##  In the News

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### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? McKinney Makes His Case to Los Angeles Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters)

October 26 2026

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### [The LA Watchdog’s 2026 Voter Guide](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/la-watchdog/33544-the-la-watchdogs-2026-voters-guide-2)

October 15 2026

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### [The Fools’ Blame Game](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33626-the-fools-blame-game)

October 26 2026

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### [California Film Tax Credits Aren’t Enough. The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too)

October 26 2026

#  LOS ANGELES

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### The Prime Directive: How Do LA’s Rich Get Richer?

Written by David Bell on April 20 2017.

 ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/13059-the-prime-directive-how-do-la-s-rich-get-richer)

  [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e9/15032v-e911897f.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/13057-trickling-down-to-nowhere-the-free-market-s-failure-to-fix-la-s-housing-crisis)Written by Dick Platkin on April 20 2017. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles).

## [Trickling Down to Nowhere: The Free Market’s Failure to Fix LA’s Housing Crisis](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/13057-trickling-down-to-nowhere-the-free-market-s-failure-to-fix-la-s-housing-crisis)

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-It goes by many names – the free market, trickle-down economics, supply side economics, market magic, market fundamentalism, and…

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 17 2017.

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Written by Brigette Kidd on April 17 2017.

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Written by Robert Dodge on April 17 2017.

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Written by Daniel Guss on April 17 2017.

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Written by Stephen Cooper on April 17 2017.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 17 2017.

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Written by Grace Yoo and Dianne Lawrence on April 17 2017.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on April 17 2017.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 17 2017.

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Written by Juan Cole on April 17 2017.

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Written by Bill Raden on April 17 2017.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on April 13 2017.

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Written by Bill Raden on April 13 2017.

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Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on April 13 2017.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 13 2017.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 13 2017.

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Written by General Jeff on April 13 2017.

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