## 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/media/yootheme/cache/72/060r-72a32398.png)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22174:venice-beach-press-conference-our-future-la-coalition-stands-up-against-punitive-response-to-homelessness&catid=375) VOICES ## [ Venice Beach Press Conference - Our Future LA Coalition Stands Up Against Punitive Response to Homelessness ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22174:venice-beach-press-conference-our-future-la-coalition-stands-up-against-punitive-response-to-homelessness&catid=375) Suddenly the increasing number of homeless people has become a threat and the City Council is deciding to criminalize these individuals with a new Ordinance. While a lot has been written about the Echo Park Lake debacle, relatively little… ### More Coverage - [Happy Birthday, Medicare: You Showed That Public, Universal Health Insurance Is Superior](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22153:happy-birthday-medicare-you-showed-that-public-universal-health-insurance-is-superior&catid=375) - [One of the First Things Bezos Says After Returning From Space: Humanity Should Pollute It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22135:one-of-the-first-things-bezos-says-after-returning-from-space-humanity-should-pollute-it&catid=375) - [Dennis Kucinich’s fight against privatization and his run to become Cleveland’s mayor again](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22126:dennis-kucinich-s-fight-against-privatization-and-his-run-to-become-cleveland-s-mayor-again&catid=375) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c7/059z2-c76f8d11.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22166:krush-kavanagh&catid=375)VOICES ## [Krush Kavanagh](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22166:krush-kavanagh&catid=375) Use and abuse of women is a time-hallowed tradition in the good old boy clubs frequented by Brett Kavanagh, Clarence Thomas, Donald Trump, and their ilk. While there are too many more walking with entitlement in the halls of Congress, a ma… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/04/059c-04b5141e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22153:happy-birthday-medicare-you-showed-that-public-universal-health-insurance-is-superior&catid=375)### [Happy Birthday, Medicare: You Showed That Public, Universal Health Insurance Is Superior](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22153:happy-birthday-medicare-you-showed-that-public-universal-health-insurance-is-superior&catid=375) HEALTH CARE - Fifty-six years ago Congress enacted Medicare to provide health insurance for people ages 65 and older and the disabled regar… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d7/058c-d78d42b0.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22135:one-of-the-first-things-bezos-says-after-returning-from-space-humanity-should-pollute-it&catid=375)### [One of the First Things Bezos Says After Returning From Space: Humanity Should Pollute It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22135:one-of-the-first-things-bezos-says-after-returning-from-space-humanity-should-pollute-it&catid=375) SPACE TRAVEL-Just minutes after touching down following his successful and brief suborbital flight on Tuesday, billionaire Jeff Bezos expre… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/058z3-63cc87c2.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22126:dennis-kucinich-s-fight-against-privatization-and-his-run-to-become-cleveland-s-mayor-again&catid=375)### [Dennis Kucinich’s fight against privatization and his run to become Cleveland’s mayor again](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22126:dennis-kucinich-s-fight-against-privatization-and-his-run-to-become-cleveland-s-mayor-again&catid=375) Over the July 4th weekend, I interviewed two-time presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich about his latest book, The Division of Light and P… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/22/058j-228c95a8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22119:upward-and-outward-america-on-the-move-2&catid=375)### [Upward and Outward: America on the Move](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22119:upward-and-outward-america-on-the-move-2&catid=375) NEW GEOGRAPHY-These are times, to paraphrase Thomas Paine, that try the souls of American optimists. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/50/058t-50def419.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22118:just-horrific-pandemic-fuels-steepest-decline-in-u-s-life-expectancy-since-wwii&catid=375)### [‘Just Horrific': Pandemic Fuels Steepest Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy Since WWII](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22118:just-horrific-pandemic-fuels-steepest-decline-in-u-s-life-expectancy-since-wwii&catid=375) COMMON DREAMS-New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data out Wednesday shows that life expectancy in the U.S. fell by one and a ha… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/057y-a5d04e5e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22108:it-s-a-crime-to-trust-god&catid=375)### [It’s a Crime to Trust God](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22108:it-s-a-crime-to-trust-god&catid=375) PEACE VOICE-Fundamentalists and Republicans who dominate Mississippi put “In God We Trust” on car license plates, forcing all drivers to pr… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/94/057f-94aa9071.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22096:we-ve-come-too-far-and-fought-too-hard-the-clock-will-not-be-turned-back&catid=375)### [We’ve Come Too Far and Fought Too Hard. The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22096:we-ve-come-too-far-and-fought-too-hard-the-clock-will-not-be-turned-back&catid=375) VOTING RIGHTS-This week marked the one-year anniversary of the death of the civil rights icon, conscience of Congress and king of Good Trou… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/056n-610cb73f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22084:presidential-prerogatives&catid=375)### [Presidential prerogatives ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22084:presidential-prerogatives&catid=375) WAR POWERS-Once upon a time, American leaders only went to war when, in accordance with the Constitution, Congress declared it. That practi… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/056q-32b31f58.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22079:upward-and-outward-america-on-the-move&catid=375)### [Upward and Outward: America on the Move](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22079:upward-and-outward-america-on-the-move&catid=375) OUR RECOVERY-These are times, to paraphrase Thomas Paine, that try the souls of American optimists. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ab/056p-abf5c032.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22078:the-case-is-made-the-time-is-now-for-a-civilian-climate-corps&catid=375)### [The Case Is Made—the Time Is Now—for a Civilian Climate Corps](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22078:the-case-is-made-the-time-is-now-for-a-civilian-climate-corps&catid=375) CLIMATE PATROL-The Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure deal embraced by President Joe Biden appears to be a dud. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/056o-8806cd3f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22066:when-you-win-you-re-english-when-you-lose-you-re-black-this-is-why-we-take-the-knee&catid=375)### [When You Win, You're English. When You Lose, You're Black: This Is Why We Take the Knee ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22066:when-you-win-you-re-english-when-you-lose-you-re-black-this-is-why-we-take-the-knee&catid=375) RACIAL RECKONINGS-In a flood of vitriol as repugnant as it was predictable, three young black English soccer players were assailed with rac… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a6/055i-a612463e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22059:service-no-longer-required-biden-fires-trump-s-social-security-boss-who-refused-to-resign&catid=375)### [Your Fired: Biden Fires Trump's Social Security Boss Who Refused to Resign](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22059:service-no-longer-required-biden-fires-trump-s-social-security-boss-who-refused-to-resign&catid=375) LOOSE ENDS-President Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, af… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/70/055y-7055d587.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22054:critical-race-theory-is-doubly-racist-against-asians&catid=375)### [Critical Race Theory Is Doubly Racist Against Asians](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22054:critical-race-theory-is-doubly-racist-against-asians&catid=375) COMMENTARY-The battle over critical race theory – at its core, a “different” way of looking at race relations in the U.S. – continues to he… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cc/055v-cc6b7b7d.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22052:murder-by-the-people&catid=375)### [Murder by the People](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22052:murder-by-the-people&catid=375) COMMENTARY-I doubt few would argue that the most important aspect of life, is life itself. With it, there is hope. There is opportunity. Th… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/054q-aeab0188.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22034:remembering-jerry-silver-community-activist&catid=375)### [Remembering Jerry Silver - Community Activist](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22034:remembering-jerry-silver-community-activist&catid=375) VOICES-I first met Jerry Silver in 2006, shortly after the L.A. City Council approved a lawsuit settlement that gave Clear Channel and othe… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/30/054c-30006c59.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22023:amid-record-heat-footage-shows-gop-sen-ron-johnson-dismissing-climate-change-as-bullsh-t&catid=375)### [Amid Record Heat, Footage Shows GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Dismissing Climate Change as 'Bullsh\*t' ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22023:amid-record-heat-footage-shows-gop-sen-ron-johnson-dismissing-climate-change-as-bullsh-t&catid=375) COMMON DREAMS-Amid a deadly northwestern heatwave that scientists have described as "the most extreme" in recorded history, footage uncover… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a1/054a-a14298a8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22022:another-challenger-jumps-into-newsom-recall-race&catid=375)### [Another Challenger Jumps into Newsom Recall Race](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22022:another-challenger-jumps-into-newsom-recall-race&catid=375) CAL MATTERS-Ten days. That’s how much time Californians who want to replace Gov. 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