##  In the News

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

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### [Your Boss Owns Your Workday—Not Your Brain](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33199:your-boss-owns-your-workday-not-your-brain&catid=425)

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### [California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378)

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#  PLANNING WATCH LA

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### Why Homelessness and Traffic Get Steadily Worse In Los Angeles

Written by Dick Platkin on March 14 2024.

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## [Two Ways for US Government Officials To Create Homelessness: One Gradual, The Other Instant](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28567:two-ways-for-us-government-officials-to-create-homelessness-one-gradual-the-other-instant&catid=398)

PLANNING WATCH - Gradual creation of homelessness: At all levels of government, the Democratic Party’s elected officials, with nearly full support f…

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Written by Dick Platkin on February 22 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/aa/014b-aac2ac29.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28438:why-i-am-voting-no-on-las-measure-hla&catid=398)### [Why I am voting NO on LA’s Measure HLA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28438:why-i-am-voting-no-on-las-measure-hla&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on February 15 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/76/012d-7640bd0c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28400:ode-to-the-los-angeles-times-on-its-last-legs-it-still-shills-for-real-estate-speculators&catid=398)### [Ode to the Los Angeles Times: On its last legs, it still shills for real estate speculators](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28400:ode-to-the-los-angeles-times-on-its-last-legs-it-still-shills-for-real-estate-speculators&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on February 08 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/010a-96f1c63d.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28367:crocodile-tears-for-the-homeless-a-pretext-for-rescinding-adopted-zoning-and-environmental-laws&catid=398)### [Crocodile Tears for The Homeless: A Pretext For Rescinding Adopted Zoning And Environmental Laws](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28367:crocodile-tears-for-the-homeless-a-pretext-for-rescinding-adopted-zoning-and-environmental-laws&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on February 01 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/87/008p-870b24b1.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28343:is-las-traffic-congestion-getting-worse&catid=398)### [Is LA’s Traffic Congestion Getting Worse?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28343:is-las-traffic-congestion-getting-worse&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 26 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/006f-74682c8f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28298:las-future-more-of-the-same-worse-or-push-back&catid=398)### [LA’s Future: More Of the Same, Worse, Or Push-Back?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28298:las-future-more-of-the-same-worse-or-push-back&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 18 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/004p-a0d066ad.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28257:city-halls-mishandling-of-the-homeless-crisis-is-not-its-cause&catid=398)### [City Hall’s Mishandling of The Homeless Crisis Is Not Its Cause](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28257:city-halls-mishandling-of-the-homeless-crisis-is-not-its-cause&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 12 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/82/002a1-823a1f83.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28223:california-continues-its-losing-streak&catid=398)### [California Continues Its Losing Streak](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28223:california-continues-its-losing-streak&catid=398)

Written by Irvin Dawid on January 04 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/002f-f4939cb6.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28217:los-angeles-city-hall-home-of-the-citys-neglected-but-nevertheless-mandatory-general-plan&catid=398)### [Los Angeles City Hall, Home of the City’s Neglected but Nevertheless Mandatory General Plan.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28217:los-angeles-city-hall-home-of-the-citys-neglected-but-nevertheless-mandatory-general-plan&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on January 04 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/104e-d821d1ee.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28192:part-ii-how-to-make-los-angeles-a-bicycle-friendly-city&catid=398)### [Part II: How To Make Los Angeles A Bicycle-Friendly City](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28192:part-ii-how-to-make-los-angeles-a-bicycle-friendly-city&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 28 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/102b-d68f314a.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28165:what-will-it-take-to-create-a-bicycle-friendly-los-angeles&catid=398)### [What Will It Take To Create A Bicycle-Friendly Los Angeles?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28165:what-will-it-take-to-create-a-bicycle-friendly-los-angeles&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 21 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/100e2-2c65ac46.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28139:will-las-metro-ever-build-successful-mass-transit&catid=398)### [Will LA’s METRO Ever Build Successful Mass Transit](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28139:will-las-metro-ever-build-successful-mass-transit&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 14 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/de/098b-deaffe66.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28086:homelessness-at-home-and-abroad&catid=398)### [Homelessness: At Home And Abroad](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28086:homelessness-at-home-and-abroad&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on December 07 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/096d-915c390d.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28058:las-response-to-the-un-climate-change-conference-in-dubai-what-me-worry&catid=398)### [LA’s Response to the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai: “What, Me Worry?”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28058:las-response-to-the-un-climate-change-conference-in-dubai-what-me-worry&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 30 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/094d-86838da0.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28012:the-real-estate-scams-keep-coming-along-with-aggressive-policing-of-the-unhoused&catid=398)### [The Real Estate Scams Keep Coming, Along With Aggressive Policing Of The Unhoused](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28012:the-real-estate-scams-keep-coming-along-with-aggressive-policing-of-the-unhoused&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 23 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/092r-9195c52d.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27990:mass-evictions-increase-homelessness-what-is-going-on&catid=398)### [Mass Evictions Increase Homelessness. What Is Going On?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27990:mass-evictions-increase-homelessness-what-is-going-on&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 16 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/090c-74fa6352.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27952:why-the-housing-crisis-continues-to-get-worse&catid=398)### [Why The Housing Crisis Continues To Get Worse](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27952:why-the-housing-crisis-continues-to-get-worse&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on November 09 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/086c-2ff1d6e9.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27857:las-wilshire-community-plan-is-out-of-date-with-terrible-consequences&catid=398)### [LA’s Wilshire Community Plan Is Out-Of-Date, With Terrible Consequences](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27857:las-wilshire-community-plan-is-out-of-date-with-terrible-consequences&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on October 26 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/082a-8c37ec1e.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27777:why-is-homelessness-still-growing-in-los-angeles&catid=398)### [Why Is Homelessness Still Growing In Los Angeles?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27777:why-is-homelessness-still-growing-in-los-angeles&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on October 12 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/080d-748ef003.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27729:despite-city-council-adoption-las-housing-element-and-hollywoods-community-plan-are-up-for-grabs&catid=398)### [Despite City Council Adoption, LA’s Housing Element And Hollywood’s Community Plan Are Up For Grabs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27729:despite-city-council-adoption-las-housing-element-and-hollywoods-community-plan-are-up-for-grabs&catid=398)

Written by Dick Platkin on October 05 2023.

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