## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/079q-c05f8bbc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) ### [Are Small Businesses And Workers Fighting Their True Adversary In The Fast-Food Battle?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/080b-b767ee44.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) ### [Why Would LA Voters Elect A City Attorney Who Has Never Tried A Case In Court In Front Of A Jury?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) October 05 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cb/079n-cba2ecf7.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) ### [DWP Ratepayers, Streetlights, and the Lack of Transparency](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/079f-f4db4506.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33455-nithya-raman-asked-jewish-los-angeles-to-trust-her-her-own-words-made-that-harder) ### [Nithya Raman Asked Jewish Los Angeles to Trust Her. 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Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [LA City Council’s Shameful Ploy: It Buries Meeting Intent in a Cluttered Amendment](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33085-la-city-councils-shameful-ploy-it-buries-meeting-intent-in-a-cluttered-amendment) NICK'S VIEW - Can people become so accustomed to failure that they choose more of it? That is the case with the Los Angeles City Council. Meeting thr… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5b/058o-5b8f1815.jpeg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33084-three-billion-dollars-later-los-angeles-has-more-homeless-not-more-results)### [Three Billion Dollars Later, Los Angeles Has More Homeless—Not More Results](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33084-three-billion-dollars-later-los-angeles-has-more-homeless-not-more-results) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on July 23 2026. 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