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LA School Kids and the Homeless: ‘Not My Problem’!
WELCOME TO CITY HALL--Hat tip to Lucy Han of Playa Del Rey and her group, FOTJ (Friends Of the The Jungle), for this one.
The Issue--While both the City and the LAUSD are charged with maintaining a safe environment for our school childre…
Little Need for WikiLeaks to Reveal City Hall’s Skulduggery
MEASURE S … A PLANNER’S ANALYSIS--In the past few days the foreign media, like the Guardian, and even most of the U.S. media, have blasted…
Los Angeles: Transportation Game-changers
LA IS NOT NEW YORK--According to the LA Times, LA Metro ridership is still falling -- even though billions have been (mis)spent on extra ca…
Measure S: Lost the Election, Won the Argument
SPECIAL TO CITYWATCH … NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY JUST GETTING STARTED--In our huge and wonderful Los Angeles, the "civic conversation" is ofte…
State of Resistance: Healthcare or Trumpcare?
CAPITAL & MAIN SPECIAL REPORT--Fernando E. Hurtado scrolled through photos on his mobile phone in a pristine new examination room of So…
The Billionaires, Berniecrats, Bankers and Bikers have Spoken … Now, What’s the Plan?
MY TOWN--One upside to the acrimonious debate over the ill-fated Measure S is the number of people who have been pulled into the discussion…
The Olympics Movement is Hopelessly Corrupt: Why is LA Trying to Save It?
CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--Los Angeles should drop its bid for the 2024 Olympics -- before it gets chosen. It’s true that Paris has long been t…
Trump’s Politics of Rage and Garcetti’s Politics of Ignorance
CORRUPTION WATCH-On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Americans elected Donald Trump President on the basis of the Politics of Rage. Millions of A…
A Guide: Pay-to-Play in Los Angeles … ‘Money Goes In, Favors Go Out … Who Do Our Leaders Work For?’
CITY HALL EXPOSED--This is a timeline of City Council and LA City Staff backroom meetings with developers and lobbyists; campaign donations…
CA Files Freedom of Info Request … Wants to Know What ICE Is Up To
IMMIGRATION WATCH--California legislators have filed a Freedom of Information Act request to learn what federal immigration authorities are…
‘Cute’ Kittens are Not Toys: Is LA’s “No Kill” Movement Getting Desperate?
ANIMAL WATCH-LA Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette informed the Commission at a West Valley meeting this week that it is safe and recommend…
Is LA a Metropolis? Voters about to Decide
GUEST WORDS--Will Los Angeles finally admit it’s a metropolis? And if so, what kind of metropolis does it want to be?
That may seem a stra…
LA is Now #1! Has the Worst Traffic Gridlock in the World
TRANSIT IN TRANSITION--In case you haven’t noticed, as the city has increased the density in the Basin Los Angeles traffic has become much…
CityWatch Exclusive: Alex Bradley, LA’s March for Science Lead Organizer, Speaks Out
RESISTANCE CALENDAR--Since November 8, activists have been mobilizing to get in front of Donald J. Trump’s agenda. We’re working to put out…
LA Times Tiptoeing Around the Price Bigamy Allegations
@THE GUSS REPORT-On Friday, March 3, Dakota Smith, writing for the LA Times, referenced my article in CityWatch in her report on the bigamy…
LA’s Plutocracy vs. the People - The Financial Equivalent of ‘Hacking the Election’
PERSPECTIVE-I yearn for the days when I covered the CD2 special election back in 2009, one that pitted three insiders against seven average…
Measure S: Be Careful What You Wish for… Especially if You’re Voting No
PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Both sides of the debate over Measure S have inflated expectations of what their vote will produce on March 7, especial…
Not Your Average Duck
ELECTION PERSPECTIVE--Eric Preven is not your average duck.
He will upend Eric Garcetti.
The public will have a chance to compare how…
Our Great Online Debate Comes to an End – It’s Now Up to You
PEOPLE POWER-It has been my honor and pleasure to help coordinate your on-line debate. Ken -- and all of us at CityWatch -- thank the candi…
Skid Row Voting: It’s Time for President Wesson to Keep His Word and Fix the NC System
SAVING THE SYSTEM-Having read General Jeff’s CityWatch article about online voting for Neighborhood Council elections, it is clear that bot…
