Tim Deegan

1 month ago | citywatchla.com | Tim Deegan

DEEGAN ON LA—I heard the election results news when I was in a graveyard. An eerily ironic location because I was attending the funeral of a very passionate community activist that quarreled often and vigorously with and about the just-deceased Mid City West Neighborhood Council board. Most of the incumbents had been voted out in an election a few days before.

2 months ago | citywatchla.com | Tim Deegan

DEEGAN ON LA—City Hall has tried to remedy it. So has Federal Judge David O. Carter. Before them, for decades, less high-profile attempts have been made to solve “it”. “It”, the homeless reality, continues to grow out of control. Our unsheltered neighbors, the kind-hearted epithet used by some to describe the masses of homeless sheltering on the city’s sidewalks, deserve far better service and treatment than they have been getting.

Mar 27, 2025 | citywatchla.com | Tim Deegan

DEEGAN ON LA—Optimism may become electable, as we struggle to get through tensions at the global, national and local levels of stressful  living. There are so many issues on the table that it is beginning to groan. While not rejoicing, rising politico Alex Gruenenfelder has a very optimistic and infectious point of view on the LA piece of the world’s wailing wall. City Watch was able to catch up with the former mayoral candidate to get a current state of Alex’s outlook.

Mar 17, 2025 | citywatchla.com | Tim Deegan

DEEGAN ON LA - Tearing a page from Ronald Reagan’s playbook, Gavin Newsom is speaking out in a way that may modify his political identity to appeal to more centrist, less leftist voters around the country that may have a one-dimensional view of him. It’s a political move for the governor to use his just launched podcast as one of the arrows in his quiver as he may be aiming for higher office in 2028. Reagan wanted to be seen as a meaningful conservative with a big picture plan for America.

Feb 17, 2025 | citywatchla.com | Tim Deegan

DEEGAN ON LA—-The City Charter allows it. The Pacific Palisades community could benefit from it—local rule acquired by secession from the City of Los Angeles and its politicos. As the Palisades begins its recovery what better time to rise from the ashes like a phoenix and brand itself as an independent city in Los Angeles County. Making it manageable and responsive to its community, with a City Hall “hands off”.