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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

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### [California Can’t Insure Its Homes. Now Sacramento Wants to Insure the Trees](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33266:california-cant-insure-its-homes-now-sacramento-wants-to-insure-the-trees&catid=385)

August 27 2026

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### [Will the Mega-Merger of Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Hurt Tenants?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33262:will-the-mega-merger-of-equity-residential-and-avalonbay-communities-hurt-tenants&catid=429)

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#  VOICES

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### Greed and Cronyism Conspire Against Canada

Written by Liz Amsden on February 12 2026.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32261:greed-and-cronyism-conspire-against-canada&catid=375)

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## [Two Papers, Two Realities: How Media Framing Shapes Public Perception](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32254:two-papers-two-realities-how-media-framing-shapes-public-perception&catid=375)

PERSPECTIVE - News mogul Rupert Murdoch’s scrappy, iconoclastic California Post has arrived in Los Angeles with a new brand of journalism—and it didn…

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Written by Liz Amsden on February 09 2026.

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Written by Eliot Cohen on February 09 2026.

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Written by Liz Amsden on February 05 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/84/011l-845019b6.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32230:obey-or-die&catid=375)### [Obey or Die](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32230:obey-or-die&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 05 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/011i-cda0709f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32228:arresting-the-witness-don-lemon-the-doj-and-the-chilling-of-press-freedom&catid=375)### [Arresting the Witness: Don Lemon, the DOJ, and the Chilling of Press Freedom](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32228:arresting-the-witness-don-lemon-the-doj-and-the-chilling-of-press-freedom&catid=375)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on February 05 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b3/011m-b39609c4.jpg&src=images/stories/Feb-2026/011m.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3460ffa9) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32227:the-toll-ghosts-of-california-why-our-cars-are-being-charged-for-crimes-they-didnt-commit&catid=375)### [The Toll Ghosts of California: Why Our Cars are Being Charged for Crimes They Didn't Commit](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32227:the-toll-ghosts-of-california-why-our-cars-are-being-charged-for-crimes-they-didnt-commit&catid=375)

Written by Ziggy Kruse Blue and Bob Blue on February 05 2026.

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Written by CityWatch on February 04 2026.

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Written by Mihran Kalaydjian | Jay Handal on February 02 2026.

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Written by Liz Amsden on February 02 2026.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 02 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/76/009n-76d5139d.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2026/009n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=10218bc3) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32197:the-gaping-gap&catid=375)### [The Gaping Gap](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32197:the-gaping-gap&catid=375)

Written by David M. Hamlin on January 29 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/54/009b-54cb2e38.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2026/009b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1c29af0e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32193:governor-newsom-i-urge-you-to-support-the-billionaire-tax-our-patients-lives-depend-on-it&catid=375)### [Governor Newsom: I Urge You To Support The Billionaire Tax—Our Patients’ Lives Depend On It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32193:governor-newsom-i-urge-you-to-support-the-billionaire-tax-our-patients-lives-depend-on-it&catid=375)

Written by Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, MD, PhD on January 29 2026.

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Written by Liz Amsden on January 29 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3a/009c-3a583a15.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2026/009c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3fbb42a0) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32189:america-cide-how-trumps-war-on-immigrants-and-wall-street-is-killing-the-republic&catid=375)### [America-cide: How Trump’s War on Immigrants and Wall Street Is Killing the Republic](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32189:america-cide-how-trumps-war-on-immigrants-and-wall-street-is-killing-the-republic&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 29 2026.

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Written by Victor Rothman on January 29 2026.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on January 29 2026.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/83/009g-836e0258.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2026/009g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=64c4f36c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32185:the-new-la-political-model-city-hall-used-for-abolish-the-police-spectacle&catid=375)### [The New LA Political Model? City Hall Used For ‘Abolish The Police’ Spectacle](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32185:the-new-la-political-model-city-hall-used-for-abolish-the-police-spectacle&catid=375)

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 26 2026.

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