## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) ### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) August 06 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [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) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/51/069f-5167b577.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/069f.jpg&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=ee5ede8d)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25386:the-violence-at-the-heart-of-trumpism&catid=375) VOICES ## [ The Violence at the Heart of Trumpism ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25386:the-violence-at-the-heart-of-trumpism&catid=375) "Our country is now a cesspool of crime," Trump said in a recent speech to the America First Policy Institute. "We have blood, death, and suffering on a scale once unthinkable because of the Democrat Party's effort to destroy and dismantle… ### More Coverage - [Families are Vacating California to Leave Chaos Behind](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25382:families-are-vacating-california-to-leave-chaos-behind&catid=375) - [The Democratic Party is a Fifth Column for Right-wing Lunacy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25378:the-democratic-party-is-a-fifth-column-for-right-wing-lunacy&catid=375) - [AOC Says Congress Could Reverse Trump Tax Cuts to Cancel All Student Debt](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25377:aoc-says-congress-could-reverse-trump-tax-cuts-to-cancel-all-student-debt&catid=375) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/39/069k-39c7211a.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/069k.jpg&thumbnail=610,410,&hash=f0d3ab44) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25385:blacks-will-fight-back&catid=375)VOICES ## [Blacks Will Fight Back](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25385:blacks-will-fight-back&catid=375) Riots had broken out in cities throughout the nation. In my early 20s, I’d written my share of “Revolutionary” poetry, but this bulletin shocked me. Black snipers were holding down members of the armed forces and, at one point, forced thei… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/af/069s-afd76699.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/069s.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fa763260) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25382:families-are-vacating-california-to-leave-chaos-behind&catid=375)### [Families are Vacating California to Leave Chaos Behind](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25382:families-are-vacating-california-to-leave-chaos-behind&catid=375) RantZ and RaveZ - I recently ran into an old friend Jay who gave up his job, moved out Los Angeles and is doing great in Palm Desert, Calif… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8f/069j-8f5dea97.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/069j.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=292b659a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25378:the-democratic-party-is-a-fifth-column-for-right-wing-lunacy&catid=375)### [The Democratic Party is a Fifth Column for Right-wing Lunacy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25378:the-democratic-party-is-a-fifth-column-for-right-wing-lunacy&catid=375) POLITICAL HIGH STAKES - To write about the strange and unstable present moment, or to engage in political prognostication, is to court not… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6d/069q-6dc96eed.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/069q.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ca3b13fa) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25377:aoc-says-congress-could-reverse-trump-tax-cuts-to-cancel-all-student-debt&catid=375)### [AOC Says Congress Could Reverse Trump Tax Cuts to Cancel All Student Debt](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25377:aoc-says-congress-could-reverse-trump-tax-cuts-to-cancel-all-student-debt&catid=375) STUDENT DEBT - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Saturday that Congress could reverse the 2017 GOP tax cuts, which overwhelmingly benefite… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5f/069o-5fb5ef4b.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/069o.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e4d6e072) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25375:rent-forever-and-love-it&catid=375)### [Rent Forever and Love It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25375:rent-forever-and-love-it&catid=375) HOUSING CRISIS - Housing is an industry, but it is also where people live, raise families, and stake their future. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/26/069h-2663f868.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/069h.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fa858b82) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25367:how-wokeism-polarizes-america&catid=375)### [How Wokeism Polarizes America ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25367:how-wokeism-polarizes-america&catid=375) THE VIEW FROM HERE - While the Alt Right is dangerous due to its propensity for violence, the Wokers pose the more lethal threat to the nat… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/30/069y-3001cdae.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/069y.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3764e62d) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25366:the-ultimate-winners-of-the-loan-forgiveness-program-coddled-universities-and-banks&catid=375)### [The Ultimate Winners of the Loan Forgiveness Program: Coddled Universities and Banks ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25366:the-ultimate-winners-of-the-loan-forgiveness-program-coddled-universities-and-banks&catid=375) THE DOCTOR IS IN - Faux-economics gurus, faux-taxpayer experts, and faux-students rights spokesmen and "thought leaders" are weighing in on… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f5/069x-f570e700.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/069x.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f3ffafa5) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25365:la-adults-reading-and-writing-skills-in-the-toilet&catid=375)### [LA Adults' Reading and Writing Skills in the Toilet](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25365:la-adults-reading-and-writing-skills-in-the-toilet&catid=375) ACCORDING TO LIZ - “A country that was founded on the principles of free speech, free press, and the freedom of religion — all rights tied… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ea/068p-ea4ab535.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/068p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d5c30654) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25358:america-has-an-oedipus-complex&catid=375)### [America Has An Oedipus Complex](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25358:america-has-an-oedipus-complex&catid=375) GUEST COMMENTARY - As in Sophocles’s tragedy Oedipus Rex, we are witnessing a generational drama in which inheritors kill their proverbial… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fc/068r-fc1ed055.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/068r.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=63962cda) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25357:us-and-israeli-right-wingers-want-only-one-thing-in-iran-regime-change&catid=375)### [US and Israeli Right-Wingers Want Only One Thing in Iran: Regime Change](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25357:us-and-israeli-right-wingers-want-only-one-thing-in-iran-regime-change&catid=375) GUEST COMMENTARY - Right wing Israeli politicians such as former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and even centrist politicians like caret… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bc/068t-bc9d7d5f.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/068t.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7556cd3b) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25354:do-fences-make-good-neighbors-or-should-we-be-building-more-bridges&catid=375)### [Do Fences Make Good Neighbors or Should We Be Building More Bridges?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25354:do-fences-make-good-neighbors-or-should-we-be-building-more-bridges&catid=375) ACCORDING TO LIZ - Do we want to build a wall across the northern border to keep America isolated? [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/75/068c-7556c6da.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/068c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0fcf290f) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25348:wokerism-is-more-dangerous-to-the-republic-than-white-supremacy&catid=375)### [Wokerism Is More Dangerous to the Republic than White Supremacy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25348:wokerism-is-more-dangerous-to-the-republic-than-white-supremacy&catid=375) THE VIEW FROM HERE - The number of White Supremacists is tiny. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f7/068i-f7d516eb.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/068i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c02c99ea) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25340:student-loan-forgiveness-are-you-prepared-for-another-great-recession&catid=375)### [Student Loan Forgiveness: Are You Prepared for Another Great Recession?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25340:student-loan-forgiveness-are-you-prepared-for-another-great-recession&catid=375) THE DOCTOR IS IN - Yes, President Biden surged again from the political center to the Left, and proved that it was not the legacy Joe Biden… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e0/067r-e05077db.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/067r.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a0ba53f3) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25339:biden-s-southern-border-policy-a-legally-sanctioned-strategy-of-chaos-and-lawlessness&catid=375)### [Biden's Southern Border Policy: A Legally Sanctioned Strategy of Chaos and Lawlessness](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25339:biden-s-southern-border-policy-a-legally-sanctioned-strategy-of-chaos-and-lawlessness&catid=375) THE DOC IS IN - When an NPR/Ipsos poll reports that a majority of Americans support the term "invasion" to describe the situation at our so… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a5/067l-a5baa773.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/067l.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9d2031d1) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25333:is-baby-food-poisoning-our-babies&catid=375)### [Is Baby Food Poisoning Our Babies?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25333:is-baby-food-poisoning-our-babies&catid=375) ACCORDING TO LIZ - One out of every six children in the United States has a developmental disability. One in every 45 has been diagnosed wi… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2f/067k-2f338297.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/067k.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=847eaef2) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25330:inflation-reduction-act-doesn-t-live-up-to-the-hype&catid=375)### [Inflation Reduction Act Doesn't Live Up to the Hype](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25330:inflation-reduction-act-doesn-t-live-up-to-the-hype&catid=375) GUEST COMMENTARY - The Democrats are celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act over unified Republican opposition, claiming th… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e4/67c-e4ab0a83.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/67c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ae51c12d) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25327:lies-more-lies-and-lies-about-lying&catid=375)### [Lies, More Lies, and Lies about Lying](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25327:lies-more-lies-and-lies-about-lying&catid=375) THE VIEW FROM HERE -The political strategy of both political parties is the same – non-stop lying about everything all the time. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0e/066b-0e928d85.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/066b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=43aa918a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25318:tenants-call-on-biden-to-act-as-rent-increases-reach-a-35-year-high&catid=375)### [Tenants Call on Biden to Act as Rent Increases Reach a 35-Year High](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25318:tenants-call-on-biden-to-act-as-rent-increases-reach-a-35-year-high&catid=375) INFLATION WATCH - Inflation cooled off and remained unchanged during the month of July, providing President Joe Biden and vulnerable Democr… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/10/066t-10efd399.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/066t.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9f465e4a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25311:who-are-the-most-dangerous-people-in-america&catid=375)### [Who Are the Most Dangerous People in America?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25311:who-are-the-most-dangerous-people-in-america&catid=375) GUEST COMMENTARY - I am starting a contest and asking for nominations for a list of THE 10 MOST DANGEROUS PEOPLE IN AMERICA. 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