## In the News [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f6/087l-f61fb610.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33648-heres-what-zionisms-got-to-do-with-it) ### [Here’s What Zionism’s Got To Do With It](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33648-heres-what-zionisms-got-to-do-with-it) October 29 2026 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/2f/087n-2f445c3a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33655-two-democrats-one-senate-seat-candidate-brian-goldsmith-on-why-his-approach-makes-sense-for-voters) ### [Two Democrats, One Senate Seat: Candidate Brian Goldsmith on Why His Approach Makes Sense for Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33655-two-democrats-one-senate-seat-candidate-brian-goldsmith-on-why-his-approach-makes-sense-for-voters) October 29 2026 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ff/088d-ff6059f9.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33675-when-will-enough-be-enough) ### [When Will Enough Be Enough?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33675-when-will-enough-be-enough) November 02 2026 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/cb/088c2-cb943e79.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33673-announcing-the-second-issue-of-the-journal-for-humanitarian-conflict-resolution) ### [Announcing the Second Issue of the Journal for Humanitarian Conflict Resolution](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/33673-announcing-the-second-issue-of-the-journal-for-humanitarian-conflict-resolution) November 02 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/4d/055d-4d667f28.png) ### The Ryu Plan for LA Neighborhood Council Reform Ignores the Elephants in the Room Written by Bob Gelfand on July 09 2018. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15775-the-ryu-plan-for-la-neighborhood-council-reform-ignores-the-elephants-in-the-room) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/32/055e-320ec419.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15774-ten-tell-tale-signs-you-weren-t-really-independent-on-independence-day)Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 09 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles). ## [Ten Tell-Tale Signs You Weren't Really Independent on Independence Day](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15774-ten-tell-tale-signs-you-weren-t-really-independent-on-independence-day) "Freedom" and "Independence" are terms that are thrown around rather frequently, and perhaps mean different things to different people. Like it or no… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/aa/055f-aa2efe73.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15773-lausd-s-proposed-parcel-tax-is-a-scam)### [LAUSD's Proposed Parcel Tax is a Scam](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15773-lausd-s-proposed-parcel-tax-is-a-scam) Written by Leonard Isenberg on July 09 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a6/055h-a6a569a7.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15771-fresh-problems-for-la-s-now-divorced-bigamist-lawmaker)### [Fresh Problems for LA’s Now-Divorced Bigamist Lawmaker](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15771-fresh-problems-for-la-s-now-divorced-bigamist-lawmaker) Written by Daniel Guss on July 09 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/02/055i-02440707.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15770-e-scooter-rentals-a-nuisance-and-danger-to-pedestrians-and-rooted-in-laziness)### [E-Scooter Rentals: A Nuisance and Danger to Pedestrians and … Rooted in Laziness](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15770-e-scooter-rentals-a-nuisance-and-danger-to-pedestrians-and-rooted-in-laziness) Written by Matthew Hetz on July 09 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e0/055m-e0888ca3.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15768-can-lebron-james-make-la-great-again)### [Can Lebron James Make LA Great Again?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15768-can-lebron-james-make-la-great-again) Written by Joel Kotkin on July 09 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/b3/054j-b36faa38.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15760-us-supremes-writing-decisions-on-matters-they-know-nothing-about-is-part-of-the-job-janus-v-afscme-is-anexample)### [US Supremes: Writing Decisions on Matters They Know Nothing about is Part of the Job …Janus v. AFSCME is anExample](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15760-us-supremes-writing-decisions-on-matters-they-know-nothing-about-is-part-of-the-job-janus-v-afscme-is-anexample) Written by Tony Butka on July 05 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d1/054a-d131af3f.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15759-arresting-development)### [Arresting Development](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15759-arresting-development) Written by Jay Handal on July 05 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e6/054c-e6ae4f9b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15757-the-clearing-an-update-on-homelessness-on-la-s-streets)### [The Clearing: An Update on Homelessness on LA’s Streets](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15757-the-clearing-an-update-on-homelessness-on-la-s-streets) Written by Diedra Greenaway on July 05 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/b0/054d-b0294954.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15756-speak-up-your-future-depends-on-it)### [Speak Up! Your Future Depends On It](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15756-speak-up-your-future-depends-on-it) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on July 05 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/34/054f-345ec5c3.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15754-lausd-s-latest-overpayment-scam-with-utla-s-help)### [LAUSD’s Latest Overpayment Scam—with UTLA’s Help](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15754-lausd-s-latest-overpayment-scam-with-utla-s-help) Written by Leonard Isenberg on July 05 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/32/053a-32dedec7.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15745-why-does-city-hall-let-landlords-turn-housing-into-hotels)### [Why Does City Hall Let Landlords Turn Housing into Hotels?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15745-why-does-city-hall-let-landlords-turn-housing-into-hotels) Written by Casey Maddren on July 02 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/66/053b-6641cacd.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15744-what-to-do-when-nazifiers-gnaw-at-the-fabric-of-our-society)### [What to Do When ‘Nazifiers’ Gnaw at the Fabric of Our Society](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15744-what-to-do-when-nazifiers-gnaw-at-the-fabric-of-our-society) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 02 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/30/053d-307f7fed.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15742-unions-have-survived-tough-times-before)### [Unions Have Survived Tough Times Before](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15742-unions-have-survived-tough-times-before) Written by Sarah Anderson on July 02 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/42/053f-42f2d387.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15740-the-failure-of-liberalism-is-truly-tragic)### [The Failure of Liberalism is Truly Tragic](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15740-the-failure-of-liberalism-is-truly-tragic) Written by Bob Gelfand on July 02 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/5d/053g-5d63a6e1.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15739-special-interests-win-again-ca-lawmakers-cut-last-minute-ballot-deals)### [Special Interests Win Again: CA Lawmakers Cut Last-Minute Ballot Deals](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15739-special-interests-win-again-ca-lawmakers-cut-last-minute-ballot-deals) Written by Laurel Rosenhall on July 02 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/96/053h-9697604e.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15737-no-time-for-silence)### [No Time for Silence](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15737-no-time-for-silence) Written by James Preston Allen on July 02 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/3c/053k-3c8612cb.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15735-fighting-for-better-transpo-would-be-easier-if-the-city-just-stopped-lying-to-us)### [Fighting for Better Transpo Would Be Easier if the City Just Stopped Lying to Us](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15735-fighting-for-better-transpo-would-be-easier-if-the-city-just-stopped-lying-to-us) Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 02 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/5b/053l-5b943db7.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15734-dockless-on-demand-public-bike-sharing-making-politicos-nervous)### [Dockless-on-Demand Public Bike Sharing Making Politicos Nervous](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15734-dockless-on-demand-public-bike-sharing-making-politicos-nervous) Written by Tim Deegan on July 02 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/6c/052b-6c24f541.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15721-what-to-do-when-nazification-is-upon-us)### [What to Do When Nazification Is Upon Us?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15721-what-to-do-when-nazification-is-upon-us) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 02 2018. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7f/052c-7f28eafe.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15720-westwood-coalition-calls-for-sensible-development-says-sr-housing-skyscraper-violates-plan)### [Westwood: Coalition Calls for Sensible Development, Says Sr Housing Skyscraper Violates Plan](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/15720-westwood-coalition-calls-for-sensible-development-says-sr-housing-skyscraper-violates-plan) Written by Aaron Green on July 02 2018. [ ![Brian Goldsmith Vertical R. Col](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/brian-goldsmith%20AD.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/115 "Brian Goldsmith Vertical R. Col") [ ![save up to 4000 on used evs](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/LADWP/dwp%20ev%20ad2.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/107 "LA DWP | Save $4K, Green | Priority Ad") [ ![McKinney Campaign](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/McKinney%20City%20Watch%20Ad_final.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/114 "McKinney Campaign") [ ![LA DWP #2 (Power Savers)](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/LADWP/2026%20LADWP%20PowerSavers%20300x250.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/82 "LA DWP #2 (Power Savers)") [ ![Donna Tryfman](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/Donna-Tryfman-Ad-Final-Complete-Border-White-Margin.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/98 "Donna Tryfman - HS1-1") [ ![Pay Water Bill Help](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/LADWP/dwp%20-%20cares-ad.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/97 "Home - LA DWP #2 (Pay Water Bill Help)") [ ![David DeJute Campaign](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/DejuteAd.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/111 "David DeJute Campaign") [ ![Anna Reitano Vertical R. Col](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/reitano%20vertical%20rework.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/112 "Anna Reitano Vertical R. Col") ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/banners/signup-for-cw.png) ## Get The News In Your Email Inbox Mondays & Thursdays Phone [ ![Rhonda Haymon](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/ADS%20FOR%202026/rhonda%20haymon%20for%20judge.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/113 "Rhonda Haymon campaign") [ ![something you should know, podcasts](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/images/banners/something%20you%20should%20know2.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/component/banners/click/110 "Something You Should Know") ---