## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/077a-56ff870c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) ### [With National Implications, Corporate Landlords Take Aim at Three Pro-Rent Control Campaigns in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33413-with-national-implications-corporate-landlords-take-aim-at-three-pro-rent-control-campaigns-in-california) September 24 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/076m2-7e471e2f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33386-massacre-on-city-streets-mayor-bass-must-issue-an-emergency-declaration-now) ### [Massacre on City Streets: Mayor Bass Must Issue an Emergency Declaration Now](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33386-massacre-on-city-streets-mayor-bass-must-issue-an-emergency-declaration-now) September 21 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/076g-8363b56a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33395-should-dwp-ratepayers-pay-for-the-citys-streetlights) ### [Should DWP Ratepayers Pay for the City’s Streetlights? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33395-should-dwp-ratepayers-pay-for-the-citys-streetlights) September 21 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4e/076b-4e4a3fc2.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33398-why-are-la-officials-ignoring-illegal-rv-parking-on-washington-blvd) ### [Why Are LA Officials Ignoring Illegal RV Parking on Washington Blvd?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33398-why-are-la-officials-ignoring-illegal-rv-parking-on-washington-blvd) September 21 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/20/058p-2005b5ba.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2023/058p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=963980e0) ### Movie Review: “Sound of Freedom” Raises the Alarm About Evil Child Trafficking… That’s All You Need to Know Written by Ken Alpern on July 20 2023. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/27314-movie-review-sound-of-freedom-raises-the-alarm-about-evil-child-trafficking-thats-all-you-need-to-know) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d1/058o-d185a4d1.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2023/058o.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=30cefea0) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/27311-robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-no-robert-f-kennedy)Written by Robert Reich on July 20 2023. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is No Robert F. Kennedy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/27311-robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-no-robert-f-kennedy) NATIONAL POLITICS - During a press event last week at an Upper East Side restaurant, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed … --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3e/058i-3e8d65e0.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2023/058i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=81a270f8) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/27309-american-leaders-must-stop-being-apologists-for-racist-israelis)### [American Leaders Must Stop Being Apologists for Racist Israelis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/27309-american-leaders-must-stop-being-apologists-for-racist-israelis) Written by Liz Amsden on July 20 2023. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/14/058l-145a449f.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2023/058l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=9dbe66d8) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/27307-corporate-landlords-use-the-california-apartment-association-to-carry-out-greed-driven-agenda)### [Corporate Landlords Use the California Apartment Association to Carry Out Greed-Driven Agenda](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/27307-corporate-landlords-use-the-california-apartment-association-to-carry-out-greed-driven-agenda) Written by Patrick Range McDonald on July 20 2023. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c2/056g-c2474edf.jpg&src=images/stories/July-2023/056g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,800,&hash=dcbe945e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/27267-supreme-court-may-decide-on-the-right-for-homeless-to-sleep-in-public-spaces)### [Supreme Court May Decide on the “Right” For Homeless To Sleep In Public Spaces](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/27267-supreme-court-may-decide-on-the-right-for-homeless-to-sleep-in-public-spaces) Written by Tim Deegan on July 13 2023. 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