Category Archives: City

Another Damning Audit for LAHSA: Will Anything Happen?

(This article first appeared in CityWatch on November 25 and is reprinted with permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL On November 19, L.A. County’s Auditor-Controller released its audit of LAHSA’s financial practices.  Its 16 findings are nothing short of damning. Among a … Continue reading

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Letter: Residents Need to Ask City for Full EIR for Tramonto Project

(Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to CTN) Thank you for previously publishing informative articles in Circling the News about the Development.  I am hoping that you can publish another for us urgently. There is a PLUM hearing on Tuesday … Continue reading

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L.A. City Serves as a Slumlord to a Castellammare Home

An abandoned house at 17909 Porto Marina had squatters living in it in July, and again in August. The Pacific Palisades Homeless Task Force was notified and helped remove the people. When neighbors went to City records to find out … Continue reading

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Sanitation Rates Will Double by 2028 because of Tacit Approval

A Palisades resident wrote at the end of October, “I just found out that the mayor approved an increase of 22% on LADWP sewer! How can the city arbitrarily increase this charge without going to the voters to approve the increase? … Continue reading

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Not Content with Fraud and Incompetence, the Homeless Industrial Complex Has Resorted to Extortion

(Editor’s note: This piece was first printed on November 9 in the all aspect report, dubbed occasional & unconventional opinions & investigations. The author is a lawyer, journalist, muckraker and Californian. This is a must read for anyone concerned about … Continue reading

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Do Poor Choices Cause Homelessness?

(Editor’s Note: This Article first appeared on November 4, 2024, in CityWatch and is reprinted with its author’s permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL This column probably isn’t about what you may think given its title.  It’s not about the life decisions … Continue reading

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Work on Asilomar Will Continue Tomorrow, October 28

A resident wrote: “Can you look into what is (not) going on with the Asilomar stabilization and road closure project?  It started almost a year ago, and it appeared that the stabilization part of things was done around mid-summer.  But … Continue reading

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City Going Broke Because of Lawsuits and Settlements. Pickleball Noise, Next?

Los Angeles has budgeted $87 million for lawsuits and settlement for the fiscal year, which started in July.  A month later, the City of Los Angeles agreed to pay $38.2 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly failed to meet … Continue reading

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Former Councilmember Mike Bonin E-mails Vote Recommendations

Former Councilmember for CD 11 Mike Bonin sent this editor a lovely email, with his warm regards (even though I’ve never signed up to receive his emails).  He wrote “I am getting tons of requests for my recommendations, which I … Continue reading

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Proposed Measure A Tax Targets the Poor

Living in New Jersey, there was no sales tax on groceries or clothes. Why? It provides a break for the people who are struggling to get by – whose every dollar matters if they are going to eat or whether … Continue reading

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