cassidy Payne, M.A., M.T.S. on September 03 2026. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/071a3-5a4a6e4e.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33293-7-ways-to-keep-homes-cool)### [7 Ways To Keep Homes Cool](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33293-7-ways-to-keep-homes-cool) Written by CityWatch on September 03 2026. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d1/070c-d170b260.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33282-two-mayoral-candidates-two-fires-and-one-city-hall-failure)### [Two Mayoral Candidates, Two Fires and One City Hall Failure](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33282-two-mayoral-candidates-two-fires-and-one-city-hall-failure) Written by Ziggy Kruse Blue and Bob Blue on August 31 2026. 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An Interview With Venice Community Officer Clark Brown. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33117-judging-the-effectiveness-of-a-neighborhood-council-an-interview-with-venice-community-officer-clark-brown) Written by Nick Antonicello on July 27 2026. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/059k-bac4f17e.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33108-when-burbank-cant-tell-you-what-it-spent-that-isnt-preservation-its-a-blank-check)### [When Burbank Can’t Tell You What It Spent, That Isn’t Preservation — It’s A Blank Check](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33108-when-burbank-cant-tell-you-what-it-spent-that-isnt-preservation-its-a-blank-check) Written by Helen Wong on July 27 2026. 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