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### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12)

August 07 2025

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August 03 2026

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August 13 2026

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### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396)

August 10 2026

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 Written by Liz Amsden on August 13 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

##  [ The Manufactured Social Security Crisis: There’s a Very Simple Solution ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33197:the-manufactured-social-security-crisis-theres-a-very-simple-solution&catid=375)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Manufactured? That’s correct. Our vaunted Social Security program has become a football in play between some people seeking political advantage and others who are deliberately draining the system to cover budgetary laps…

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## [David Ellison - Comedy or Tragedy?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33195:david-ellison-comedy-or-tragedy&catid=375)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - By now, everyone who reads CityWatch has heard that the owner of Paramount studios, David Ellison, is threatening to move Paramount to Texas or some other place East of Los Angeles. Most of our woefully inadequate med…

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Written by Liz Amsden on August 06 2026.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 06 2026.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 03 2026.

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