## 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/02/069a-02608941.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/069a.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=8d2c0894)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22423:a-black-pastor-and-former-cop-walk-into-a-walmart-to-return-a-tv-so-why-were-they-handcuffed-and-accused-of-stealing-it&catid=375) VOICES ## [ A Black Pastor and Former Cop Walk into a Walmart to Return a TV - So Why Were They Handcuffed and Accused of Stealing It? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22423:a-black-pastor-and-former-cop-walk-into-a-walmart-to-return-a-tv-so-why-were-they-handcuffed-and-accused-of-stealing-it&catid=375) If two Black men are ever seen carrying a television, even if they are carrying the TV into a store to return it, chances are they probably stole it and should be treated as thieves. Allegedly. Well Walmart’s got some explaining to do… ### More Coverage - [Don’t Scapegoat Black Texans for State’s COVID-19 Surge](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22414:don-t-scapegoat-black-texans-for-state-s-covid-19-surge&catid=375) - ['Somebody Had to Do It': Black Superintendent Challenges Mask Mandate Prohibition](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22403:somebody-had-to-do-it-black-superintendent-challenges-mask-mandate-prohibition&catid=375) - [LA City Council Adopts Anti-Racist Framework in the City of Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22401:la-city-council-adopts-anti-racist-framework-in-the-city-of-los-angeles&catid=375) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/63/068y-630cbbf9.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/068y.png&thumbnail=610,403,&hash=82544026) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22417:we-must-not-allow-the-republicans-to-destroy-our-basic-values&catid=375)VOICES ## [We Must Not Allow The Republicans To Destroy Our Basic Values](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22417:we-must-not-allow-the-republicans-to-destroy-our-basic-values&catid=375) Making the rich richer through massive tax cuts at the expense of the poor became a sound fiscal policy, denying climate change to benefit the oil companies is how they tried to stimulate the economy, and passing countless voting restricti… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/40/068j-404faa05.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/068j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=053867c4) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22414:don-t-scapegoat-black-texans-for-state-s-covid-19-surge&catid=375)### [Don’t Scapegoat Black Texans for State’s COVID-19 Surge](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22414:don-t-scapegoat-black-texans-for-state-s-covid-19-surge&catid=375) COVID POLITICS - In the strongest possible terms, the NAACP condemns the incendiary comments made by Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick in an i… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/be/068f-bef93a4f.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/068f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=97dcdaa7) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22403:somebody-had-to-do-it-black-superintendent-challenges-mask-mandate-prohibition&catid=375)### ['Somebody Had to Do It': Black Superintendent Challenges Mask Mandate Prohibition](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22403:somebody-had-to-do-it-black-superintendent-challenges-mask-mandate-prohibition&catid=375) THE ROOT - In a move that may have national implications, one of South Carolina’s largest school districts asked the state’s highest court… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/45/068i-455c5188.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/068i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cf5e2965) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22401:la-city-council-adopts-anti-racist-framework-in-the-city-of-los-angeles&catid=375)### [LA City Council Adopts Anti-Racist Framework in the City of Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22401:la-city-council-adopts-anti-racist-framework-in-the-city-of-los-angeles&catid=375) COMMENTARY - As leaders of a city as diverse as Los Angeles, it is our responsibility to ensure the equitable distribution of city services… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/068s-994d6c08.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/068s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8aca9a09) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22398:no-one-wants-to-work-for-chick-fil-a-they-can-t-figure-out-why&catid=375)### [No one wants to work for Chick-fil-A. They can’t figure out why.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22398:no-one-wants-to-work-for-chick-fil-a-they-can-t-figure-out-why&catid=375) Chick-fil-A franchises in Alabama are limiting their services because they’re unable to find anyone that wants to work with them, their own… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/17/067z1-17824835.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/067z1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=190725f7) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22389:rachel-maddow-reaches-agreement-to-remain-at-msnbc&catid=375)### [Rachel Maddow reaches agreement to remain at MSNBC](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22389:rachel-maddow-reaches-agreement-to-remain-at-msnbc&catid=375) LGBTQ NEWS - Out MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has reportedly agreed to a new contract, meaning she will remain with the cable network after wid… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a2/067o-a2846c43.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/067o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e0306389) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22382:america-the-indispensable&catid=375)### [America the Indispensable](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22382:america-the-indispensable&catid=375) NEW GEOGRAPHY - Post-millennium America does not look good at a glance. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/36/067t-3605c4b4.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/067t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2f5995b1) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22369:israel-is-ending-their-ban-on-blood-donation-from-queer-men-why-isn-t-america&catid=375)### [Israel is ending their ban on blood donation from queer men. Why isn’t America?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22369:israel-is-ending-their-ban-on-blood-donation-from-queer-men-why-isn-t-america&catid=375) LGBTQ POLITICS - Israel is ending all restrictions in place that limit men from donating blood in any way simply because they have sex with… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4b/066r-4b2a1143.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=67be5267) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22365:mary-trump-rips-meghan-mccain-for-being-a-disrespectful-coward&catid=375)### [Mary Trump rips Meghan McCain for being a disrespectful “coward”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22365:mary-trump-rips-meghan-mccain-for-being-a-disrespectful-coward&catid=375) LGBTW WATCH - Mary Trump, the lesbian niece of Republican former President Donald Trump, has criticized Meghan McCain, the conservative for… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c5/066c-c5e9379a.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=669c5f4c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22364:joy-in-the-midst-of-sorrow-in-santa-maria-orphanage&catid=375)### [Joy In The Midst Of Sorrow In Santa Maria Orphanage](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22364:joy-in-the-midst-of-sorrow-in-santa-maria-orphanage&catid=375) HUMANITARIANISM - One of the most important journeys in my life began when a tiny note posted in a church grabbed my eye. The note said tha… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a8/066l-a8a4570e.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8725c127) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22360:a-gay-man-passed-a-warning-note-to-a-woman-on-her-first-date-she-listened&catid=375)### [A Gay Man Passed A Warning Note To A Woman On Her First Date. She Listened.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22360:a-gay-man-passed-a-warning-note-to-a-woman-on-her-first-date-she-listened&catid=375) LGBTQ NATION - A woman’s tweet about her coffee date has gone viral after she posted a photo of the warning note a gay man passed her after… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/20/066p-206ca8a0.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1b70ff63) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22355:absentee-democratic-voters-to-decide-if-newsom-s-growing-gap-between-rich-and-poor-is-worth-keeping&catid=375)### [Absentee Democratic Voters To Decide If Newsom's Growing Gap Between Rich And Poor Is Worth Keeping](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22355:absentee-democratic-voters-to-decide-if-newsom-s-growing-gap-between-rich-and-poor-is-worth-keeping&catid=375) RECALL WATCH - Under the leadership of Governor Gavin Newsom, rich and poor Democrats have been watching the financial gap between them get… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/df/066q-df297caf.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c90c794a) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22350:debt-and-disillusionment&catid=375)### [Debt and Disillusionment](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22350:debt-and-disillusionment&catid=375) EDUCATION PONZI SCHEMES - For the last decade and a half, I’ve been teaching ethics to undergraduates. Now — admittedly, a little late to t… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/4e/066d-4e997ff1.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=14efeedf) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22344:i-ll-put-up-with-mean-tweets-if-it-means-less-beheadings-in-afghanistan&catid=375)### [I’ll Put Up with Mean Tweets If It Means Less Beheadings in Afghanistan](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22344:i-ll-put-up-with-mean-tweets-if-it-means-less-beheadings-in-afghanistan&catid=375) COMMENTARY-Priorities should be a thing again. However, in a modern-day peaceful world, affluenza continues to run rampant. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e2/066o-e24ee09a.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/066o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=771b79bd) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22343:we-are-the-least-trustworthy-people-on-the-planet-another-ghastly-retreat-from-empire&catid=375)### [We Are the Least Trustworthy People On the Planet: Another Ghastly Retreat From Empire](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22343:we-are-the-least-trustworthy-people-on-the-planet-another-ghastly-retreat-from-empire&catid=375) WORD ON WAR - Kabul, it's been noted, was not lost yesterday. It was the inevitable final fall of a calamitous, arrogant, 20-year, trillion… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/38/065y-384733df.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/065y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cb105d07) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22333:a-29-year-old-youtube-millionaire-is-leading-in-a-poll-to-replace-gavin-newsom-as-next-governor-of-california&catid=375)### [A 29-year-old YouTube millionaire is leading in a poll to replace Gavin Newsom as next governor of California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22333:a-29-year-old-youtube-millionaire-is-leading-in-a-poll-to-replace-gavin-newsom-as-next-governor-of-california&catid=375) YouTube influencer Kevin Paffrath could become California's youngest governor to date. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/96/065e-969c5848.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/065e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f3833c68) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22324:the-far-right-s-deadly-embrace-of-anti-vaccine-stupidity&catid=375)### [The Far Right's Deadly Embrace of Anti-Vaccine Stupidity](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22324:the-far-right-s-deadly-embrace-of-anti-vaccine-stupidity&catid=375) INFECTIOUS POLITICS - You’d think that the whole world could unite against a deadly virus. COVID-19 has already sickened over 200 million p… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/57/065p-57e935ef.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/065p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=da8e0aeb) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22322:msnbc-executives-scramble-as-rachel-maddow-considers-leaving-when-contract-ends&catid=375)### [MSNBC Executives Scramble as Rachel Maddow Considers Leaving When Contract Ends](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22322:msnbc-executives-scramble-as-rachel-maddow-considers-leaving-when-contract-ends&catid=375) LGBTQ VOICES - MSNBC executives are reportedly scrambling to figure out what they’ll do if host Rachel Maddow doesn’t renew her contract ne… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/07/065b-070f2495.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/065b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=361db4ed) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22319:wokerism-is-wrecking-the-biden-administration&catid=375)### [Wokerism is Wrecking the Biden Administration](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22319:wokerism-is-wrecking-the-biden-administration&catid=375) VIEW FROM HERE - Wokerism is the current name for the Democrats divisive political strategy which also is part of Nancy Pelosi’s racist, an… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ac/065t-acf39574.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2021/065t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a6ae07f9) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22317:at-what-cost&catid=375)### [At What Cost](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22317:at-what-cost&catid=375) COMMENTARY-I am a conservative. 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