LOS ANGELES

URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT-We oppose your draft street tree list, that proposes the development of a standard for planting exotic street trees in our right-of-way’s, an approach that presupposes exotic trees are the right trees for this City and most native trees are not. 

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA - San Francisco stubbornness is holding the republic hostage.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Dear 2urbangirls, I want to thank you for your extensive coverage of Inglewood and raising the level of political dialogue within the City.

PLANNING WATCH - The new mantra of the infill real estate speculators and their advocates is end exclusionary zoning.

THE DOCTOR IS IN - The above photo is from the Babylon Bee, which is a conservative satire website that is both snarky and cynical, and can be both serious and comical...from a right-wing standpoint.

A LINE ON UNEMPLOYMENT - When the California economy re-opened in mid-June, the expectation was that that the enormous Unemployment Insurance (UI) rolls—over 3 million Californians receiving some form of UI—would start quickly going down.

THE VIEW FROM HERE - The California judiciary is composed of predatory vultures, blood sucking leaches and moral cowards. 

AFFORDABLE HOUSING - Affordable units are supposed to be listed on an online housing registry, but many such apartments don’t appear there. It prices out tenants.

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - Found this story in a 1948 book "The Lore and Legend of Amagansett" Out of print. 

On a recent edition of Fox/Fox and Friends, Larry Elder raises two issues.   

EASTSIDER - It’s no secret that LAPD officers are bailing from the job and are not being replaced.

RANTZ & RAVEZ - In a few days we will know if Gavin Newsom will remain the Governor of the once Golden State of California; or if one of the other 45 candidates listed on the ballot will take over the Governor’s office and lead California’s population down a new path to possible Happier Times with new Leadership, Opportunity, and direction for everyone.

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - “Public corruption erodes the trust of our citizenry and hampers progress,” District Attorney. George Gascón said. “There is no place for it in Los Angeles County.”

CALIFORNIA STIMULUS - As California continues the slow recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down many businesses last year, new $600 state stimulus checks have begun arriving in the bank accounts of residents who earn up to $75,000 annually, to help them get back on their feet.

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Well, it looks like Governor Gavin Newsom, after infuriating quite a number of Californians (both Democrats and Republicans alike), has the potential of following Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in ALSO infuriating quite a number of Californians (both Republicans and Democrats alike). 

COMMENTARY-Yes, everyone can vote for a replacement governor on the recall ballot, but should they? 

CAL MATTERS - Republicans running to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election have talked about making some big changes in California: Cut taxes.

HYPOCRISY REIGNS-As law enforcement officers across the country don uniforms and equipment to face another shift, it's difficult to imagine their heightened sense of defensiveness.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Inglewood Mayor James Butts and the city council declared a fiscal emergency in August, citing a $12 million deficit, while sitting on $15.5 million received from the Biden Administration to cover revenue losses attributed to the COVID pandemic.

THE FIRE FIGHT - As large chunks of the Western U.S. burned over the summer, lawmakers in Washington quietly inserted measures into the massive infrastructure package that they hope can be almost as potent as water in fighting them: cash.

COMMENTARY-Earlier this month, CityWatch published an article about SB 2, the Kenneth Ross Jr. Police Decertification Act of 2021 which is wending its way through the halls of Sacramento.